{"id":18005,"date":"2026-02-06T23:57:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18005"},"modified":"2026-02-06T23:57:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:57:20","slug":"johnson-counters-lies-proclaims-border-security-is-a-christian-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=18005","title":{"rendered":"Johnson Counters Lies, Proclaims Border Security Is a Christian Stance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has responded to Pope Leo XIV\u2019s concerns about President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration policies, proclaiming that \u201cborders are biblical.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

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In speaking with reporters Tuesday after a vote on the House floor, Johnson was asked to address Pope Leo XIV\u2019s citation of \u201cMatthew 25:35 to critique Donald Trump\u2019s mass deportation agenda.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cBorders and walls are biblical,\u201d Johnson, a Southern Baptist,\u00a0responded. \u201cFrom the Old Testament to the New, God has allowed us to set up our civil societies and have separate nations.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cImmigration is not something that\u2019s frowned upon in Scripture,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019re to welcome the sojourner and love our neighbor as ourself.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The speaker continued: \u201cWhat\u2019s also important in the Bible is that assimilation is expected and anticipated and proper.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen someone comes into your country, comes into your nation, they do not have the right to change its laws or to change its society,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThey are expected to assimilate.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t had a lot of that going on,\u201d he insisted.\n<\/p>\n

When\u00a0speaking\u00a0to reporters in November, Pope Leo XIV noted how \u201cMatthew\u2019s Gospel Chapter 25\u201d features Jesus discussing how \u201cat the end of the world, we\u2019re going to be asked \u2026 \u2018how did you receive the foreigner? Did you receive him and welcome him or not?\u2019\u201d The pontiff shared his belief that \u201cThere\u2019s a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what\u2019s happening\u201d in the United States.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what\u2019s going on right now,\u201d he lamented. The relevant portion of\u00a0Matthew 25:35\u00a0mentioned by Leo states, \u201cFor I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Johnson contends that biblical commands to \u201ctake care of the sojourner and the neighbor\u201d and \u201ctreat them as yourself\u201d are \u201can admonition to individuals, not to the civil authorities.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Johnson detailed how \u201cthe civil authorities are given authority under scripture to maintain order\u201d and characterized the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s immigration policy as at odds with biblical teaching.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a calling to maintain order in society and we have not had that. When Biden and Harris opened the borders wide for four years, we had as many as 20 million illegals come [into] the country, and we all know many dangerous people: hardened criminals, child molesters, rapists, murderers, all the rest, terrorists who came into the country.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did not take care of our borders,\u201d he recalled. \u201cSovereign borders are biblical and good and right and they\u2019re just not because we hate the people on the outside, it\u2019s because we love the people on the inside. We should love our neighbor as ourself as individuals but as a civil authority \u2026 the government has to maintain the law, and that is biblical, and it\u2019s right, and it\u2019s just.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Johnson vowed to post additional analysis on his X account. He followed through on this promise, publishing an\u00a0X post\u00a0later Tuesday asserting that \u201cDespite the insistence of the progressive Left, people of all religious faiths should support a strong national border \u2014 and Christians CERTAINLY should.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cCritics are fond of citing particular Bible verses out of context to claim that Christians and Jews are being \u2018unfaithful\u2019 if we oppose their radical open borders agenda. It has become increasingly important for us to set this record straight,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe Bible teaches that God ordained and created four distinct spheres of authority \u2014 (1) the individual, (2) the family, (3) the church, and (4) civil government \u2014 and each of these spheres is given different responsibilities.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Johnson said that the civil government was established to \u201cfaithfully uphold and enforce the law so that order can be maintained in this fallen world, crime can be kept at bay, and people can live peacefully,\u201d citing Romans 13 and 1 Timothy 2:1-2.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bible is clear that Christians should practice personal charity \u2014 but also insist upon the enforcement of laws (like our federal immigration statutes) so that \u2018every person is subject to the governing authorities\u2019 and \u2018those who resist incur judgment,’\u201d he wrote.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bible speaks favorably and consistently about distinct nations of people (see, e.g., Gen. 18:18, Num. 32:17, Psalm 67:2, Matt. 28:19, Rev. 5:9, 7:9, NIV) and about borders and walls that are built to guard and secure people, property, and instructions (see e.g., Deut 19:14, 27:17, 32:8, Acts 17:26, NIV). When Nehemiah heroically led the Jewish remnant to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem after their enemies had destroyed those walls, he was doing the noble work of God.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Johnson said that followers of Christ are \u201ccalled to love unconditionally, serve selflessly, and defend the defenseless.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are also called to stand for, and work to ensure, just government,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cJustice and mercy are not mutually exclusive pursuits. To the contrary, God specifically requires His people to practice both (Micah 6:8). Despite the unfounded claims of the Left, supporting a strong national border is a very Christian thing to do. The Bible tells us so.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

What do you think of Speaker Johnson\u2019s stance on border security? Share your thoughts and prayers below.<\/h4>\n

This article was originally published at The Christian Post. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America \u2013 Mike Johnson, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=151760213.<\/em>
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