Illegal Alien

Matthew 13:27b – ‘Master, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?’

One topic about which many voices are heard is this matter of those individuals who enter the United States of America illegally. There is a legal way to immigrate to this country, and many paths to do so outside the law. Since we are a nation of laws (commonly called a Republic), it is mandatory that every individual obey the laws or suffer a just recompense for failure to do so. If we fail to enforce all laws, we must excuse those who break any law. We must refuse to hold our citizens legally accountable if we are unwilling to hold non-citizens legally accountable as well.

The Church of Jesus Christ experiences the same problems as society at large. We have allowed, over a period of many years, citizens of the World to infiltrate the Church of Jesus Christ and co-mingle with the Citizens of Heaven. In our unwillingness to demand obedience to the commands of Christ Jesus our Lord, we have significantly weakened the fabric of our oneness in Him, and our ability to demand an uncompromised conformity to God’s Truth. We are guilty of hearing the voices of aliens along with the voices of the redeemed, and in our desire to be non-offending, we have subjected the Body of Christ to the ravages of sin.

Is there a solution to the problem? Of course! Our Father who lloves us beyond measure is not willing that we should negotiate a path to some middle ground, or concede the Truth to prove conciliatory to the enemy. Rather, He has provided the ingredients required for our justification, thereby declaring us to be members of the Family of God, heirs to the Kingdom of God, and possessors of the presence and power of God.

Just as our nation has failed in providing sufficient security along our borders to eliminate the unlawful entry of those who are unwilling to abide by our laws, so we (I speak of the Church) have failed to maintain the clarity of God’s requirements for possession of eternal life, over
-coming victory, and perfect peace.

Whosoever will may come. But he that draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6) One cannot slip quietly into the Family of God through some assumed hole in the fence created by the cunning of another. Real repentance and genuine faith encompassing the infinite grace of God is the entry to His righteousness without which we of all men most miserable. All else are aliens and strangers to the grace of God and a little involvement with the Body won’t make a dandelion a carrot.