The difference between Social Justice Christianity and classic Creedal Christianity is this:
Social Justice Christianity begins with "justice," as God's primary and core attribute; and then leverage God (on this basis) to their Social Justice cause...
Human concepts of justice, legitimized through limited human extrapolations of what a "Just" God is...
For them, "The Gospel" IS "Justice;" and necessarily means the installation of their version of that justice for all of humanity.
Classic Creedal Christianity begins with God and His nature as fully revealed in Christ; from which we must derive, submit and comport our nature to His...
The whole of Christ's attributes and nature, are what inform us to be transformed into His likeness [eikon]...
The Gospel in classic creedal Christianity means that: 1. Christ has come to save (sṓzō) us from the dangers of our brokenness, depravity and judgment, brought on by "the fall;" 2. To restore (katartizó) the whole of humanity (making our nature Christlike) and all of creation, as well.
Scripture:
21 Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.
Acts 3:21
10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image [Eikon] of the One who created him-
Col 3:10
29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image [Eikon] of His Son...
Romans 8:29
