Some folks wonder if Jews need to convert to Christ at all since they already have an everlasting covenant with God. Others posit that Jews don’t need to convert to Christianity because their experience with Jesus is different than Gentile believers.
When we convert to faith in the Messiah Jesus, Jew or Gentile, a transformation occurs in us. The cross and the heart of Messiah who wept blood stir our deepest desires to know Him. An awareness of what life and love ought to be if we could only love one another arises within us. We become conscious of the potential we have to love and be loved, and we are glad, nay, we rejoice to give up everything and anything in order to have this sublime love for God and others.
Our eyes are opened, and we see the world differently. We recognize the pain in the eyes of a neighbor or the grief we have caused others, and we run to ask forgiveness from parents, family, friends...
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11 responses to “Conversion of the Jews”
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No, if the King of the Jews needs crucified then so do we. He died in our place, our fallen nature had no good in it (Matt 19:17; Jer 17:9), He became the Passover Lamb who atoned for our sin. Jews and Gentiles must be born again by receiving the Spirit of Life that lived in Messiah Yeshua (Jesus) and the only way given to do that is by dying to self, repenting of your sin and receiving Christ (Messiah).
If a sinner’s nature, whether Jew or Gentile, is not repented of, no amount of transformation will save his soul. The apostle Paul sets this out in a way Jewish people can understand in his letters.
OK, I’ve read it again. You do advocate salvation through initially dying to self then letting the new seed of Messiah’s life germinate. The soul then enters the battle between heaven and the world. No longer under Egyptian (worldly) bondage it must drink the waters of salvation (Is 12:3) to overcome the world. The restored soul then comes into all the blessings you describe. It’s true that Christianity used original sin as a power play to rule people. The Roman church went so far as to create the fictional “purgatory” to claim it had power in the afterlife. The unredeemed soul is rotten and stained and its need of salvation is a vital message for it to understand. May your message reach the hearts of many souls that they would hear this vital news. I apologise for my misunderstanding.
Ob Jude oder Nichtjude:
Die Wiedergeburt geschieht einmalig durch das Wirken des Heiligen Geistes.
Bekehrung verstehe ich nicht statisch, also einmalig.Ich verstehe das als laufenden Prozess im Laufe des Glaubenslebens.
Jesus selbst sagt einmal zu Petrus, als dieser schon länger ein Jünger Jesu war: „Wenn du dich dermaleinst bekehrst…“ (von gewissen Verhaltensarten)
Thank you David, I really enjoyed reading this !
It’s a reminder that when we accept the Messiah, and welcome in the Holy Spirit we become more of what HaShem called us to be. Therefore if you are Jewish you become more Jewish not less !
Thanks Franciscus for your comment. How right you are!
Thank you David for this wonderful exposition of what it means for both Jew and Gentile to know Jesus.
Thanks Charles, appreciate your kind words.
Is Born again and conversion the same? There is great wisdom in GOD’S Word. Read Philippians 3:3-11 and20&21 Also all of Chapter 8 in Hebrews. Pray for wisdom before we start & I Pray GOD increase my Faith, WE Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem and all Israel
Hi Mark, yes, to my mind conversion is what happens when we are “born again.” I appreciate your prayers.
Thank you, David, for your article. For me, God’s commandment in Leviticus 17:1-6, to bring the shed blood of an animal to the LORD, to the priest, who in turn would sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD is instructive. The verses give me understanding of Hebrews 9:11-12, “But Christ came as High Priest…not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.” “Therefore, He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.” (Hebrews 7:25)
I can only understand this tremendous work of God for us in light of Deut. 7:7-8, “…because the LORD loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers…”
Thanks Lois for sharing your insights. There is so much more we need to learn as we grow in our faith. Blessings.