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Aliens in the world
By Jeremy | June 10, 2005
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.These ideals sound much more similar to Matthew 25, Isaiah 58, and Leviticus 19 than much of the rhetoric we hear from church leaders today. As American citizens continue to clamor for change, we Christians must measure our advocacy and proposals against this Biblical standard:
"Do not exploit the foreigners that live in your land. They should be treated like everyone else, and you must love them as you love yourself. Remember that you were once foreigners in the land of Egypt. I the Lord, am your God." - Leviticus 19:33-34
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