Fox News' Pastor Robert Jeffress: Jesus Wouldn't Protect Undocumented Immigrants

[cbayer]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-news-correspondent-churches-that-house-undocumented-people-arent-following-jesus_55a42df6e4b0b8145f735f05

Carol Kuruvilla
Associate Religion Editor

Posted: 07/14/2015 | Edited: 07/14/2015 09:40 AM EDT

Two dozen congregations in 12 U.S. cities have reportedly opened their doors as sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants facing deportation. Because federal agents usually avoid arresting immigrants inside churches, sanctuary seekers often live inside the churches 24/7 and are cared for by congregation members.

But the Rev. Robert Jeffress, a Fox News religious correspondent, said these churches are misguided.

“A lot of these liberal churches that harbor illegal immigrants who are criminals say they are following the example of Jesus,” Jeffress, pastor of a 12,000-member megachurch in Dallas, said during a “Fox and Friends” segment on Sunday. Instead, “they are following the Jesus of their imagination rather than the Jesus of the Bible,” he said.

“Jesus was not this wimpy little guy who walked around munching sunflower seeds and saying nice things to people,” Jeffress said. “The real Jesus of the Bible said, ‘Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s.’ That is: Obey the government.”

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[TreasonousBastard]

1. As I said in another thread about this Jeffress clown...

1 Corinthians 13:13-- "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." That's King James, the one the fundies believe in; curiously, most other translations use "love" instead of "charity".

I'm seeing the Sanctuary movement starting to come back as a backlash against the revival of anti-immigrant hysteria. The concept of Sanctuary is as ancient as Moses and the command to set up towns as sanctuaries. Even the medieval Roman church accepted Sanctuary as a fundamental Christian tenet.

[cbayer]

2. Interesting change they made there.

I grew up in church that provided sanctuary and thought incorrectly that this was something churches in general did.

I am glad to see the movement coming back in regards to undocumented immigrants.

[trotsky]

3. Meh, he just cherry-picks different parts of the bible.

Everyone is able to come up with a reason to discard the parts of the bible they don't like.

[pinto]

11. +1

That's the heart of Jesus' preaching, as I read it.

[trotsky]

12. Key words: as (you) read it.

If only it were that simple.

[Sinistrous]

4. Simply put: Robert Jeffress is a heretic. n/t

[trotsky]

5. He and millions of other Christians would likely say the same about you.

Where does that get us?

[Renew Deal]

6. "‘Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s"

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Doesn't that mean "pay your taxes?" And now that same sex marriage is legal I'm sure he will obey the govt.

[cbayer]

16. This seems such an odd thing to quote in this context.

[DetlefK]

20. +1

[Renew Deal]

7. I wonder what these guys plan to say to Jesus when they meet him.

As I'm sure thy expect to meet him.

[AtheistCrusader]

10. I'm convinced none of them actually believe.

Same for most priests and pastors.

Going through the motions is profitable though.

[Angry Dragon]

13. the only gates they will see are the GATES OF HELL

[trotsky]

14. I don't think anyone deserves hell.

The concept itself is wholly incompatible with any notion of morality or decency.

[Angry Dragon]

15. many christians would not agree with you

I have no idea what is out there
I just hope there are no republicans

[trotsky]

19. If hell exists, I would rather go there...

than live in heaven with the monster who created it.

[Nitram]

8. Don't you just love misanthropists who claim to speak for Jesus?

[cbayer]

17. Love them only insofar as what they say speaks volumes

and I can imagine Jesus gaping jaw.

[safeinOhio]

9. They can always find

a loop-hole.

[cbayer]

18. When it suits their puposes, but they miss that which is so obvious.

[Nitram]

21. I don't think they find loopholes as much as they just ignore...

...the bits that contradict their own fossilized view of the world.

[trotsky]

22. As does every Christian, basically.

There's a lot in the bible that no decent person should accept.

[cbayer]

23. I think for many it's more sinister than that.

This guy, for example, reminds me of a carnival shill.