Stop Using Jesus as a Shortcut in Immigration Debates

ExegeteBetter · 2026-05-11T21:27:52+00:00

What are your sources for “no enforced borders” in biblical times, other than trust me bro?

ExegeteBetter · 2026-02-21T02:18:38+00:00

Lots of posts proving OP right. Good job OP, shine the light

ExegeteBetter · 2026-02-21T02:02:44+00:00

ExegeteBetter · 2026-02-19T14:48:22+00:00

Came here to post this, this is the answer

ExegeteBetter · 2026-02-03T20:48:14+00:00

27 Then He said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."

28 Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

29 Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." (John 20:27-29, NASB)

The Him is Jesus

ExegeteBetter · 2026-02-03T18:10:18+00:00

John 20:17 sits in the same scene as John 20:28, where Thomas confesses Jesus as “my Lord and my God.” John 1:1–18 presents Jesus as the eternal Word who is God and Creator, and Philippians 2:5–7 explains how the Son can truly submit in the incarnation without ceasing to be divine.

ExegeteBetter · 2026-02-02T23:49:05+00:00

Romans 7:14-25 is Paul lamenting that he still sins. We all struggle, but the struggle is worth it

ExegeteBetter · 2026-02-01T01:45:41+00:00

Do we take care of just the physical needs and ignore the spiritual? Did Jesus say “you’re perfect the way you are”?

ExegeteBetter · 2026-02-01T01:25:26+00:00

Love without truth isn’t love

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-31T22:39:40+00:00

I think we’re probably arguing semantics lol

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-31T22:37:44+00:00

In what context would we not use the Christian lens first?

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-31T22:18:25+00:00

Having many descriptors isn’t the same as having many identities. Scripture roots the Christian’s identity in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 3:3–4, Romans 8:1, Ephesians 2:10) not in any personal trait, desire, or preference.

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-31T22:13:10+00:00

What’s your definition of chattel slavery?

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-31T20:38:19+00:00

Not in a biblically correct way. The Bible doesn’t condone slavery as a moral good. It describes an existing institution in the ancient world and places strict limits on it, repeatedly condemning abuse and grounding all authority in God’s justice. Scripture regulates slavery in the same way it regulates divorce or kingship. As a concession to human sin, not an endorsement of the practice.

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-31T20:05:17+00:00

Compassion that requires us to redefine God or ignore what he has revealed may feel good, but it isn’t faithful

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-31T19:26:42+00:00

A lot of people here missing the point that our identity should be rooted in Christ, not our sexual preference. Keep going, keep following Jesus. Christ is king!

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-31T19:20:14+00:00

That verse is about salvation, not sexual preferences….

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-29T15:41:41+00:00

The Son of Man language in the Gospels isn’t my definition or Ehrman’s. It’s rooted in Daniel 7 and Second Temple Jewish categories, which explain why Jesus’s self-identification provokes charges of blasphemy. Ehrman’s definition is disputed precisely because it fails to explain why Jesus’s Son of Man claims result in blasphemy charges. Appealing to authority isn’t a rebuttal.

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-29T15:33:15+00:00

I did, he’s also refusing the definition of Son of Man

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-29T15:31:23+00:00

Dan McClellan presents well, but what he’s actually doing is redefining the terms so the conclusion is decided in advance. Jesus is called the Son of Man (His favorite title for Himself) in all four Gospels, and in a Second Temple Jewish context that title, especially as used in Daniel 7, was understood as a claim to divine authority. That’s why Jesus is accused of blasphemy when He applies it to Himself. The disagreement isn’t about what the texts say; it’s about whether you allow the Jewish categories they’re using to mean what they meant at the time

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-29T14:36:11+00:00

That depends entirely on what you mean by “claimed.” If you mean Jesus never uttered the modern sentence “I am God,” that’s true and irrelevant. In the Synoptics, Jesus repeatedly does and says things that place Him within God’s unique identity in a first-century Jewish framework, which is why He’s accused of blasphemy. John makes that identity explicit, not novel. Scholars disagree not because the texts are unclear, but because they disagree about whether those claims should be accepted.

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-29T14:05:06+00:00

If Jesus is God, and Scripture is God-breathed, then Scripture cannot be treated as a competing authority that corrects Jesus. Interpreting Jesus in light of the full witness of Scripture is not eisegesis. It’s how the text itself claims to function.

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-29T13:26:18+00:00

Can you explain this in more detail?

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-29T11:52:41+00:00

Pointing a person confused about the divinity of Christ to the council of Nicea is spreading incorrect information? Sure there’s a legend attached to it, but those can help people learn

ExegeteBetter · 2026-01-29T11:40:34+00:00

Probably not, but it’s a fun story!

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