Lev 19:33 When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
Conservatives are being challenged by liberals to apply this commandment of the Mosaic covenant to persons illegally entering the USA. God's law is for God's people although today we live under Grace, not under law. Is the United States government a theocracy?
There are 613 Commandments in the law of Moses. How many of them do you wish to observe? Some say that God's law permits slavery (See Exodus 21:2-11). I'm not calling for the mistreatment of anyone. But I am calling for the observance of the words of Jesus and of the Apostles.
1Timothy 2:1-8
Romans 13:1-7
1Peter 2:13-17
Matthew 5:38-48
There is one Old Testament scripture I would cite; that is Micah 6:8
"He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Micah 6:8
He has shown it to me and has he shown it to you? We are to do justly, we are to love kindness, and we are to walk humbly with God. We are to do it. If we are not doing these things how can we require others to do them?
Because we are enjoined morally to refrain from abusing foreigners does not give us the Authority or the power to control national borders. If you are not violating the law of the land you are free to minister aid and comfort to anyone you choose, even those who are foreigners in the United States. With one exception. You cannot harbor criminals. That limits you to what you can do for those foreigners here who have violated national and state laws.
I think liberals should go to the borders and see how those foreigners who are entering illegally are actually being treated. They are being well treated. Have a very few died in the custody of Border Patrol? Yes. Sadly people of all ages die every day in yet far and away mostly out of detention facilities. But to compare what we are doing to Hitler's concentration camps, as some do, is quite absurd.
Conservatives are being challenged by liberals to apply this commandment of the Mosaic covenant to persons illegally entering the USA. God's law is for God's people although today we live under Grace, not under law. Is the United States government a theocracy?
There are 613 Commandments in the law of Moses. How many of them do you wish to observe? Some say that God's law permits slavery (See Exodus 21:2-11). I'm not calling for the mistreatment of anyone. But I am calling for the observance of the words of Jesus and of the Apostles.
1Timothy 2:1-8
Romans 13:1-7
1Peter 2:13-17
Matthew 5:38-48
There is one Old Testament scripture I would cite; that is Micah 6:8
"He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Micah 6:8
He has shown it to me and has he shown it to you? We are to do justly, we are to love kindness, and we are to walk humbly with God. We are to do it. If we are not doing these things how can we require others to do them?
Because we are enjoined morally to refrain from abusing foreigners does not give us the Authority or the power to control national borders. If you are not violating the law of the land you are free to minister aid and comfort to anyone you choose, even those who are foreigners in the United States. With one exception. You cannot harbor criminals. That limits you to what you can do for those foreigners here who have violated national and state laws.
I think liberals should go to the borders and see how those foreigners who are entering illegally are actually being treated. They are being well treated. Have a very few died in the custody of Border Patrol? Yes. Sadly people of all ages die every day in yet far and away mostly out of detention facilities. But to compare what we are doing to Hitler's concentration camps, as some do, is quite absurd.
