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Subject: Why Embrace the Hebraic roots of Christianity ???
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From: Steven A. Berkowitz
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Subject: Why embrace the Hebraic roots of Christianity ???
From the Website:
(http://www.hearnow.org/jr.htm)
Why Embrace the Hebraic roots of Christianity?
The Scriptures
a.. The Scriptures have come through the Jewish people.
b.. The Bible describes their history and their religion.
c.. Jewish people wrote the entire Old Testament.
d.. Jewish people wrote the New Testament with the possible
exception of the apostle Luke.
e.. The Preservation of the Scriptures
a.. The Jewish people protected the Bible against destruction
by its enemies.
b.. They "guaranteed" the accuracy of our existing text by
their painstaking copying methods.
The Savior
a.. Yeshua came from the Jewish people.
b.. He lived as a Jew and followed Jewish religious practices.
c.. Yeshua refused to abolish Biblical Judaism
a.. Matthew 5:17
17"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I hav
e not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 I tell you the truth, until hea
ven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, w
ill by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. (NIV)
The Way of Salvation:
a.. Salvation as well came through the Jewish people
a.. Rom 11:11-32
a.. Natural branches - The Jewish believers in Messiah Yeshua
b.. Ingrafted - The Gentile believers in Messiah Yeshua
b.. The promises of salvation are Jewish.
a.. Gen 22:18
17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the st
ars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possess
ion of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring all nations on e
arth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me."(NIV)
c.. The way of salvation is Jewish
a.. John 4:22
21 Yeshua declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will wor
ship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worsh
ip what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jew
s. (NIV)
The Structure
a.. The Church
a.. The origin and existence of the church for the first
several years were due to the efforts of the 12 Jewish Apostles.
b.. The church's first outreach was conducted by Jewish people, following
accepted Jewish practices and growth resulted.
The Spiritual Benefits
a.. Rom 15:25-27
25 Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the saints ther
e. 26 For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor am
ong the saints in Jerusalem. 27 They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it
to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews' spiritual blessings, they o
we it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings. (NIV)
b.. Eph 2:11-13, 3:4-6
11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called
"uncircumcised" by those who call themselves "the circumcision" (that
done in the
body by the hands of men)--12 remember that at that time you were separate from Me
ssiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the
promise, without hope and without God in the world.13 But now in Messiah Yeshua yo
u who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Messiah.(NIV)
Eph 3:4-6
4 In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the my
stery of Messiah, 5 which was not made known to men in other generations as it has
now been revealed by the Spirit to God's holy apostles and prophets. 6 This myste
ry is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members
together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Messiah Yeshua. (NIV
)
c.. Rom 11:11-18
11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Ra
ther, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make I
srael envious. 12 But if their transgression means riches for the world, and their
loss means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness b
ring! 13 I am talking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentile
s, I make much of my ministry 14 in the hope that I may somehow arouse my own peop
le to envy and save some of them. 15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation
of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16 If the part
of the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, then the whole batch is holy; if the
root is holy, so are the branches.17 If some of the branches have been broken off
, and you, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others and no
w share in the nourishing sap from the olive root, (NIV)
d.. Gal 3:29
29 If you belong to Messiah, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according
to the promise. (NIV)
Conclusion
a.. Christians owe much to the Jewish people for:
a.. The Scriptures
a.. For more information see The Jewishness of the New Testament by Al
Brickner. (This is not a Hear Now! internal link. To return use your back-arrow k
ey on your browser).
b.. The Savior
c.. The Way of Salvation
a.. For more information see Was Paul the Founder of Christianity? by
Avi Synder. (This is not a Hear Now! internal link. To return use your back-arrow
key on your browser).
d.. The Structure of the Church
e.. Spiritual Benefits
f.. For more information concerning this topic generally see Our Debt to I
srael by Derek Prince. (This is not a Hear Now! internal link. To return use your
back-arrow key on your browser).
b.. It is therefore incumbent upon Gentile Christians to:
a.. Share their faith responsibly with Jewish people -
Rom 11:11-18
11 Again I ask: Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at
all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles t
o make Israel envious.
b.. For more information on sharing go to: Pointers on Witnessing. (This i
s not a Hear Now! internal link. To return use your back-arrow key on your browser
).
c.. Share their material wealth for the cause of reaching Jewish people wi
th the Good News of Messiah Yeshua -
Rom 15:27b
For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews' spiritual blessings, they
owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings.
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