Hi Ola....Your agreement in today's post made my "heart sing"!!!  At least there is ONE person who sees things as they actually are, and I didn't think there were any.  So, thank you for speaking up.

My heart gets so heavy when I think of ANY unsaved people today...and this includes Gentiles of any nationality no matter what "religion" they may follow.  And this is also a concern about the Jews (natural born and  people who practice Judaism by conversion).  Everyone needs Jesus Christ to be saved.  My fear is that so many Christians think that the Jews will be saved no matter what they do (or don't do), and because of this, they do not speak to their Jewish friends (or acquaintances) of the need for salvation by Jesus Christ....nothing or nobody else will do it.  They don't want to offend the Jews....but I would much rather offend them than offend my Lord Jesus Christ by being "ashamed of the gosp! el" unto salvation through Him who died for us.

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.  Is it a good thing to "flatter" the Jews in their UNBELIEF by referring to God as "G-d" because the Jews do?  Or by becoming more "Jewish" or Hebrew in speech or mannerisms such as "Shalom" and calling Jesus "Yeshua"?  None of these things are done by Jesus or by any of the Apostles in the NT.  We shouldn't flatter them by showing we are becoming like they are. We should show them that they should give up their "religion" (Judaism) and turn to the only salvation they will get in this lifetime through their own Messiah whom they didn't recognize.  If they had read Psalms 22, they should have recognized Him.

It's still not too late, and it's time for us all to "step up to the plate" (so to speak...a baseball term).  Once the Tribulation begins, it will be very difficult and times will be extremely rough.  We should stop doing what ! THEY do and show them what WE, as believers in Jesus Christ, can do.  "I can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth me."....Philippians 4:13

Thank you for restoring my faith that there are still those who believe the truth as it is written....

Hoping and praying to see you soon....

YsiC,

Arlene