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13 reasons Jesus was NOT a socialist

  • August 2, 2018
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Early this week, American pundit Stephen Colbert claimed that Jesus was a socialist. Now this is nothing new, but it’s entirely bogus.

Jesus Is Not Your Political Prop

Jesus isn’t a socialist, but that’s politically inconvenient for too many people to hear. Photo by Brian Wertheim

Leftists and Liberals love to paint Jesus as some sort of hippy pacifist who was all about every Western Socialist talking point. To hear people talk, you’d think Jesus was for open borders, universal healthcare, free love, smoking weed, universal living wage and having absolutely no rule of law.

When we actually CRACK YOUR BIBLE, what do we see about Jesus’ supposed socialist leanings?

Was Jesus A Socialist?

Jesus wore expensive clothes, had rich friends, and said there will always be poor people… what a socialist!

Was Jesus a socialist? You tell me after reading these passages:

1. Clothing: Jesus[1] wore a coat that was so expensive that Roman soldiers cast lots (gambled) to see who would get it because it was made of one piece of fabric. In today’s age of mass-produced cheap clothing, that means nothing to you, but a single piece of cloth made into a seamless garment was EXPENSIVE.

“When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier; also his tunic. But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom, so they said to one another, “Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it to see whose it shall be.” This was to fulfill the Scripture which says, “They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots.” So the soldiers did these things,” – John 19:23-24

2. Perfume: Jesus had pure nard poured on Him, which cost 300 denarii, which was the equivalent of a year’s wages for a laborer. Do you have a bottle of perfume that costs $50,000? Probably not.

“Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was about to betray him), said, “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii[b] and given to the poor?” – John 12:3-5 ESV

 

Jesus was wealthy and travelled with wealthy people.

AND

3. Eradicating[2] Poverty (will never happen.)

  • “For you always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.” – Matthew 26:11
  • “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?” He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having charge of the moneybag he used to help himself to what was put into it. Jesus said, “Leave her alone, so that she may keep it forthe day of my burial. For the poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me.”– John 12:5-8 ESV

4. Capitalism (Jesus is the master, and lazy Christians are the wicked servant in this parable.)

“He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here, you have what is yours.’ But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’” – Matthew 25:24-30 ESV

5. Paying taxes

“They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” –Matthew 22:21 ESV

6. Sharing with those who fail to plan:

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. But at midnight there was a cry, ‘Here is the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’ Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ But the wise answered, saying, ‘Since there will not be enough for us and for you, go rather to the dealers and buy for yourselves.’ And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the door was shut.

Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open to us.’ But he answered, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” – Matthew 25:1-13 ESV

7. Entitlement: God owes people nothing and not recognizing and thanking Jesus when He gave you something that you didn’t deserve, upset Jesus enough that it made it into the Bible.

“And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.”

When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine? Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” – Luke 17:12-18 ESV

8. Classism / Knowing your place: Believers are God’s children, yet they are to have a servants’ heart. God is a father and the master of the house who isn’t impressed by you simply doing what you’re commanded to do.

“Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and recline at table’? Will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, and dress properly, and serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”– Luke 17:7-10 ESV

9. Selling property to the state: This story needs some context, but King Ahab and Queen Jezebel conspired to have Naboth put to death because he wouldn’t give his land to the state, per God’s inheritance laws. Naboth is mentioned by name 17 times in the Old Testament and his story takes up a significant portion of 1 Kings. Jesus mentions how much He hates Jezebel in Revelation 2:20-23.

“Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 2 And after this Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house, and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.” 3 But Naboth said to Ahab, “The Lord forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.” – 1 Kings 21:1-3


Paul Was Not A Socialist

Paul builds upon what Jesus taught:

  1. (10.) Welfare for widows:

“Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God. She who is truly a widow, left all alone, has set her hope on God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day, but she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives. Command these things as well, so that they may be without reproach. But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband, and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work. But refuse to enroll younger widows, for when their passions draw them away from Christ, they desire to marry and so incur condemnation for having abandoned their former faith. Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.” – 1 Timothy 5:3-13 ESV

2. (11.) Welfare for people who would rather not work:

“Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.” –2 Thessalonians 3:6-12 ESV

3. (12.) Tolerance:

“But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one.” – 1 Corinthians 5:11 ESV


13. Jesus’ coming kingdom is an absolute monarchy, where He is the King above all kings, the Lord above all lords. An absolute monarchy is neither socialist nor communist:

“From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he called to all the birds that fly directly overhead, “Come, gather for the great supper of God, to eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, both small and great.” –Revelation 19:15-18 ESV

The hippy, pacifist, socialist Jesus that you imagine is clearly not the Jesus of the Bible.


Tl;Dr: No. Jesus wasn’t about that socialist life. Get a job.

Footnotes

[1] Rachel Stephens’ answer to How do wealthy Christians justify their wealth given that the values of Jesus Christ were the opposite, for example, UK Conservative politician Jacob Rees-Mogg?

[2] Rachel Stephens’ answer to If you read the New Testament, a lot of Jesus’s teachings are almost socialist/communist. What do American Christians think of these?


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  1. Neil Wintzloff says:
    August 26, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    I whole heartedly agree that Jesus was neither a socialist a communist or a capitalist, as you covered the reasoning behind socialism and communism however you neglected the worship of capital which is capitalism. After all it is harder for a wealthy man to enter heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. In actuallity a mans or for that a womans wealth has nothing to do with their salvation, as the verse in mathew 25 is not really talking about money so i believe that it is not correct to use it to defend capitalism however this is my view. I believe moreover that Jesus was speaking of the unique talents and abilities that God has put in each of us and how we are to use them to expand and serve the kingdom of God. Each of us have a role to play in the harvest and it is good that in reading your article i am reminded of all the scriptures that support this. I just think that it is a narrow view to take that these passages refer to money as there are other verses that can be quoted in responce to present the opposite argument. I would say if you die wealthy without christ you still die without christ and if you die poor without christ you therefor die in poverty without christ. But in that, to whome more is given much more is expected. Gods financial system is far and away beyond the comprehension of man it is none of the above as all three are the badly floored systems of mans own making. My thoughts there make of them what you will maybe we would all be better served to mind our own business and as jesus said when mary and joseph found him in the temple debating the scribes as a child. I am about my fathers business. We should be about our fathers business.
    BTW thank you for posting the video regarding disabilities and porn, i am neither a user of porn nor am i single however i watched it out of curiosity and you delivered a good size 9 boot a place that needed it as the day before i let the big black dog of depression get me and prayed several times for Jesus to take me. Having battled Depression and going from job to job for the last 30 years i just got a little tired of it but God said that his grace is sufficient for me so thank you for that.

  2. Tim Shey says:
    August 31, 2018 at 3:07 pm

    I noticed that you are from Las Vegas. You might like to read this dream I had about a Las Vegas Earthquake:

    Las Vegas Earthquake

    Dreams from the LORD 2003-2006
    17 December 2006

    Yesterday I hitchhiked from Elko, Nevada through Salt Lake City to Evanston, Wyoming on I-80. The two guys that took me to Evanston from Coalville, Utah bought me a meal at the Flying-J Truck Stop. From there I walked into town and checked my e-mail at the library. I then walked three miles north of town and found a pickup camper to sleep in. I believe it got down to 0 degrees F last night. It was also very windy; I am sure the wind chill factor was around -20 degrees F. Some snow even blowed into the camper. I stayed warm. (I think it is kind of humorous how the Lord always finds places for me to sleep.)

    Last night, as I slept in the camper, I had a very vivid dream concerning the destruction of Las Vegas. I am guessing that an hour or so before this dream, I was attacked by Satan as I was sleeping. I was dreaming and in the dream I was walking down this street when all of a sudden I was tackled and thrown to the ground by a powerful, unseen force. This force or evil presence threw me down and beat me up pretty good—it even tried to pull the hair off of my head. When I woke up, I was still paralyzed by this evil presence and it was beating me up—the pain was real. The evil presence finally left and I went back to sleep.

