A Warning To All Christians

This could be a bit of a dicey topic, but read on with an open mind. It's important.

FaultLine USA has begun organizing Christians Against Leftist Heresy. A simplification of the idea is that Christian churches in America (especially denominations belonging to the National Council of Churches, of which the United Methodist Church -- which I regularly attend -- is a member) are being hijacked by leftist ideals, and most Christians don't even realize it. This blogroll is an attempt to bring awareness to the issue, as well as to network bloggers who are committed to fighting this leftification of American Christians.

One of the opening salvos could come in the next few weeks or months in the form of these churches asking their congregations to sign a pledge to take "a public, moral stand for immigrant’s rights."

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Most church attendees have no idea of what’s actually going on behind the scenes in their particular denominations. There’s a certain comfort in knowing that you are worshiping in the same faith tradition as your parents and grandparents. Unfortunately, the only intact part of that traditional faith may be the denominational name. Few Christian parishioners have any idea where the money they donate actually ends up. Here’s a clue:

The money sent to ministries sponsored by the NCC go to support a variety of Social Justice values – many of which are clearly Marxist/socialistic values: communal salvation (as opposed to individual salvation), open borders, sanctuary for illegal aliens, an immediate end to the war in Iraq, and eradicating America’s Whiteness (White Privilege) once and for all. Warfare conducted by a nation (bad) is not viewed in the same light as a revolution (good). Social Justice, born of Marxist Liberation Theology, promotes the view that Jesus was a revolutionary leader and any revolution by an oppressed people against the established order is considered a Christian duty.

Here's an excerpt from this pledge:

...We stand together in our faith that everyone, regardless of national origin, has basic common rights,including but not limited to: 1) livelihood; 2) family unity; and 3) physical and emotional safety. We witness the violation of these rights under current immigration policy, particularly in the separation of children from their parents due to unjust deportations, and in the exploitation of immigrant workers. We are deeply grieved by the violence done to families through immigration raids. We cannot in good conscience ignore such suffering and injustice.

These statements are very dangerous to American sovereignty and the integrity of American law. If you've been reading my blog for any amount of time, you know how I've addressed all three of these points over and over. They are simply a play on emotions, and not even valid points.

There are some significant questions to ponder here:

Isn’t it interesting that the left always stresses immigrant rights but never immigrant responsibilities, and conversely, the left always stresses American citizen’s responsibilities to immigrants but never mentions American citizen’s rights?

Christians who oppose illegal immigration are painted as racists, nativists, xenophobes, or worse, Nationalists! Here’s one of their favorite quotes:

"You shall neither mistreat a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." [Exodus 22: 21]

But, here are some passages that clearly indicate assimilation:

"But if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it." Exodus 12:48,49

"Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed..." Romans 13:1-2

Clearly, this is advice to Christians to follow the laws of their nation and to respect the laws of other nations. Although Christianity encourages acts of charity, we cannot be both charitable and law breakers. We cannot rob Peter to pay Paul.

I don't know if this will come up in our church (or yours), but if it does, you need to carefully think about what's going on behind the scenes before you sign this pledge. I, for one, will not.

There's my two cents.