Using the Bible to Justify Your Political Views is Wrong

Recently, friends sent me arguments about the current political climate — in regards to both Black Lives Matter and the pandemic. A few of these arguments used Bible verses to prove their points.

I am a Christian, but there was a part of me that was disheartened. The passages used didn’t seem to fit the arguments, and the people who sent me the verses don’t consider themselves Christians. I’ll admit, I was also upset because the points were supporting the opposite view from mine. I wanted to look into them further to see if I’m on the wrong side of the aisle. So I decided to do a deep dive.

One argument sent to me was this YouTube video was Learn Out Loud | Carlos Smith.

Most notably, Smith says, “if black lives don’t matter, then all lives don’t matter” and is in favor of the BLM movement. He refers to Matthew 25 for justification. Smith argues that Jesus told us to “as you did it to one of the least of my brothers, you did to me,” so we need to help the least of these. The passage he is referring to is the following:

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he…