The Moral Activist vs. the Spiritual Christian

The people say, “Our wickedness has caught up with us, Lord,

but help us for the sake of your own reputation. (Jeremiah 14:7)

Why are so many Christians sympathetic with the grievances of Black Lives Matter and becoming moral activists in the social justice movement? I wonder if it is because they find it easier to be a moralist condemning the injustice of others than to be a spiritual Christian.  A moralist finds it easy to act on their pride whereas the spiritual Christian has been to the Cross, choosing instead to act out of grace and humility. 

The violence and rioting on America's streets point out the glaring incompatible difference between the condemnation of the sin of racism denounced by the "moralists" of Black Lives Matter and the Christian’s Biblical condemnation of sin. 

- A spiritual Christian always feels the absolute horror of the sin of another. A moralist never does, to him it is an occasion to harshly criticize something that is wrong. 

- A Christian knows that the possibilities of every sin ever committed are in him but for the grace of God. The condemnation of sin by a moralist is bitter, intense and proud. 

- The sins of others come upon the spiritual Christian with the twofold weight of (a)the possibility of committing the same act of wickedness himself, and (b) the possibility of empathetic intercessory prayer. 

We see this twofold weight expressed in Jeremiah's prayer: (a) Our wickedness has caught up with us, LORD, and (b) Help us for the sake of your own reputation. 

May God give us discernment and grace to be spiritual Christians who become Christ's ambassadors to deliver this message:                       For Christ was not sent into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world (John 3:17).