Sorry, but your response sounded like a needle going across a record on my end.
As followers of God, we are not here to make life easier for those who are breaking the laws of our nation. Aiding them in any way makes it easier for them to stay.
It bothers me when Christians do this sort of thing. It basically reveals a mind-set that says churches are right no matter what, even if they are violating federal law that is reasoned.
Can a church execute it’s members? Can it lay down strict rules that are racist in a small town that only has one church, and it wields extreme power? Can the church come up with a rule that says women need to suffer mutilation because the church deems it right to do it?
You see, there are some reasoned limits to what churches should claim the right to do.
When you sign on to help illegal immigrants, you’re signing on the sell out the citizens in your community and nation.
That isn’t God’s plan. Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings and all.
You have an obligation to do what is best for your community members. That’s the legal ones.
In my post, I make a distinction between being friendly with otherwise law -abiding aliens while they are in your midst and adhering to a reasonable law that says they should be deported. Violent or thieving aliens should be treated in the same manner as all violent or thieving criminals.
So, I have no objection to the law of deportation. If you don’t understand that, then you haven’t understood what I’m saying.
It is contrary to the gospel, however, to be mean-spirited with otherwise peaceful aliens while they are in your midst. That is straight from the bible. Aliens are to be treated respectfully. That does not mean that they should be permitted to continue in this land.
Exodus 23:9 “Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be aliens, because you were aliens in Egypt.
Jeremiah 22:3 This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of his oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Hebrews 11:13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.
Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.