A lot of Facebook "friends" have told me I am a hypocrite for being for the travel ban. I know it is not a Muslim ban. But all over FB we see memes and articles about how the Christian thing to do is to welcome refugees in, no questions asked, and if we want a better vetting process or a wall, we're bad Christians. One "friend" told me how disturbing it was that someone (myself) who professes to practice a religion of love, would be ignorant and intolerant.
Also, concerning abortion and gay marriage, I'm getting real tired of being told I am not a real Christian by people who don't even go to church or read the bible. I actually had a friend say, "If you don't think gays should get married, you're not a real Christian." I feel like the bad guy. Thoughts?
Emperor Constantine was a not a genuine Christian, yet he greatly benefited the Church and Rome. Trump is not genuinely saved, yet he has and will continue to benefit the Church and the nation. Of course Christians should support Trump and his temporary travel ban.
A Christian is no more a nation than a nation is a Christian. Too many professing Christians effectively treat them as the same as pertains to Christian duty/rights/privileges and refugee/immigration policy.
Christians should not impose the same standards on a nation, as a whole, as would be applied to individual Christians. Concerning safety and security, it's a huge mistake to claim that certain covenant rights and privileges that apply to individual Christians also apply to a nation as a whole when said nation contains a large population of unsaved, God-hating persons.
If you refuse entry into your personal home to a stranger that you believe might pose a threat or danger to your household, are you not loving them? I think not, not if God has not commanded otherwise in that particular situation.
Just because I, as a Christian under the protection of the Almighty, can safely allow an immigrant/Muslim to stay in my home, does not mean I should impose the same thing on a person who is godless. Should I tell a godless person that they should allow a Muslim or immigrant to stay within the walls of their home and that they will be safe in doing so? Of course not.
Indeed, as a Christian who is guided and protected by the Holy Spirit, God Almighty just might tell me to allow a Muslim or immigrant to move into my home to stay for a certain period of time. And if He does so, then He will provide the grace to make it so. But you see, I have access to God's divine provision in terms of protection and other things. But can I say the same for America that is composed, to a great extent, of people that has rejected God? Should the nation of America just allow strangers (many of whom care nothing for traditional American values and biblical principles) to flood its borders considering that so many American's have rejected God's divine protection? America is not the praying nation it once was. However, that being said, over the last two years I have noticed a significant change regarding prayer in America. I believe that change will continue.
In addition, just as a parent's primary duty is to his/her children in regards to care and safety, so to Americans are Trump's primary responsibility, not foreign nationals.
Careless and irresponsible immigration and refugee policy creates much greater evil than it can potentially solve.
