Regarding illegal immigration and Jesus: Which is it: God's law or man's. Give unto Caesar or higher calling?
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Christ would say if you are violating tbe law and you do it out of rebellion you are sinning.  The old testament calls rebellion as witchraft.  \n\nIt would be different if there wasn't a way for people to come here legally, or if their lives were in danger in the countries that they are from
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I'm not familiar with the quote, but he is right in the sense that Christianity (at least in its current form) is not the same religion founded by Jesus.  Jesus was truly a wise man.  Personally, I think Thomas Jefferson was truly a wise man and very much doubt he is in hell (though I don't believe in hell anyway).
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According to the Christian bible Jesus got angry and turned over tables in a synagogue and he also whipped people for selling birds. God does not behave like this and it contradicts Jesus' teaching according to that same bible. The doctrine of Jesus being "fully man and fully god" was not believed by the early Christians and the Roman church came to this conclusion by voting. That's right, let's vote to determine what god is. f that.
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That is an interesting question that is tough to answer.  \nI would think that Jesus would not get involved, personally.  He wasn't one to really be heavily involved in politics and the laws.  So I don't think he would give an opinion on the current laws and practices.  \nAs far as His feelings on it, I think that he would be okay with it.  I don't think that Christianity really supports the idea of nations, especially not the idea that one has rights over another.  If we look back to the time of Saul, it was the Israelites that wanted a king and to be a nation like all the others, not God.\nI think that immigrants, as a general rule, come to the US illegally in order to make a better ife for themselves, and I think that Jesus would be all for that.\nTo those who say He never broke the law: You may want to reread the Gospels.  The reason he was put to death was for breaking numerous Jewish laws.  The Caesar quote was meant to say not to worry yourself with trivial things like laws of the land, but to follow the laws of God.  The coin had a picture of Caesar, so He said that it belonged to him in the first place.
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no, it is not. However, it is anti Christian to be against illegal immigrants.
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If 'the Church' you are referring to is not one of man's churches but rather God's one church (see New Testament for details), then rest assured that God has not given us his direction regarding gun control.\n\nThis is likely because it is not critical to your spiritual salvation. Whether or not you live in a country that has gun control laws or not doesn't affect whether or not you will go to heaven. You are, however, bound by the laws of that country (assuming they don't contradict God's instructions).\n\nMat 22:21  They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.\n\nIn other words, God does not 'teach' us about gun control, just as he doesn't teach us about whether or not a government should be responsible for highway development or how a light bulb works. Those things are Caesar's (man's) issues to concern himself over. God is concerned about something far more important than gun control: your soul.
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Simple:\nThe Law was created for man to show what sin was, the effects and consequences, and to prove that man could not live on his own without dependence of God.\nYes, some of the laws, to us, seemed outrageous.  Yet, Jesus proved it was possible to live the Law.  Through His sacrifice at Calvary, the payment for sin was paid in full.  All we have to do is accept Him as Lord and Savior, Jesus will guide us under grace, and not under the law.
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The law was given to the Jewish people, not to everybody. God chose the Jews to be His people. He wanted to be their king and the law was their constitution, so to speak. The only true theocracy in history! Later, the people asked for an earthly king but the law remained and is still a part of God's covenant with the Jewish people today.\nwhen Jesus came, He observed the law and even more, He fulfilled it. Does that mean it is no longer valid? \nNo, it's still valid. But it's still a covenant between God and the Jewish people. \nWhen the gospel was first preached to Gentiles, some Jewish believers taught, that all Gentiles have to become circumcised and follow the Mosaic law if they want to be followers of Christ.\nThe whole matter is discussed extensively in Acts 15. In the end, the apostles agreed, that Gentiles should not be subject to the law, but that they should be given the following guidelines: abstain from blood, from animals that have been strangled or sacrificed to idols and from sexual immorality. So why do Christians not follow these rules? Because they were not given as a law by God but rather as guidelines by the apostles. \nSo, yes the mosaic law still stands but Gentiles are not required to keep it.
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I've always been of the opinion that Jesus's story and sacrifice are far more poignant if he doesn't rise from the dead to become Lord of the Earth.  In the same way, following Jesus's commandments without the expectation of a reward in heaven, but rather because they are good and worthy in their own right, seems much more truly Christian.
