Believers believe in the law of the land.
A bigger heart -- always needed up top the mountain.
But, we should remember of those applying only proxy 15% will qualify.
Many, many wasted their time coming all the way up to the border.
As the Tijuana mayor has stated --
the ones who encouraged these people should be prosecuted.
MB
We take it for granted (many or most) that want the U.S. to admit refugees that only some portion of the people will be genuine refugees. We should advocate the U.S. ramp up interviews and screening to a faster rate and faster find which of the would-be immigrants are the authentic refugees that have fled violence for the sake of safety. When I say I'm a believer, I mean of course that I believe in Christ Jesus as my Savior, who is the very Son of God, and that He came here for the sake of the sinners like me, and died for us, that we might gain forgiveness and Life eternal, and that He rose from the grave, and will judge all mankind, and will come again. I believe. This is what I believe in.
Other things aren't even slightly close to that.
I don't believe for instance that the 'law of the land' can save me or even help me profoundly -- man's laws -- but instead government is a pragmatic institution of man, a necessity here, and as Christians we should be good citizens in a
janitorial way, here in our representative democracy, just as you one would do good to volunteer to mop the floor at the local homeless shelter for instance, so you do good to vote for representatives that do what is right by true moral laws, not just prejudices which are immoral.
It's
immoral to say to desperate people: KEEP OUT, we don't want you here.
That's immoral and also God prohibited Israel from doing that with alien immigrants in the OT. He said to love them instead.
30 Bible Verses About Immigration & Refugees - Powerful Scripture Quotes
Christ summed up the law in Matthew 7:12. And notice what 2 verses immediately follow this one.
He was summing up laws such as Lev 23:22 and Malachi 3:5 (do we want to be someone who "turns aside the sojourner"? NO!), and
Leviticus 19:34 You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.