How the OT tells us to treat refugees, migrants and people of foreign origin

[simplejeff]

Like the Apostle Paul ? ((before He was converted))

23 minutes ago, Ezra said:

"What does the Bible say about those who want to kill and destroy innocents and have no regard for anyone?"

.... oh,  and like the soldiers who came to arrest Jesus in the Garden ?

[OneLight]

Yup, that was the instructions to the people whom God spoke to.  There are also many more laws that are not listed here.  Saying that, I prefer to continue to understand what Jesus taught about how to follow the commandments and treat others.

Mark 12:28-31

Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?”

Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.  And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.  And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’  There is no other commandment greater than these.”

[simplejeff]

OneLight,   That's true.  Sure is.  So , where does God's Word say what to DO.

Did the believers go out and bring back the sick and the outcasts to their homes, even during the plagues?  ((the plagues in europe)) .. centuries ago.   Yes.  Right?

Did the believers go out and bring back those who were going to put them to death ? Not so often. Sometimes Yes.

[OneLight]

4 minutes ago, simplejeff said:

OneLight,   That's true.  Sure is.  So , where does God's Word say what to DO.

Did the believers go out and bring back the sick and the outcasts to their homes, even during the plagues?  Yes.

Did the believers go out and bring back those who were going to put them to death ? Not so often. Sometimes Yes.

What we are told to do is to "love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength."  Meditating on what this means begins to fulfill His will in our lives, changing us.  For me, the key is to have a relationship close enough with God that the questions does not even need to be asked.  You see, I believe that God guides us through individual choices we are faced with, letting us know if there is anything dangerous about a person, an idea or a declaration.  We have the Holy Spirit to guide us when faced with life's questions or situations.  This doesn't apply to just this ideal, but to all others too.

[simplejeff]

So, if someone((Hungry, even homeless, with no food and no way to get food)) asks you for a fish, do you give them a fish or a rock ? 

or, If someone else gives them a fish, and you tell them go and be fed but don't give them anything, 

which one did what God's Word said to do ? 

((this is not a trap nor a trick question.  just simple as it is.))

[simplejeff]

34 minutes ago, simplejeff said:

Did the believers go out and bring back the sick and the outcasts to their homes, even during the plagues?   ((the plagues in europe)) centuries ago.  - or TODAY ? too...

Right ? ((if you know))

[Ezra]

2 hours ago, simplejeff said:

Like the Apostle Paul ? ((before He was converted))

.... oh,  and like the soldiers who came to arrest Jesus in the Garden ?

No. Like the soldiers who killed the innocents in Bethlehem at the behest of wicked king Herod.

[simplejeff]

Really  ?  Were those soldiers hungry ? Thirsty ? Downtrodden and outcast ?

 Did the Faithful joyfully and willingly wine and dine them, willingly give them clothes and shelter , pay their bills ? 

9 minutes ago, Ezra said:

No. Like the soldiers who killed the innocents in Bethlehem at the behest of wicked king Herod.

 

[Retrobyter]

6 hours ago, LadyKay said:

I was not a sojourner in the land of Egypt. So I do  not think that this applies to me.

Yeshua`s ancestors DID live in the land of Egypt, as did Yeshua` Himself for a time shortly after His birth. IF you are born again through His blood, then YOU, TOO, are a child of Israel and the verses apply to you, as well.

[Retrobyter]

5 hours ago, Rick_Parker said:

In those days, they were not trying to overthrow the government or forcibly convert the population to their religion using terror. Use you brain and do some critical thinking.

Shalom, Rick_Parker.

Yes, Yeshua` also said,

Matthew 10:16
16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
KJV

Matthew 7:6
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
KJV

Wisdom is necessary in kindness. God does NOT want you to be a doormat!