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Assuming for the sake of argument that the Christian mythology is true, of course it's not a fair judging. Just because God is more powerful than we are and made us doesn't automatically give him the right to tell me what to do. Granting us free will is philosophically identical to granting us control over our own being. It's irrelevant that he made us. It's just like the government, just because it's big and has all the guns doesn't give it any actual authority over us other than what it takes by force (in God's case, threats of hell).
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No...No...it wasn't Jesus the son of God that said that.  It was Jesus (pronounced Hey-Suse) The son of Pedro that said that.  I think he did only work 10 minutes a day pulling weeds and such.  \n\nDisclaimer:  If anyone of Latino descent or of the Christian Religion that is offended by that answer...Just think back to the last time you saw an overweight balding white guy in bermuda shorts typing his life away on Yahoo....AND REEELLLAAAAXXXX
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Results: 1\nFor 'call no man '\nMatthew 23:9 And CALL NO MAN your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.\n\nYes, I agree that it is the Word of God. It is true.
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Christ is NOT AT ALL legalistic or merciless. Jehovah, as the witnesses call him, is NOT God. The Bible doesn't say that the name of God is Jehovah.
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One of our biggest problems--and the fastest way of turning others off to faith--is that so many of us believers think our way is the only way to approach God.  We don't allow for differences in the body of believers.  Jesus had dinner with tax collecors, allowed a prostitute to anoint him, and had fellowship with the woman at the well.  In fact, many of the most powerful moments in his ministry involved his encounters with folk who scandalized the establishment.  \n\nWho are we to try to ban someone just because he has a few ideas different than ours if Jesus refused to do that?\n\nPS for David:  I hope your sabbath was all you hoped for.  Blessings!
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I let my children know that God is a God of order and that \npeople should not do crimes or break the law.\n\nI tell them of the 10 commandments and how they apply to life.\n\nRace is not an issue since we are a multinational family.\n\nBut I can see how some people might be biased in favor of Illigal Immigration.
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Good question but no contradiction here.\n\nFirst you are dealing with two different covenants. In the Old Testament to not keep the law was a curse. Jesus came to fulfill the law so those who accept Jesus are under the New Covenant in His blood and therefore are not under the law any longer. Read on in Galatians 3 and you will see the purpose of the law was to bring people to Jesus. \n\nSecond Jesus was cursed on the cross as He took our sin and as He hung on a tree. This curse He took to free us who were cursed by our breaking of God's law. By Jesus dieing on the cross for our sin He fulfilled every sacrificial law in the OT including every law that needed to be kept in order to be right with God. Does this mean we don't keep the law as Christians? Nope. It means as Christians we are saved because Jesus saved us and now we keep the law in obedience to Him but it does not save us as we are already saved in Jesus. Jesus perfectly fulfilled the law (See Romans 8) because we could not so now we place our faith in Him to be saved. \n\nRead all of Galatians 3 then check out Romans 8 and you'll get some further clarification and you'll see that there is no contradiction between what Jesus says and what Paul says. Especially since Paul was inspired by the Holy Spirit. \n\nIn short Jesus fulfilled the law in becoming a curse for us so we would no longer be under the curse of the law. \n\n2 Corinthians 5:21, "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him."
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I am and a man cannot be saved by the Law. \nI am and have peace in heart because Christ loves me and I love Him.\nIf u have an impression that SDAs talk a lot about the law, perhaps it is because everybody knows that we are saved by grace and small number know how much important the law is to God.\nI will share two verses from the New (not old)Testament and it is Hebrews 10. 15,16.\nWhereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,\nThis is the covenant that I will make with them after those\ndays, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts,\nand in their minds will I write them.\nGod revealed His character through His Law and we are called not to ignore it or forget it. Some would say: But Christ told us that the two major commandments are to love our God and our neighbours and I couldn't agree more. But these two commandments are, in fact, 10 commandments summarized. And if one ask him/herself: how can I love God or people around me, he/she can find the answer in 10 commandments. That is one of the reasons (for me) to uphold the law.\nAnd if somebody tells you we are saved by the law, keep believing it's wrong teaching.\nGod bless you all.