Jesus was actually relatively indifferent to human authority but the larger point is which do you think His ministry embodied more? Love or honoring authority? Beloved, I do not know for sure what the solution is for the humanitarian crisis at our border. There can be differing secular opinions. I understand that some are more xenophobic than others and demand a fence along with a moat filled with alligators. I understand that others think we should just randomly let anyone in. The solution is probably somewhere in the middle.
The problem I have is because my citizenship is in heaven, not this country. So it bothers me when someone claiming to be a Christian leader hijacks my Lord and Savior for their own political ends. I am sorry but you cannot make a coherent Biblical argument to turn away 50,000 indigent children. Larry Tomczak tried and failed miserably. Take a good look at the key verses today. This is Jesus separating those who are going to heaven from those who are going to hell. What is the dividing line given here? As you did to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me - including welcoming strangers.
These verses do not have Jesus saying - check your resources first before you give someone who is thirsty a drink! He doesn't say - make sure you are not breaking any local ordinances before you clothe the naked, feed the hungry, or welcome the stranger! He does not advocate that we worry about what sickness they might have either. He doesn't suggest screaming at busloads of children on Thursday and then raising our hands on Sunday. He does not specify which countries are not allowed. What peoples are unworthy. He does not ask us to check the occupancy level of the lifeboat He has provided.
This is still the richest country in the history of mankind and we squabble over whether we can take care of 50,000 of the neediest people in the world. I get that from a carnally thinking world who protects what they got. I do not understand that from Christians who are supposed to feed the hungry and visit the sick. But preacher, times are tough. Yes they are but it was reported on the same day, that a mega church in Alabama spent tens of millions of dollars to build a 12 lane bowling alley and six giant connected domes hosting other fun activities for their community. We scream at the poor to get a job and then hand ten percent of our earnings to people who do not even represent Christ. Kenneth Copeland lives in a 6.5 million dollar mansion - tax free. Joel Osteen brings in over $600,000 every weekend. We attend "church" in old basketball arenas with waterfalls in the lobby and a Starbucks around the back but that seven year old from Honduras? She needs to get the hell out of my country. That's what Jesus would say after all; right?
If you want to believe that it is in our best interests to return all of these children without even trying to help them, fine. This country allows you to have that opinion. Just do not for a second think that Jesus Christ is on your side of this argument. The Bible does not support such a notion. Be careful your testimony does not end up as such:
I was naked and you spat upon me
I was hungry and you said - kitchen's closed
I was thirsty and you said - I checked my resources and I don't have enough
I was sick and you demonized me
I was a stranger and you shut the door and built a wall
I was in prison and you sent me right back
