[Lurking Libertarian]

It is a uniquely Christian belief that works cannot earn a person salvation, as St. Paul notes in Romans 3:23: "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." For Christians, acceptance into the heavenly kingdom comes only by God's grace and entering into a personal trust relationship with the Living God, Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice on the cross served as an atonement for sin. Thus believers are justified in the eyes of God.

This is indeed a "uniquely Christian belief." So why is everyone so shocked that Jews don't accept it?

[Remedy]

So why is everyone so shocked that Jews don't accept it?

What was the nationality of the New Testament authors?

What was the religion of the New Testament authors?

In the first canonical epistle in the Bible, the apostle Paul declares he "is not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to all who believe, the Jew first and also the Gentile. (Romans 1:16)"

 

[wideawake]

It is a uniquely Christian belief that works cannot earn a person salvation, as St. Paul notes in Romans 3:23: "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God."

Not really. Buddhists believe that not only do works fail to bring salvation, but that they actively bar one from Nirvana.