Unto you a Jewish Child is Born

One of the reasons many Jews reject Jesus is because many Christians interpret the New Testament to say that all the Law is done away with. Jews rightly cite Deuteronomy 13:1-4. Jesus Himself though did not say the Law was done away with. What He said in Matthew 5:17/18 is that the Law will be here until this heaven and this earth pass away. We are freed from the Old Testament Ordinances only (the ritual law) - in Christian liberty. That is a big difference.

Another point many modern day Jews raise to refute Jesus is the Christian concept of the Trinity. Suffice it to say here that even Jewish scholars centuries ago had a hard time grasping God’s expressed plurality in Genesis 1:26. For the average Christian I would turn to C.S. Lewis’ explanation in Mere Christianity - (If you download the PDF from my website you can just type “cube” into the find box of the PDF and it will take you to the general area). For any Christian wanting information on how to answer this for a Jew from a Jewish point of view check out this article.

Then again I can’t blame most Jews for being leery of listening to most Christian. Too many times throughout history the Jews have been butchered and tormented by those claiming to be Christians. I say claiming because no true Christian would do what has been done to the Jews. The Jews were the first chosen people of God. That can never be changed. Jesus, as man, was a Jew that saved us with His death. That can never be changed. Half of the Christian Bible – the Word of God – is Jewish. The Word of God cannot be changed – even though the RCC has tried by corrupting the Ten Commandments.

            Still it is ironic that at least some segment of the Jewish community is afraid of Christians in a more spiritual way. If you Google Jews for Jesus you will find Jews For Jesus is the first nonpaid site. The first site is a paid site by Jews for Judaism titled Why Jews say no to Jesus. The fact that enough folks are going to Jews for Jesus to garner a Google number 1 page rank speaks for itself. As does the fact that somebody is paying to draw attention away.

            We are told to spread the Gospel; and, we are told to be able to defend our faith. There is one good thing about the Jews for Judaism website. It lets us Christians know what we need to be able to answer for that particular segment of the population. Even in their rejection of Jesus, God shows His love for them, by having them tell us what we, as God’s helpers with the Gospel, need to help show them.

           I, by chance of birth, am a native of the USA. But what follows applies the world over. Many muslims would love to see every Christian dead or converted. I have never met or even heard of a Jew that wants Christians dead or converted. Take a chance folks – we received the Gospel - the Good News – from Jews: try sharing it back. They won’t kill you for trying and God will bless you for it.