Re: [TruthTalk] Narrow Way Not Loving

[Terry Clifton]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/11/2005 12:07:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, while we are proof-texting like a drunken sailor,   we might consider this:  Jews lived and died as the the King of the ......................................... JEWS.   His lineage was  ..............................Jewish.    He was killed by the   .............................  Jews.    The church was EXCLUSIVELY ................................  JEWISH  THROUGH ACTS 7.  All of his immediate disciples were  .............................................Jews.  Everyone in the upper room (both occasions)  were  .................................Jewish.    The expansion of the ministry (to the Gentiles)  is first given to Peter in a vision  sometime after the cross.   When Jesus sends his 12 out on mission, they are sent to the  .......................Jews and "not to the Gentiles )  Matt 10:5,6.    In Matt 15:24,  Christ tells us that His mission is to the  .............................................Jews and not to anyone else."   Why?  How can this be?   Because of John 4:7  --  "salvation is of the Jews."   When Christ speaks of the "few there be" who will accept the salvation offered to them,  He is speaking to the Jews and of the Jews.  Does He intend to included all of mankind?  Absolutely  --   and He does.   But there is a politic to this inclusion that began with Adam and came down to the world through Israel.   The picture of the uncountable multitudes in Rev. 7 is a blessed hope for us all    ........................  and is UNDENIABLE, folks  (in a meaningful sense of the word.) I should get three points for this slam dunk  !!!!   Pastor Smithson Slam dunk?  You aren't even on the court.Terry Where did I go wrong in the scriptures I quoted above and the biblical profundity included in my post?  Jd Do you honestly believe that what Jesus taught was only valid for pre resurrection Jews?  Whether He was speaking to Jews or Gentiles, He was revealing the type of person who would make an accepable worshipper.  Those who took His teaching to heart became acceptable worshippers, called Christians. It matters not that they were Jews or Gentiles.  What mattered, and still matters, is, did they die to self, and do we die to self.  Do we live to glorify God?  If so, we are acceptable worshippers.  Salvation is for a few that are willing to do exactly that.  They will inherit the kingdom.  Those who come up short will be lost.  You can play games, or you can get serious.  The choice is yours.  That is God's truth.  That is why He gave you texts, so you would have that proof. Terry