More Jewish People live in America than anywhere else in the world, with the possible exception of Israel. And yet, efforts to reach the Jewish People with the Good News have not been very successful in the U.S. The Idea of Messianic Judaism, or what some call Jewish Christianity, can be confusing to Jewish People. Many Christians who have tried to share their faith with Jewish friends, co-workers, or family members have often been met with rejection.
Jewish Believer Rabbi Jonathan Bernis notes, however:
It is important to state that I believe Jewish People have not rejected Jesus. They simply haven’t heard a Gospel message they can identify with or a biblically authentic representation of their Messiah. Most have many misconceptions obscuring the true identity of Jesus—many of them derived from a 2,000-year legacy of misunderstanding about the Jewishness of Jesus.
We’re going to look at just ten of the most significant lies about Jesus and His Jewishness that separate Him from His Jewish People.
- Jesus Only Appears in the New Testament
- The Jewish People Rejected Jesus as Their Messiah
- The Jews Killed Jesus
- Jesus is NOT the God of Christianity
- Jesus Began a New Religion Called Christianity
- Jesus Never Claimed to Be the Messiah
- Jesus Taught Against the Law of Moses
- Did Jesus Fulfill the Messianic Prophecies in the Old Testament?
- Jewish people Do Not Need Jesus for Salvation
- The Jewish Identity of Jesus Is Meaningless Because He’s a Spirit