What Does God Say About It? (Immigration Series)

I am ashamed to say that It has taken me the whole election season to finally sit down and say: I need to study and know for myself what God says about Immigrants. I have a general idea…but there is suddenly a large group of Christians saying otherwise. If it were just the general public, I wouldn’t mind, but when it is people saying they are voting this way BECAUSE they love Jesus and follow Jesus, and I am voting differently BECAUSE I love Jesus and follow Jesus…I want to find the disconnect. I want to get my story straight.

I want to center Jesus and only Him, not whatever culture war is going on. The narrative on Facebook is that pro-immigrant and refugee is a democrat, left issue. If I speak out for them, I am against all republicans and right-wing issues, perhaps even having people doubt my Christianity. For me, the issue is basic human dignity for all people, no matter their papers, because God gave me two rules: love Him, and love others. As a missionary, seeing the same people I’ve been called to serve degraded and sub-humanized by the very people who were so happy to support me is heartbreaking. My family is made up of immigrants, and so this is not just a political issue to me. Here is my journey into my Bible study on Immigrants:

Part 1: The (Biblical) Words Used for Immigrants

Part 2: The Bible Big Picture about Immigrants

Part 3: The Bible Verses about Immigrants that Feel Rough

Part 4: Practical Applications for Christians Thinking about Immigration