What is the immigration issue? It has become so clouded with individual agendas that the seriousness of the problem, if there really is a problem at all, has become buried in unwarranted racial and ethnic tensions. Let’s face it; we don’t live in the same world we were accustomed to twenty-five or thirty years ago. National security needs to be in the forefront of concern when it comes to protecting our neighborhoods from international threats on our way of living. I’m not against immigration nor am I well versed in immigration law. I do feel that common sense has been locked up in a closet someplace being held hostage by the news media of this country just to sensationalize anything that can stir the racial pot to a boiling point. Look; an immigrant is a person who has recently settled in a country but was not born there. An immigrant is one who follows all the laws of immigration. An immigrant is essentially invited into their new country with open arms. An alien is much the same. An alien is a person from another country; a person of foreign birth who has not been naturalized. (Also, a being from outer space, I’ve never encountered one of them.) The simple rub is this; illegal means that an immigrant or alien has entered their new country without telling the legal authorities of that country. I dare you to enter a foreign country of this world without proper, legal identification papers, issued to you by the authorities of that country. Your passport becomes those papers of identification when it gets stamped at the port of entry. Failure to present your passport to authorities of that country at any time will land you in prison immediately, no questions asked. That’s all that is being asked of persons crossing our borders every day, proper identification. I, a born citizen of this country, have to show proper identification when asked by officials and I don’t see bigotry or racism involved in asking the same of anyone in this country. Quit listening to the media. The Gestapo is not breaking down doors. And, if you won’t go find out whom your neighbor is, who will? That’s all I’ve got to say about that.
[Ephesians 2] All good things in this life are conditional. I can drive as well as anyone, but I cannot receive a license to drive on our public highways until I prove my abilities to certain government officials. Driving is a privilege. I am invited to join others in this privilege, but I must work at being a safe driver every day. I have been invited to heaven through the grace of God, but it is conditional. Oh no, Tom. It’s a gift from God and you can’t earn it. You’re right. Now, tell me when the last time you gave a complete stranger a place to live, free of charge for the rest of his life. On the Day of Judgment it’s going to take proper identification to enter into heaven. God’s grace won’t be poured out to complete strangers. The gift of salvation is conditional my friend. We cannot disregard plain statements such as Mark 16:16 and Acts 2:38 where we are taught it will take belief, repentance and baptism to be saved. In addition we must obey God; Matthew 7:21; Hebrews 5:8-9; Revelation 22:14. When preparing to visit a foreign country, one must obtain all the things necessary to legally enter that country. If you don’t fulfill all the demands of the authority of that country, you will not be allowed to enter. Think seriously about your entry into heaven. Have you fulfilled all that is being demanded by God? Will your passport of faith be enough? Will a clean criminal record be enough? Can you show proper Christian identification?
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