Illegal immigration can be a terrible snare or the finest hour for Christians.

3/7/2021 | GardenerForLife

[GardenerForLife]

Illegal immigration on our southern border is a terrible situation. There are individuals, families, lone children all of who have less than nothing and have walked thousands of miles with just the hope of finding food, shelter, and maybe work.

There are no doubt that some of them are harden criminals. In fact, some statistics show that there is a high probability of the women on these treks being raped. They are pouring into this country by the thousand, bad habits, terrible culture, and all the problems, pain, and all the baggage that creates. The first step they take in entering this country with out permission, they are committing a crime. They are hardly the type of people anyone would choose as their neighbor, mainly because problems will follow them. Hardship and heartache did not vanish just because they change locations.

When I see the images of these people I have to fight back the anger. They are breaking our laws among other things. They are the reason I have to search signs for the instructions in English.

After seeing the latest image of illegals on Breitbart:


I was quietly pondering this image today while reading the scriptures. And the Holy Spirit began to speak to my mind and heart about the significance of what I was seeing.

Who will the Lord judge more harshly, the beggar that crossed a border illegally looking for food, or the hypocrite that refused to feed him?

God will not condemn a single child that is being held at the border, but He will, as surely as the sun rises in the east, condemn anyone that sets their hearts against those same children. By condemn I mean He will cast out and that person will never see the inside of heaven.

This situation is terrible for everyone. Make no mistake this will test every single person that calls themselves Christian to the bone. It was the devil that inflicted great misery on Job. It was the devil that inflicted misery on these poor beggars. And it is the devil that is laughing at us as we struggle both physically and spiritually with this situation. He wants us to fail, because he knows some will.

Jesus made it perfectly clear on how He will judge the world and this situation fits it like a glove.

Matt 25:
34 Then shall the King say unto them on his aright hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

Those that had faith on the Christ Jesus and fed and clothed the beggar are saved at the judgement.

Conversely, those that did not do these works are cast out. Jesus makes it crystal clear.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

Notice what Jesus doesn't say. He didn't say they didn't believe on him enough. He doesn't have to because, faith with out works is dead, Jame 2:26.

Those people jumping the border and coming into the United States are wrong. It's all wrong. Will they even show appreciation for what they receive, probably not, who knows? But Jesus gave us instruction about that too.

Matt 5
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Pray for them, feed them, cloth them regardless of what they do and you will be judged to be children of your Father in heaven. If they have sinned, they will face the judgement of God, but so shall we if we hate these people in our hearts.

These are the very works Jesus said by which he would judge every person on earth. We need to forgive these poor beggars their sins so our sins will be forgiven. This is what it means to actually be a follower of Jesus Christ.

I know that I have been changed by the Holy Spirit today. I am grateful to the Lord for showing me this insight. Hopefully I will be a better follower of Jesus because of it.

[SoConPubbie]

John 10:1

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

[Rurudyne]

It is not a finest hour to side with those lawlessly entering the country.

Especially if they’re being drawn in in the first place by those who are not just hostile to the survival of the nation but also to the Gospel.

[SoConPubbie]

Sorry, but the sob-story won’t work on me.

These people are coming here for economic advantage and are willing to break all kinds of laws to do it. Laws that if you and I, as American citizens broke, there would be no hesitation to throwing us in jail (ID Fraud).

Furthermore, we are being asked to subsidize every single one of them with our taxes, so effectively, the Federal and State governments are telling American Citizens that these people, and their kids, are more important than our children. Because they are taking our money (Taxes) to support them. In effect, my hard-earned money goes to these people, before I can take care of my wife and kids. My first responsibility is my kids, and my taxes are not charity since they are forced out of my pocket.

Finally, they are nothing but pawns for the Democrats (a never-ending electoral advantage when given Amnesty) and also for the Republicans (Establishment Corporate Donors and Cheap Labor).

No Sale!

Your “Christian” logic fails as it does not take everything into consideration.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Who will the Lord judge more harshly, the beggar thief that crossed a border illegally looking for food, Breaks into a house to steal what a family may have or the hypocrite family that refused to feed him have their food and lives stolen?

Correct for accuracy.

God will not condemn a single child that is being held at the border, but He will, as surely as the sun rises in the east, condemn anyone that sets their hearts against those same children. By condemn I mean He will cast out and that person will never see the inside of heaven.

So you are now speaking for God?

How delightful.

Allow me to break up your cry fest with a bit of cold truth.

You are equating being noncriminal activity with criminal activity.

I suggest that you go sell all you own and go down to one of those countries and engage in a absolute frenzy of good works.

Build school, hospitals, churches. Take care of all those poor children.

Otherwise you are a stinking hypocrite.

[SoConPubbie]

You smell like an Establishment, Never-Trumper.

Oh, and BTW, welcome to FreeRepublic!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

For your consideration.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3810812/posts

[Salvavida]

That was not the Holy Spirit speaking to you. That was your conscience. How do I know that? God doesn’t contradict himself.

1. God establishes nations and government to administer justice. When basic rules that threaten that are broken, it is SIN. God doesn’t condone sin for situational ethics.

2. Using your logic, we should have invited the Japanese over for prayer and food after they bombed Pearl Harbor. There were after all, our enemies. Add the Nazis to that list. And all of Russia. Why not Al Qaeda? ISIS? You can’t be selective.

3. Which brings us to CONTEXT, which you missed in Matt 5: Beattitudes for the Kingdom. Characteristics of those that belong in day to day living.

Roy Zuck has a fine book on hermeneutics that is college text and widely used.

