the poor will always be with us, and if a man will not work, he shall not eat.
Posted on 07/10/2019 7:05:14 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
— Matthew 25:1-13, World English Bible
No, the whole thing is a farce. A construct to destroy the US. The DemsCommunists have a plan.
Where does it say in the bible that the government should take my earnings and transfer them to people to buy votes so they can rule over those providers?
False attack on Christianity.
Those verses use “resident alien” aka legal immigrants who are to be accorded the same due process of the law as citizens.
How come these liberals never quote John 10:1 ““Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.”
Bingo, we have a winner !
Refugees, in most cases, should be housed as near as possible to their homes, so that once the fighting subsides, they can return home.
Evangelicals have no problem with refugees coming here legally, according to our laws. Any liberal organization that doesn’t know that by now isn’t listening. On purpose.
Does the US have a responsibility to accept refuges who come here legally? Yes. WE have no responsibility to accept and house lawbreakers. And my Bible never suggests such a thing.
Jesus would tell them to go home and have faith that God will sustain them as they follow our laws for legal entry here.
The question Pew asked was “Do you think the U.S. has a responsibility to accept refugees into the country, or do you think the U.S. does NOT have a responsibility to do this?”
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Can you post the link to show the exact, literal question asked? I did look and cannot find where they definitely state the exact question asked.
Thanks.
The Ca8tholic teaching is that we should take anyone in to the extent we are able. We are no longer able or we would not have the crisis at the border. Further, when the need for asylum is over, the refugee must go home.
I don’t claim to have all the answers to the problem of refugees, but since the author quotes scripture to insinuate that White evangelicals are hypocrites for not following the teachings of the Bible, Let’s ask ourselves some relevant questions from the verses the author quotes :
1. Leviticus 19:34 — “The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the foreigner as yourself, for you were foreign in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
Notice the phrase “as the citizen among you.” What does it mean?
If someone from a pagan nation came to Israel ( e.g. Ruth or Rahab ), is Israel supposed to assimilate to the pagan’s religion and culture or is the pagan supposed to assimilate to the culture, morality and God of Israel?
Next question -— how many percent of refugees from places like Syria or Somalia are assimilating to American culture instead of retaining their own Muslim culture? ( the culture they are so desperate to escape from). Replace the word “American” with “German” or “French” or “Asutralian” and the question remains the same.
2. Matthew 25:35 — “I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.”
Suppose we establish a safe zone IN SYRIA for instance, and send troops to protect those fleeing the civil war there, feed them, house them and clothe them, instead of encouraging them to treck thousands of dangerous miles to come to the west. How is this violating the teachings of Jesus?
3. Jeremiah 22:3 — “Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.”
Notice the word “Do Justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who was robbed”
Let’s talk about Syria again. How do you “deliver then from the hand of the oppressor”?
There are two oppressors in this case — on the one hand, we have Bashar Al Assad, on the other hand we have the opposing Syrian Front ( of which many ISIS terrorists are embedded ).
What to do to deliver them from these oppressors and do justice and righteousness?
Do we protect them from Assad’s chemical weapons? Do we kill the ISIS terrorists?
Heck, the USA is doing both ( Trump bombed the airports and military runways of Syria that was delivering the chemical weapons, all these against Putin’s warnings ). The USA just sent troops to help the Syrians and the Kurds decimate ISIS, and I don’t see White Evangelicals opposing these military interventions.
It’s easy to quote a Bible verse, but to PUT IT IN PRACTICE requires wisdom.
4. Exodus 22:21 — “You shall not wrong or oppress a resident alien; for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.”
What does oppress a resident alien mean?
Is there a case where some Evangelical oppressed a RESIDENT alien as in stealing his things, or preventing him from being housed, clothed and fed? If ANYONE, Christian or not did this in the USA, he would be punished
by our laws.
The author quotes the Bible but does not cite examples
Finally, here is a question we should all ask -— when aliens and strangers come to Israel, is it the expectation that the alien bring with him his culture and worship of his own pagan god? Or is it the
expectation that the alien assimilate and become a worshipper of the true God of Israel?
The answer lies in both the lives of Rahab and Ruth.
Question -— Are refugee Muslims who come to the USA or Europe assimilating? Or are they bringing their culture with them? And how compatible is this culture with the Judaeo-Christian culture of the USA and what used to be Europe?
Foreigners or criminal invaders? I am not splitting hairs here. Big Big difference.
RE: Can you post the link to show the exact, literal question asked? I did look and cannot find where they definitely state the exact question asked.
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All I have is the link to the Pew Research. Here it is:
Jesus said come to Him for peace.
He didn’t say go to Rome or some wealthy land.
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I don’t see how the passages this article cites relate.
That’s a good try but the premise
I all wrong, there is a big difference between imigrants and
Invaders.
Refugees, yes. Jihadists, no.
John 10:1
The words of Jesus.
Christ would want people to be chargeable, but He would not want you sacrifice your neighbour To be charitable.
Never fall for their crap. The problem is godless leftists hating America and frankly hating white people. They favor mass illegal invasion as a way to take over the country.
Evangelicals respect the law and respect this country.
And I’m sick of the racism against “white” people. Racists are scum and that includes racist communists who hate whites.
the poor will always be with us, and if a man will not work, he shall not eat.
God would say take care of the poor within your own gates first.
God would say to prevent the invasion of those who will not assimilate and destroy your culture.
God would not say go big government.
Was Jesus a Socialist? (Hint: No)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9EXnVitkmo
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