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Indeed. Immigration is an issue fraught with so many variables. It frustrates me when people pose simplistic answers.
There are theological consequences to such insinuations.
Ah, but simplistic answers cut through all the waffle..
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Noah wasn't a Christian. Abraham wasn't a Christian. David wasn't a Christian. You see where I'm going with this?If they're not Chrstians they won't get in..
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Let me add that if there are going to be nonchristians in heaven, i swear to God I wouldn't want to go..
You're mixing up multiple ideas and it dilutes your point while missing mine.Ah, but simplistic answers cut through all the waffle..
Paul said - "I am worried lest you be led astray from the simplicity of Christ" (2 Cor 11:3)
Jesus never waffled- "And the common people heard him [Jesus] gladly" (Mark 12:37)
I was lucky enough to be brought up in the 1950's/60's when everybody saw things in crystal-clear black and white, whereas nowadays kids are taught that nothing is clear-cut black and white, and that everything must be looked at from every possible angle, blah-blah, no wonder they grow up stressed. and unsure of themselves-
Ever since the universe began, there's been a force sweeping through it, and Noah / Abraham / David etc tapped into it.
You are implying that all of Caesar's laws are in line with God's laws. It was legal for the moneychangers to operate in the temple. Roman law required Philemon to harshly punish Onesimus. "Manstealing" was legal in Rome. Successive divorces were legal in Rome. Abortion and infanticide were legal in Rome. Homosexual rape was legal in Rome.
This is good reasoning. I think there is a tendency that some people hijack Christ to suit an agenda that purports to be all giving the store away or so very liberal. Christ did demand a mentoring up of behavior, not downward. He did not say oh you aspire to be free & disregard decorum as in it's ok to go start fires all over the place because if it floats your boat it's fine with God. There was always a mentoring up. Even the story with Mary M.-he said don't sin anymore. Otherwise darkness would rule the world. The world has always struggled with criminal behavior. We can never seem to extinguish. So this idea that just because the US had this immigration tradition, that it's perfectly ok to dismantle borders & just let people come in & then just take from Peter to pay Paul. I don't think he said anything of the kind. Remember he could have easily took Pontius Pilate or Herod out & he didn't. So this idea that we have to support a bunch of people who are always poor--why bother existing. You might as well be dead if you can't find some enjoyment in life here. At the root of the argument I think we can appreciate from history that original immigrants came with skills or desire to build a life here, not become part of the welfare state. There was more pride. Sadly the system decayed into the real concept in that work became penalized & sloth memorialized. And there is always a politician in the mix trying to use the old Christian concepts of guilting people by saying they should redistribute their wealth to the poor among them. Yet it's the politician, using other people's money, & then trying to claim credit as if they are the only benevolent humans ever to come along.With the national conversation focused on immigration, Americans are being forced to choose between compassion and security. But this is a false dichotomy.
As Christians, we must reject the misleading framework that pits Christian love against national identity. Biblically speaking, this is not an either-or scenario. What if Scripture affirms both national sovereignty and moral responsibility? When President Trump enforced immigration laws, critics labeled his actions “unchristian.” But in reality, Trump was fulfilling the role God ordained for civil leaders.
The Bible affirms the existence of nations, borders, and the rule of law. Genesis 18 tells us that God intended for Abraham’s descendants to become a great nation. Deuteronomy 32:8 states that God “apportioned the nations” and “fixed the boundaries of the peoples.” Even the story of Babel in Genesis 11demonstrates that God divided humanity into nations, preventing unchecked global unity under a singular power. Nations — and by extension, borders — are part of God’s divine order.
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Would Jesus deport illegal immigrants?
With the national conversation focused on immigration, Americans are being forced to choose between compassion and security But this is a false dichotomywww.christianpost.com
Yet, someone is very keen on erasing those borders, currently in the whitehouse.
Israel was certainly a 'launch pad' for the subsequent spreading of Christianity worldwide..