    Later on that night I had another dream and in this dream I was in a city square with hills all around it. It looked like a European city during the Middle Ages. There were many people in the city square. I was walking around with several friends. Then I saw the Pope (he looked like Pope Benedict—the present Pope) dressed in a white robe and wearing a white cap. My friends and myself walked up to the Pope and I told him that Las Vegas was going to be destroyed. Then the Pope got this surprised look on his face and started to point at my friends and me and said, “I haven’t seen you in church (which meant they didn’t go to a Roman Catholic church).” I then rebuked the Pope and told him that these people go to Christian churches. The Pope then got all bent out of shape and walked away.

    I then separated myself from my Christian friends and walked through the town square. Then this woman yelled at me, “Shut up, Tim!” I walked past these Swiss Guards (that are used at the Vatican in Rome) (maybe I was in Rome) who were wearing funny-looking, striped uniforms and armed with swords. They were doing some outlandish rituals and I asked, “Why are you doing such ridiculous rituals?” and “Why are you doing such stupid @#!*% ?”

    I walked away from the city square and the crowds of people and walked to the top of this hill overlooking the city. I looked in the direction of Las Vegas (it was on the side of the hill just opposite of where I was at) and all of a sudden the ground began to rumble and shake. I looked at Las Vegas as the earthquake swallowed it up. The cities and towns next to Las Vegas weren’t even touched. When Las Vegas was destroyed, it looked like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle was removed and shoved underneath the rest of the puzzle. Then these huge rocks fell from heaven and pummeled the ground where Las Vegas used to be. I then raised my right arm in triumph and shouted, “Praise the Lord! Las Vegas is destroyed! Las Vegas is destroyed! Thank you, Lord! Las Vegas is destroyed! Las Vegas is destroyed!” Then the dream ended.

  3. Elisha says:
    September 3, 2018 at 4:05 am

    Dear sister Rachel. A good article but I feel you missed the two main Biblical points of difference concerning Socialism – theft (8th Commandment) and covetousness (10th Commandment). The opening paragraph of the truly evil Communist Manifesto (ironically written by two men who never worked a day their lives while speaking boldly about the worker) is essentially a call to war. It urges readers to unfairly desire what is not theirs by convincing them that “others” have not earned but rather “stolen” their belongings by “oppression”. Of course, the core of their doctrine is the abolition of private property which, along with everything else, is collected and redistributed by people who are “more equal than others”. So much for a classless society …

    This system has failed (and always will) because it misunderstands human nature, which is bound to happen when their starting point is the philosophical delusion of Darwinism. Somehow people are “inherently good” but “society is evil” and a “really big government” is the answer. With people, there is always someone who wants more and always someone who wants to be boss. Socialism works for ants, in wartime and the family unit. Sadly, these people are so blinded (2 Corinthians 4:4) and so averse to truth (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12).

    God bless.

    1. chefiesview says:
      September 4, 2018 at 2:36 pm

      I read with good cheer your comment Elisha, it is very important that we always look to the bible as our souce of wisdom on this matter and all matters and not get caught up in what the world and societies attempt to distract us and all christians with, in simple truth the bible tells me that the very heart of man is exceedingly wicked above all things which makes society wicked and ultimately government wicked. Gods word also declares my ways are not your ways nor my thoughts your thoughts. These baits are often laid out by satan to distract christians from the job at hand as Christ said i am about my fathers business, and we should be to. As christians we are about the business of salvation for a lost and dying world and nothing more. As Jesus said love the lord your God with all your being and love your neighbor as yourself. These are the 2 most important comands and the only ones that separate us from the world.

  4. Vee says:
    September 26, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    First of all…..
    I’m shooketh
    Like for real
    I have so many cobwebs in my head from years of laziness with relying on the pastors perception and not reading my own word.
    Conviction is real yall

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