The answer is clear:
First of all, the point and purpose of the Church allegedly is to worship God, preach the Gospel, disciple the new believers and prepare the saints, not undermine government authority.
The purpose of the individual believer is to do all of the above plus those Golden Rule things. Note that the individual is also admonished not to work against the Authorities.
Now as you act as a classic liberal deconstructionalist in corrupting what is meant by "helping", redefining what is meant by "church" and introducing relative morality in the glossing over of a criminal act by glibly saying "regardless of their immigration status" you demonstrate a manifest hostility towards the true Gospel by your insulting caricature of it in the same manner and spirit as Mrs. Bill Clinton mangled it.
Since Romans 13 confirms that authority of the governing agency by declaring that they are placed in position by God for God's own Purposes, and since the Church at large is told to be obedient to these authorities (as difficult as it may be at times), then there is no place for you, or anyone else to take a clear command of God and make it optional based on feelings.
If the Government were to "criminalize" a particular act of "helping" - they are within their Rights as ordained by God to do so - regardless of your or my opinion.
If you feel that the law is unjust and goes against Scripture, you are fully within your rights to violate that law under whatever rational you provide understanding that while consciously violating that law you are also subject to the punishments that accompany your disobedience.
Not at all - I am ready to go to jail for it.
Has anyone ever stopped for a moment and wondered why there was no such thing as an "illegal alien" in Biblical times? Once you understand why this was the case, you'll realize why this is such an idiotic issue to contest on religious grounds.
Amen!
You would support the government criminalizing "one hot meal and one night's shelter"? How about just offering them Holy Communion during service - would you support the government's right to criminalize that too?
"If the Government were to "criminalize" a particular act of "helping" - they are within their Rights as ordained by God to do so..."
I believe that only kings were ordained by God. Our government reps are elected by us...whether or not they pretend to represent us is another can of worms.