Remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands--remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
Ping.
Not from Alpha Centauri?
Sorry, religion and all, but still...
[[Foreigners, strangers, outsiders are seen as a threat. ]]
They are seen as a threat when they come here breaking our laws, stealing social security numbers, stealing people’s identities, living off government welfare to the tune of nearly $45,000 a year which, hard working LEGAL citizens work to support these criminals.
We as a society do not have to feel guilty about opposing the criminals who break into our country and break our laws and get paid by taxpayer money to do that.
Liberals try to throw the fact that Jesus accepts everyone who wants to be accepted in our faces and demand that we must therefore accept illegal aliens in our country.
Read my profile page and scroll down a bit to the illegal immigrants section to learn how massive a problem illegal invader issues really is. It cost taxpayers over a trillion dollars a year, and countless lives, rapes, assaults, etcstcetc. When enemies of God become saved, they for the most part don’t continue living the godless lives they once did. Most immigrants AND illegal invaders however go immediately on welfare, and live their whole lives co mitting crimes and having our country and attacking our people. Over 7o% are on some form of State aid, many to the tune of $45,ooo a year. Many are hardened criminals, and our prisons are choker lock full of them, costing us $145 per day per inmate. (That number might is higher now, it was fro figures fro decades ago). In Some prisons Illegals make up over 75% of the population.
Nations have laws and those laws are meant to protect. Civil societies, and we do not have to feel one bit guilty for our opposition to illegal criminal invaders storming our borders and demanding our hard earned money to support them for their criminal activities
Anyone who wants to work hard and earn a living, and love our country as a legal law abiding immigrant that goes through the legal process of immigration is more than welcome.
Yes, unsaved people are enemies of christ, but the big difference between them and illegal criminal invaders is that when the enemies of God become saved supernaturally, the way God requires (much like countries require through their .aws) they have a new nature, and are no longer the same. You can’t say that about illegal criminal invaders that storm out borders demanding to be accepted on their terms. In violation of that country’s laws. They don’t supernaturally become changed people the instant they crash our borders demanding our money.
[[Paul goes on: “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.”]]
Key difference here is that these people became ‘legal citizens’ as it were, through the correct process of salvation. They didn’t come storming In and demand to be saved j order to become shildren of God their own way, they did it the way God required ‘legally’ as it were.
Just want to make clear that it is not correct to compare gentiles becoming saved to illegal criminal invaders storming our borders demanding that we accept them and pay their way In life while they beat and rob and assault and murder us because they hate us. Also want to note that not all who come here are violent America hating people, but they are still criminals if they don’t go through the legal process of immigration. And those folks are not in the majority, the majority, over 7o%, come here for ‘free government handouts’ which of course the taxpayers pay for, they don’t come here to ‘assimilate’ (like gentiles do when they accept Jesus as savior), they come here to drain hard working citizens of their money