Immigration and the Bible
You may have noticed some discussion in the news lately about illegal immigration, and how to enforce immigration laws. Is it appropriate to build walls on the border to keep people out? To search for, arrest, and deport illegal immigrants by any means necessary? Now, I tend not to concern myself much with politics these days, not because I don’t have opinions, but because I don’t believe that politics offers any real or lasting solutions. The only real solution to anyone’s problems is to turn to God, humble oneself before Him, and obey Him. The Bible warns against putting trust in human leaders: “Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help. His spirit departs, he returns to his earth; in that very day his plans perish. Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God” (Psa. 146:3-5). So any nation (or individual) that attempts to fix its problems by political means, without turning to God first, is doome...