Just as salvation is between the individual believer and God, so are the sins of the individual on themselves and not upon the nation. There’s a very disturbing teaching within social Christianity that somehow the current generation must atone for the sins of the past generations, or even the sins of other family members. Within the Old Testament, Solomon wrote, His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins (Proverbs 522). The Old Testament laws were especially clear: The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin (Deuteronomy 24:16). This means that other members of society or of a family cannot atone for the sins of another. There is no such thing as collective salvation within the scriptures.
Social Christianity condemns biblical moral standards
There is one thing that is certainly taught in the Bible – regardless of the type of sin we commit, it is still sin. It does not matter if the sin is adultery, homosexuality, lying, stealing, obesity and gluttony, the scriptures teach, For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all (James 2:10). As our nation is debating the morality of abortion and homosexuality, God calls both sin and within God’s definition of sin, all sin is disobedience to Him. Sin is simply defined as a violation of what God has set into order. There are many who, as social Christians, will preach on God’s endless love and then demand no judgment be passed on those practicing a life, whether it be homosexuality, gluttony, fornication, or gluttony. They cite the verse, Judge not, that ye be not judged (Matthew 7:1) without any real understanding that Jesus also said within the same passage, Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them (Matthew 7:20). They do not understand that God has not called us to judge one another according to what is in the heart, but by their deeds. For it is only God alone that may see the intentions of the heart: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart (1 Samuel 16:7). By their works, the Bible says we are to base our opinions of others; and where appropriate, the same scriptures also calls us to separate our fellowship from those whose fruits do not bear the love of Christ: Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you (2 Corinthians 6:17).
Biblical Christianity teaches the need to repentance and complete reliance upon God’s grace as the source of our salvation; For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8). Biblical Christianity also calls the believer to a higher standard than the world around them as we are told in the Old Testament, Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God (Leviticus 20:7) and in the New Testament, But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy (1 Peter 1:15-16). Social Christianity focuses on the love of God, omits the need to repent of sins under the guise that the Lord knows we are only human, and does not teach the need to live a holy and sanctified life. It distorts or omits the need of resisting temptation. Social Christianity elevates the state of man, removes the divine and perfect holiness of the Lord, and supplants man’s understanding of fairness, justice, and holiness.
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