Pax Christi

Hello Mr. Favreau, @matt_vanswol asked me to give a Scriptural rebuttal to this, so I will. When progressives quote this verse against conservatives, they usually mean it as a mandate for government welfare: Christ’s command is fulfilled once the state redistributes enough resources to feed the most people. But that interpretation misreads both the passage and the Gospel itself. First, Scripture never presents mercy as a numbers game. When the crowds pursued Jesus only for food, He refused to continue multiplying loaves: "Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves… Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life" (John 6:26–27, ESV). In other words: Christ Himself stopped feeding people when it became entitlement without faith. That should trouble anyone who treats His words as a blank check for leftist-style state redistribution. Second, the Bible teaches that suffering is not to be eradicated by policy fiat but endured. When Mary anointed Jesus with perfume worth nearly a year's wages, Judas objected that it could have been sold and given to the poor. Jesus replied: "The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me" (John 12:8, ESV). If maximizing relief for the poor were the highest good, Judas would have been right. But he is not. The point is clear: charity is commanded not to maximize relief but to conform the giver to God. Otherwise, using your own standard, invoking Christ to sanctify state redistribution condemns not conservatives, but Christ Himself. I urge you to repent, return to church, and practice the kind of charity that transforms the giver as well as the recipient.... not the empty virtue of spending other people's money while sneering that no Republican knows Christ.