Hi Doughty, I approve of churches allowing illegals to sleep in their basements. We are to be helpful, compassionate, friendly with aliens. It is not unfriendly to insist they need to obey laws that say they should return to their own country.
The basis of sanctuary laws in the Old Testament was the right of revenge on one who had caused a death, even if it was not a murder but was an accident.
We really don’t have that condition in this country at this time, so a church would be stretching it to claim OT sanctuary laws applied to them. In an honest case, honest police should be able to honestly arrest wherever a fugitive from justice might be.
So, if someone is being arrested for believing in the trinity, then that is an occasion to engage in civil disobedience. If someone is being arrested for negligent homicide, then there are no revenge rights in this nation at this time.
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.