BLOGGING TOWARD SUNDAY…

From Jim Wallis in a recent issue of Sojourners magazine:

Arizona’s law is a social and racial sin, and it should be denounced by people of faith and conscience across the nation. Arizona is threatening to wage war on the body of Christ. We should say that if you come after one part of the body, you come after all of us. This law will make it illegal to love your neighbor in Arizona, and would force us to disobey Jesus and his gospel. We will not comply.

I like this because in saying “this law will make it illegal to love your neighbor in Arizona,” Wallis shows his understanding of love as action rather than feeling. Jesus commanded us to love, and feelings/emotions cannot be commanded…only actions. Jesus would not ask us to do what we are incapable of doing, so in his command to love, he is demanding that we do what we can. We can “love” the immigrants in Arizona by making our opposition known to those in power. I hope you’ll join me in this. It’s the Christ-like thing to do.

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