[kelly4c]

Spot on

[Freedom56v2]

1. How much aid are we providing around the globe to the less fortunate thru our tax dollars and missions giving?

2. For your consideration: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3810812/posts
Are Biden policies helping the children?

[Bob434]

There are individuals, families, lone children all of who have less than nothing and have walked thousands of miles with just the hope of...

BREAKING OUR LAWS and entering illegally, and going on welfare, thereby taking money away from legal citizens- nearly 75% of immigrants both legal and illegal are on welfare of some kind-

Suppose rapists, murderers, criminals are coming across our borders and the church gives them sanctuary? Is that right to do? No of course not- it’s illegal to do so for one- Well guess what? Many rapists, murderers and violent criminals are coming across the order- but even those that aren’t violent criminals, ARE STILL criminals for trying to bust in to our country illegally-

There is a process to come here legally- Jesus never said to feed so many homeless people that your own family starves to death as a result- infact He said it was wrong to do that- and tells us to take care of our families first- As a nation- we aren’t able to take care of our families properly- many many of our legal citizens go hungry- Why? Because nearly $1 TRILLION DOLLARS is being spent on illegals every single year after all the direct and indirect costs are added up-

People are welcome in this country BUT they must go through a process first- whether they like it or not- They can’t just jump the lines and come pouring in, just due to the enormous problems it now causes financially-

I’ll be happy to post reports done decades ago about the high costs of illegals i n this country, and also the high crime numbers they commit- it is staggering! And churches that harbor these violent criminals, and aid and abet them should be held accountable just as anyone else who harbors criminals would be guilty-

The photo posted is of folk who the authors claims to be beggars- Really? They are all well dressed and quite plump and well fed looking- Looks to me like they had plenty of food back where they came from-

Go down the street i n the US to a homeless encampment- take a Look at the people in there who truly don’t have hardly anything- big differences in appearances- They eat out of dumpsters to get by- I’m sorry- but the illegals trying to storm our borders don’t look very impoverished to me-

Did you know that these folks, many, bilk our system for all it’s worth, to the tune of almost $45,000 per year per person in cases? That sir is why the vast majority of them are coming here- because they KNOW the government will give them all kinds of ‘free stuff’ at the expense of hard working American citizens!

That is what draws them- that is what makes them take a dangerous journey that they know could result in rapes, murder, theft-

They view our country as the next gold rush for them- just as folks risked everything back during the gold rushes- these illegals are rushing into our country to get a slice of a pie that isn’t theirs to get-

Read post number 8- there is some very sound wisdom there- Your self conscience/misguided feelings have gotten the better of you- it’s not uncommon for that to happen- most Christians go through that- allowing feelings to dictate actions- True wisdom however often goes against our ‘gut feelings’

[Captainpaintball]

God also said “NO ILLEGAL SCUM INVADERS”

[Bob434]

- many Young Christians often let feelings take over- it’s very common- Satan is very good at instilling guilt feelings in people- and making them think they aren’t Christian unless they do so and so- or refrain from such and such.

It’s hard to know when the Holy spirit is speaking, or when Satan is trying to cause guilt. Especially for young Christians. Satan loves to get Christians into ‘legalism’ and ‘guilt riddled shame’ that clouds the truth-

[SuperLuminal]

Bull!

[sasportas]

It is the Demo-commies who want the illegals to flood into this county, knowing the great majority of them will vote for the Democommies, which will put the finishing touches on their long held dream of a one world communist utopia.

Which will be anti-christian to the max. Which your Bible says will persecute and kill you.

This is what your twisted Biblical scenario for these illegals flooding into this country, will bring you.

[Pontiac]

I count GardenerForLife a Troll.

Every one of GardenerForLife's quotes from the Bible speak to charity. Charity is an individual sacrifice.

Opening boarders to all comers is national policy. There is no charity in taxing a nation to provide obligation free benefits to the needy. This is not charity.

Charity requires the Choice of the individual to sacrifice their own needs and wants to benefit another.

As Harmless Teddy Bear says any individual is free to "go down to one of those countries and engage in a absolute frenzy of good works".

Any nation is committing suicide by opening its boarders while offering all comers free access to a generous welfare state.

[alexander_busek]

Who will the Lord judge more harshly, the beggar that crossed a border illegally looking for food, or the hypocrite that refused to feed him?

First of all: I'm no hypocrite. I've never claimed that we, as a nation, have the obligation to feed anyone else.

Secondly: I would have no problem with handing out C-Rations to them while they are being loaded onto a bus to take them back to Mehico.

Regards,

[Robert DeLong]

Keep in mind that only those with the money to pay the cartels make it into this country. So then you have to ask, are they really as destitute as you are led to believe?

[Bratch]

Whenever these types of articles are posted it’s important to remember that religious charities receive federal compensation for taking in illegal aliens.

Follow the money.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

There are individuals, families, lone children all of who have less than nothing and have walked thousands of miles with just the hope of finding food, shelter, and maybe work.

They are foreign invaders without morals or respect for law who, as my mother (who was born in Mexico) puts it, always reaches their hands out to beg instead of going to work. They ruined their own countries, filled them with violence and corruption, and then cross the border in direct defiance of our own rule of law. And as for the legal ones? 60-70% of them vote for a political party that explicitly wants to destroy us, our culture, our heritage, and our people, and who hope to take over our country through the sheer power of their women's wombs and not by any merit of their own. And it's not that they're ignorant about it. A national hero of Mexico is Pancho Villa, the same man who strung up one of my own relatives, looted the family ranch, and tortured family members. And this is a "hero."

Anyone who works to bring these people into our country is a traitor working to destroy the nation and should be treated as such.