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To: SeekAndFind
"How we treat the stranger is how we treat Christ himself. That message is converting evangelicals by the thousands, by the millions – and we've seen now how that conversation is changing politics," Wallis said.

Mr. Wallis, would Christ have entered a country illegally? Would he have committed fraud to obtain a driver's license or other government services he wasn't entitled to?

The Pentateuch says repeatedly that there was to be one law for the stranger and the Israelites alike: if the Gentiles joined the Mosaic covenant (i.e. assimilated) they were entitled to participate in the Passover, the sacrifices, and the rest of covenant life. Not before.

62 posted on 05/09/2013 6:22:30 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: RansomOttawa

I would suggest there is a vast difference between a stranger and one who violates the law.


63 posted on 05/09/2013 6:31:01 PM PDT by evangmlw
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