Hey Ozspen,

"Scott Morrison needs to 'obey God's message'."

Maybe Scott Morrison is trying to be the good shepherd by tending to his own flock first and foremost.
Maybe he's standing by the rules of ethics we expect from someone we voted to lead us.

Armchair Critic,

<<Maybe Scott Morrison is trying to be the good shepherd by tending to his own flock first and foremost.
Maybe he's standing by the rules of ethics we expect from someone we voted to lead us.>>

Firstly, I didn't vote for Morrison to lead us. This is not like a USA Presidential election. I voted for a local person in my electorate.

Secondly, Christianity is an other-centred faith. The apostle Paul taught: 'Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others' (1 Cor 10:24). John the Baptist taught: 'If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry' (Luke 3:11).

It's not an either/or situation in Australia. By world standards, we are a prosperous country when compared with, say, Myanmar, the Congo and Sri Lanka.

OzSpen

If that's your attitude to voting, then you shouldn't be.

"Firstly, I didn't vote for Morrison to lead us. This is not like a USA Presidential election. I voted for a local person in my electorate."

You vote for a party here, not a person.

Hey Spencer,

"Firstly, I didn't vote for Morrison to lead us."

I didn't say you did, I said 'we';
- As a collective of Australian citizens under the accepted electoral rules 'we' call 'democracy'.

"Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others"

How do you know ScoMo didn't have the good of of the Australian people in mind in his decision; as opposed to his own interests, political or otherwise?

"John the Baptist taught: 'If you have two shirts, give one to the poor. If you have food, share it with those who are hungry'."

How do you know ScoMo doesn't do these things?
- And did John specify whether or not this gesture should be a personal thing or if its ok to spend a million plus of the taxpaxers collections for the benefit of a foreigners who broke the rules?
How many T-shirts and meals for Aussie's could you buy with that?
What do we have - half a million or more homeless citizens?

And as a believer, how do you know that going back where they came from isn't a part of 'Gods plan'?

(Though I'm not suggesting it is; and it's not for me to say)

As per my previous positions on your previous threads,
I'm going to once again go with my 'I don't know' position.

I don't know what's right in regards to this particular issue.

I just wanted to point out that knowing 'what is right' isn't as plain and simple as either you or GodsGrace make it out to be.
Actions have consequences, and there's sometimes many factors to consider.

Armchair Critic,

<<I just wanted to point out that knowing 'what is right' isn't as plain and simple as either you or GodsGrace make it out to be. Actions have consequences, and there's sometimes many factors to consider.>>

Are you going to accept God's view that, 'Doing right brings honour to a nation, but sin brings disgrace'? (Proverbs 14:34) What is right or righteous in a nation?

It would be strange in the sovereign God's administration of the universe if the connection between godliness (following God's laws) and blessing personally did not extend to the nations. We see it in the Israelite nation in the Old Testament where that nation could be a righteous or sinful nation.

So, righteousness (doing right) will bring honour to Australia but promoting sin will bring disgrace - not just for Australia but any nation. Didn't we see it in Hitler's Germany, Magabe's Zimbabwe and Nero's Roman Empire?

Knowing what is right is taught in the Book of Scripture. If Australia would follow this righteousness it will be honoured. However, we are not going down that route at the moment. Caring for the poor and disenfranchised is what we should be doing with the Tamil family. See my article.

SF,

<<You vote for a party here, not a person.>>

Really? Try telling that to Zali Steggall MP, Helen Haines MP, and Andrew Wilkie MP.