04-18-2008, 09:55 AM
If nothing else will convince anyone- Jewish, gentile, or gentile with Jewish predecessors- then maybe Love (John (Yochanahn) 1-3) will:
- As Messianic (Christian) Jewish and gentile people don't try to cause controversy or persecute the anti-missionaries; so anti-missionaries come to Messianic Jewish and gentile forums (i.e., the JFJ forums) to persecute all Christians.
- Messianic Jewish and gentile people do not discriminate against patrilineal Jewish people, or favor matrilineal Jewish people. Messianics also do their research using Tanakh, Brit Chadashah, and (if necessary) Talmud.
- Messianic Jewish and gentile people consider how Y'shua ShelNatzaret treated both Yehudim and goyim; and how Y'shua HaNotzri V'melech HaYehudim wasn't just a coincidence.
- Why would someone who wasn't really G-d not resist an unjust arrest, cooperate with the Roman and Sanhedrin authorities, act appropriately as a defendant during trial, and turn to a thief to forgive him when He could've snapped at the thief or anyone else (i.e., a soldier who pierced His side with a spear)?
- Why would Y'shua ShelNatzaret act like an innocent both in and out of the Roman-Sanhedrin courts if He wasn't innocent? Does O.J. Simpson act innocent?
- Would someone other than G-d find reason for these words: John 1-3, 8-10; Isaiah 29:13-14, Mark 7:7-13?