Dear friends, supporters, and prayer warriors: Here are two interesting reads. One is a missions report from one of our remote ministries operated by one of our grads. They are doing a grand and wonderful job as you will soon see.
The other is a short thesis on antisemitism. I read about this more and more in the news and it seems to be more contagious than covid and certainly more deadly.
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WHAT TO DO WITH THE JEW?
JUNE 1, 2023
Gen 12:1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
Gen 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Which do you think is stronger, the covenant of God or the fashion of todays world? The popular fashion of the day is certainly a very contagious pandemic. The news contains articles concerning antisemitism every day. These articles are certainly not all condemning of this last-days world plague. The hatred of the Jew is not at all a recent development but rather can be traced all the way back to the time of our text above. Jews are not lovable as a people. They do not have some magic which causes any attraction. I have been a student of Israel and have worked with and among them for most of my life. The Lord wanted them to be His peculiar people in that they would show themselves strong in behalf of their God that could not be seen. They are peculiar but not for the Lord. I have witnessed to several of them and have preached to some who spit upon me in NYC. Their race does not invoke any desire to convert or to follow them in either their religion or business.
But none of this changes God’s covenant to Abram and his seed. Neither does it nullify the divine decree in Genesis 12:1-3. Christian beware!
They are extremely difficult to witness and preach to but if you want the blessing of God you will muster up a love for the Jew, on purpose, and tell them about their Messiah and Saviour. And you better study to show yourself approved of God. Woe be unto the non-studied witness who might try his non-skills on a knowledgeable Jew. Still, even though you haven’t studied yet the best witness is your own personal testimony. Paul was the most studied and best equipped New Testament Christian witness to the Jew. The Lord assigning him to the writing of the book of Hebrews which is the ultimate argument to the Jew. Paul knew his Old Testament better than the Rabbis of his day and yet on two occasions Paul gave his personal testimony along with scripture as his witness. All Christians should be able to do that.
Many entire denominations, and whole religions have written-off the Jew accounting to them the killing of their Messiah, thus they are Christ killers and have thereby broken God’s covenant and with it resigned all the promises God made with the Jews through all 39 books of the Old Testament. These religions then claim those godly promises and steal them from the Jew. They claim that they are the replacement for the Jew who killed the Messiah and since they have accepted the Messiah, at least in the sense that they generically believe in a Christ who came and fulfilled some of the prophecies. This is an entire theology in itself which is called Replacement Theology. Beyond being damnably wrong, this theology also breeds antisemitism. Among these religions you will find Seventh Day Adventist who observe the sabbath and teach a special diet because they believe they are Jews. This heresy spawned the crusades of the dark ages by the Catholic church. They believed that God’s promises belonged to them as replacement for Jews and so claimed the promised land for the Catholics. The Catholic church perpetrated antisemitism and ordained the holocaust.
All of these actions and theologies will be ironed out at the judgment, but you as a Christian have no excuse if you believe your Bible. The Jew can be born again today, and the procedure is the same as when you got born again. The only person Jesus ever told they must be born again was an orthodox Jew.
The Jew has a very bright future either as a nation or as an individual if Jesus Christ writes that future.
Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Rom 11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.
My advice to those who ignorantly wonder about antisemitism in the news media today is to study your Bible and pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the citizens thereof.
— Gerald Sutek
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