What does the Jewish community want from Jewish followers of Jesus?

Christian Post ^ | 06/04/2021 | Dr. Michael Brown

[Regulator]

“Ultra-Orthodox section of Jerusalem”

Wait, they practice religious segregation?

Who Knew

[BipolarBob]

The Christians should be made to wear a large cross on their clothing to identify them as different.

/sarcasm

[katana]

In answer to one of the comments at the original article, i.e. "Jews for Jesus is like Baptists for Buddha", Buddha wasn't a Baptist. But Jesus, Yeshua, was most certainly a Jew. And his disciples and earliest followers were as well.

Keeping to Torah laws and the Oral Traditions of Judaism is a choice some of them make. I believe, as Paul taught, that it's not necessary, but am not going to judge. I have a cousin on my mother's side who was brought up Christian and later became or tried to become a Messianic Jew by for a time trying to lead an observant life. Didn't work out, but it was her choice.

[katana]

Who Knew?

Anyone who visits Israel is immediately made aware almost as soon as they leave the aircraft.

[aimhigh]

When we, as Jewish followers of Jesus, join the church and say, “We are Jewish Christians,” we are told, “Just drop the Jewish part.

Ephesians 2:15 - ". . . having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, . ."

[EinNYC]

I reject Michael Brown as a truly screwed up person spouting lies and nonsense. You cannot be a Jew and believe in deities outside of Judaism. Virtually every prayer in a Jewish prayerbook declares that there is [for Jews] only ONE G-d and no other.

So deep is my contempt for Michael Brown and his lies and attempt to spread his bizarre personal weirdness that I have unsubscribed from Townhall, as they send me emails including garbage from Brown. He is not welcome in my home in any form.

[SeekAndFind]

"So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith ... There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
(THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE GALATIANS 3:26-29)

[SeekAndFind]

RE: You cannot be a Jew and believe in deities outside of Judaism.

Do Jews who believe in Jesus believe in deities outside of Judaism?

[EinNYC]

Do Jews who believe in Jesus believe in deities outside of Judaism?

Absolutely. They are basically forfeiting any right to identify themselves as a Jew if they claim to worship any deities outside of our one G-d.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Absolutely

You are assuming that Jesus is a different deity. That’s not what those who believe in Jesus believe. And that’s not what Jesus said about Himself.

They believe that He is the Great I AM come in the Flesh who revealed Himself to Moses in the Burning Bush.

[circlecity]

“They are basically forfeiting any right to identify themselves as a Jew if they claim to worship any deities outside of our one G-d.”

Jesus is the one God of Judaism- as the Apostle Paul (a Jew) makes clear.

[EinNYC]

Jesus is the one God of Judaism- as the Apostle Paul (a Jew) makes clear.

No, this is NOT Jewish belief. And Paul is no authority to us, whose statements we follow.

[circlecity]

I’m sure the Cannanites said the same thing.

[golux]

Can I be a Christian if I do not recognize Jesus as my Lord and Savior?

Can I be a Moslem if I do not believe that Mohammad was The Messenger?

No.

And I cannot be a Jew if I do not worship only the One. I cannot worship His son, not His “Holy Spirit,” not the “Messiah,” not his Mother. I cannot bow to a statue of Him.

“Messianic Judiasm” makes as much sense as “Koranic Christian.” LESS sense, theologically!

[golux]

You are assuming that Jesus is a different deity.

I assume that if my followers, a generation after my death, wrote an account called The New New Golux Testament, and certain folks believed I was somehow Jesus AND the Creator, you'd call them charlatans, and you'd be right.

Judaism doesn't need to be "fixed" by Jesus of Nazareth. It just doesn't work that way. "I am the Way and the Life" is NOT a Jewish statement. The rules don't change just because there are new players on the field.

New players can play by their rules, in their own new game, on their own field, but in this case they're playing on our field, and wearing our uniforms, and telling us our ancient rules are theirs to play with.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Judaism doesn’t need to be “fixed” by Jesus of Nazareth

Those who believe in Jesus do not consider belief in Him, a “fixing” of Judaism, they consider His coming the FULFILLMENT of prophecy.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Can I be a Christian if I do not recognize Jesus as my Lord and Savior?

Depends on the meaning you put in the word, Christian.

But by the traditional, most widely understood meaning of the word, the answer is NO.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: No, this is NOT Jewish belief.

This is what the Jews who believe in Jesus believe. This is in fact what Jesus Himself taught.

[Babba Gi]

One ass can’t ride two horses. Christian Zionism is the ultimate “me too” movement. It’s neither Christian nor Zionist.