email fwd re: illegal immigration
03/02/2008 07:38 p.m.
if you don't claim to be a christian, this does not apply.


While I do not support illegal immigration, it seems that a great many people are forgetting what's really important.

regarding: oh noz! ebil spix crozzin r brdr, steelinz r jobz!

Mt 5:28-32 Also, on the matter of clothing, why are you anxious? Take a lesson from the lilies of the field, how they are growing; they do not toil, nor do they spin; but I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. If, now, God thus clothes the vegetation of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much rather clothe you, you with little faith? So never be anxious and say, 'What are we to eat? or, 'What are we to drink?' or, 'What are we to put on?' For all these are the things the nations are eagerly pursuing. For your heavenly Father knows you need all these things.

A truly Christian person doesn't need to worry about their job being "stolen" in the first place. God has already promised to take care of you. Not that it's a promise you'll never be jobless; however, you'll never lack for the necessities if you trust him. From my own personal experience, the ones worrying about their jobs being stolen are really more worried about losing the things that job bought them...their standard of living. Most could do with a healthy reality check in that dept anyway. Luke 10:7 points out the worker deserves his wages - if you're doing God's will he won't forget you regardless of how many illegal immigrants flood the job market.


regarding: oh noz! dirty spix in r countree, not speekinz r anglish!

Zeph 3:9 For then I shall give to peoples the change to a pure language, in order for them all to call upon the name of Jehovah, in order to serve him shoulder to shoulder.

That was a prophecy given to Zephaniah back in the ye olde times that has yet to be fulfilled. Whether it's going to be an actual language change or a metaphor for an entire lifestyle revamp isn't really important. Because whichever it is, God expects us to learn new thought patterns eventually. Are you going to tell him that it's too much work and that since you're an American he needs to use American English (or that way of life) instead of what he has planned? I think not.

So why not get a head start and learn a second language now? You're the Christian, you're supposed to be showing love to your fellow man. Nothing says love like going out of your way to learn a new language just so you can communicate with him. Added benefit - it's been proven learning a new language increases IQ. So you can better yourself at the same time and improve your job marketability. Much more productive use of time than sending out propagandized hate messages.


regarding: oh noz! theyz in r countree, makin r citiez in2 slumz!

Mt 5:43-47 "You heard that it was said, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those persecuting you; that you may prove yourselves sons of your Father who is in the heavens, since he makes his sun rise upon wicked people and good and makes it rain upon righteous people and unrighteous. For if you love those loving you, what reward do you have? Are not also the tax collectors doing the same thing? And if you greet your brothers only, what extraordinary thing are you doing? Are not also the people of the nations doing the same thing?"

If God isn't too high and mighty to take the sun and rain away from people who aren't following his commands, what makes you too good to share your neighborhood with illegal immigrants? If you want to teach them to live better and follow the law, be an example yourself. Be a friend. The people who influenced you to change your life for the better were people who CARED about you and set their own example for you. So pass it on. They may be here illegally but that doesn't make them lesser people.


The only person with enough power to make a real change to the world, to fix the issues that are bringing illegals to the U.S. in droves is God. So trust in him, pray to him and do your part to kill the devil-inspired hate messages circulating on the net and in reality. Because, as Peter said, “For a certainty I perceive that God is not partial, but in every nation the man (which would include illegal immigrants) that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him." Acts 10:34,35 If you don't set a Christian example, how will they learn to treat people in a way acceptable to God?

If you're sure you aren't above God, then it's time to start acting like a real Christian. Hit delete.

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i hate those bloody patriotic fwds. every time there's an economic down turn somewhere people just have to get on the band wagon to tar a scapegoat class. everybody wants to turn them into demonic monsters with horns. *shaking head* they're people. with problems similar to people everywhere. when i read crap like that i get a deja vu feeling harkening back to the research i've done on nazi germany. stomp them seeds when they're small, before they flower into things like concentration camps.