‘Have you not read what David did when he and his followers were hungry – how he went into the house of God and how they ate the loaves of offering which neither he nor his followers were allowed to eat, but which were for the priests alone?
Mercy!
Jesus tells us what it takes to be a Christian. What I want is mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the blameless. For the Son of Man is master of the sabbath.’ Now I am not speaking as someone who considers himself a perfect Christian. I am guilty as anyone else. I am not perfect. My wife, Anna, will agree. How do we show our Christianity? How do we treat others.
I am writing this essay to speak out against an attitude that is currently in our generation of thought in the Christian community. Some Christians and Catholics included, say that only Christians go to heaven and that all other religions are bad. In reality we are all made by God. What makes us Christian is how we treat others. We must pray for peace. How do we show mercy to others.
Immigrants . It is amazing how certain politicians and Evangelical Christians (supposed Christians)rag on immigrants. These politicians and Christians in name only (CINO)criticise the Pope and Catholic Bishops for following scripture. They criticize sanctuary cities for following the mandates of scripture. These people may sell Bibles but never read or understand scripture. Yes, it is true that some immigrants have done bad things, but statistically natural citizens have committed a greater percentage of crimes than these human beings that are only looking for the same things we all look at in life. Food, Shelter and a decent job to take care of ourselves and families. Immigrants do the work that our citizens are unwilling to do.
More importantly, we have a duty to care for immigrants and mostly to treat them with respect as human beings. We do need secure borders but we also need to treat them as human beings. Now I am not saying or implying that we should have open borders. We need an orderly access, based on the fact that these people are human beings.
We do not respect the work these human beings perform for our food chain. Farmers could not get their crops to market without them. Food will rot in the fields. Housing and the building trades need their labor in a world that suffers from a lack of housing.
If you do not agree with me that is fine. Please take a pen and cross out the below scripture references. You haven’t read, believe or follow any of the inspired words of God so cross them out. Before you know it you have an entire Bible full of black lines. This is why the Pope Leo and Catholic Bishops have taken the stance they have on immigrants. In addition, please note that scripture doesn’t differentiate between legal and illegal immigrants. We need a comprehensive immigration policy that protects us from criminals but give a path to hard working humans that we need to harvest crops, build homes, and do things that our soft and privileged youth are not willing to do. We need to stop terrorizing a population who is pulled off the street just to satisfy someone’s desire to make our country white. Instead of terrorizing hard working people who are not criminals and work to supply our food and housing.
What we need today is to show mercy and act like Christians instead of a CINO. To be a Christian we need mercy. Please take the following scripture from your Bibles or follow them.
Exodus 22:20 ; Deut 10:19; Leviticus 19: 33-34; Hebrews 13:2
God Love You Always
Bob Burford
PS: Please Pray for the soul of our beloved Pontiff, Pope Francis and for his successor, Pope Leo. Please Pray for Cancer victims and their caregivers. Pray for the conversion of Russia and the salvation of the Ukrainian and Russian people and their soldiers. Pray for the Holy Land. Pray for peace! The impossible could and can happen. Never deny God.
