Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate

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Every day we come face to face with those we’ve never met. Whether at a local grocery store or entering our local church, we encounter those we consider strangers. For those who are naturally introverted, it can be difficult to break through the uncomfortable tension of getting to know someone. Rabbi Yehuda said in the name of Rav, "Welcoming guests is greater than receiving the face of the Shechina (the Divine presence) as it is written, [about Abraham, Genesis 18] "My lords, if it please you do not go on past your servant. Let a little water be brought..."

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Other Christians have taken a diametrically different position, and have called for cities and educational institutions to be set apart as “safe zones” for undocumented immigrants.This week we are looking at two words which may be confused by learners of English: produce and product. Improve your English with Collins. We should welcome the refugee, yes. But they are supposed to claim asylum in the first safe country they come to. Regarding the huge numbers trying to cross the Channel, is France not a safe country? Or the country they reached France from? And are they really refugees or economic migrants? A stranger or visitor can sense a posture of hospitality from a mile away. Assume the best in others and it will translate loud and clear. As I explain in my book, The Hospitable Leader: Moreover, I believe passionately that, in the context of the Ukraine crisis, the plight of *the refugee* highlights, not only the appalling suffering of a particular people,but also (a) the spiritual and moral bankruptcy of Western “civilization” ( including the UK) but (b) the acquiescence of a large section of the Christian Church , so immersed in its own agenda(s) that, among other things, in the light of its semi(?) humanistic reduction of the Gospel, it has lost sight of of the *fulness of the Gospel”. The stranger who dwells among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God (Lev 19.34).

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And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay. And she prevailed upon us." 17. Hebrews 13:16 THAT IS our vocation: to convert … the enemy into a guest and to create the free and fearless space where brotherhood and sisterhood can be formed and fully experienced. Deuteronomy 14:28-29commands God's people to keep a tenth of their harvest every third year for 'orphans, widows, and foreigners': 'If they have enough to eat, then the Lord your God will be pleased and make you successful in everything you do.' Romans 15:7 - Therefore welcome one another, just as our Lord Christ also welcomed you, to the glory of God. In 1 Timothy 5:10, the Bible talks about supporting widows if they possess these characteristics - "She must be well respected by everyone because of the good she has done.

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Israel was to welcome the stranger provided that the stranger kept the law of the land, the laws of Moses… and didn’t demand that it be changed to accommodate differing cultural preferences. Reply Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. Acts 10:34-35 You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God." 15. Leviticus 19:10

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You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt." 7. Proverbs 31:20But hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined." 23. Ephesians 6:7 In the New Testament, hospitality becomes an act of love and service. Jesus takes this idea and teaches us how it should be done in Luke 10:5-6 when he says " Whatever house you enter, first say 'peace be to this house!' Then if a peaceful person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you." How should Christians treat strangers?

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The gospel approach is perhaps best summed up by Jesus in his discourse on the sheep and the goats (Matthew 25:31-46), when he explains that he shall come again to judge all people and will look favourably on those who welcomed a stranger because in doing so, they welcomed him.For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward." 27. Galatians 5:13 The letter H can be useful to create some two-letter words but there are some longer, high scoring words too. Here are some examples.