"To be un-Christian, deportation would have to be unjust, unmerciful, or both — and none of those are the case." -Nathan Stone

That was one of the lines from a very compelling piece at TheFederalist.com by Nathan Stone. I shared the article on Facebook the other day, and that sparked an interesting conversation about the question- is it Christian to support the deportation of illegal aliens?

Now, I am certainly no pastor. I'm just an average Montana guy, and far from perfect. I also tend to agree with our friend David Knobel (on Twitch and X as @LCTRfan) that most of the people lecturing Christians about what it means to be a Christian are not Christian themselves, and oftentimes they despise Christians, Jews, and other people of faith. So why should we listen to them, or even respond to their virtue signaling?

That being said, I imagine there are some Christians struggling with this question.

I attempted to answer that question in reply to one comment basically saying that it's not Christian to support the deportation of illegal immigrants. Here's my attempt at answering that question. Please tell me if you think I answered this ok, or how you would improve the response.

Aren't Christians supposed to love their neighbors, and the migrants? And what about..."whatever you have done to the least of these?" The commenter also said she left "the Church" because she saw Christians NOT following the Bible.

Here's my reply:

"We have a compassionate LEGAL immigration system that does just that. And on top of that American Christians support massive charities to help people in other countries. We are the most compassionate and benevolent nation on the planet. "Whatever you have done to the least of these"...the lawlessness you advocate for has led to 350,000 missing children, many of whom have likely ended up being sex trafficked...not to mention the rapists, murderers and drug dealers that have targeted the most vulnerable in our society while this illegal invasion has occurred. Some of the same people who advocate for this lawlessness lectured Christians about having to abide by Unconstitutional church closures and mandates in recent years, yet they want to call this lawlessness "Christian". People will always disappoint you, churches will disappoint you, governments will disappoint you...thankfully we have a God that is bigger than all of us."

I stole that last line from a wise friend of mine who likes to stay under the radar.

As for the commenter saying that she left the Church over a bad experience. If you had a bad experience at a restaurant...why did you keep going to the same restaurant for so long? So, because you had a bad experience at one restaurant now you won't go out to eat at ANY restaurant?

If Billings, Montana has one thing- it is a TON of great churches with great leaders. And some pretty good restaurants too.

You might also find this interesting from GotQuestions.org: What does the Bible say about illegal immigration? Here's an excerpt:

Romans 13:1–7 makes it abundantly clear that God expects us to obey the laws of the government. The only exception to this is when a law of the government forces us to disobey a command of God (Acts 5:29). Illegal immigration is the breaking of a government’s law. There is nothing in Scripture that contradicts the idea of a sovereign nation having immigration laws. Therefore, it is rebellion against God to unlawfully enter another country. Illegal immigration is a sin.

 

This is one perspective, of course. If you have another, please share.

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