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Ask The Pastor
November 20, 2002
> Question:
>
> What is the difference between Christians and Jews? In church we had a
> discussion and what we came down to is that Jews don't believe the
> Jesus has came yet. Is that true? Can you be a Christian who believes
> that Jesus has came but yet be a Jew (because I heard that they pray
> and serve God a lot harder, or more, than Christians do)?
Samantha,
There are distinct differences between Jews and Christians. An
essential difference is that Judaism does not accept Jesus Christ as
their Messiah. They are waiting for Messiah to come.
As for Jews praying and serving God a lot harder than Christians, this
is really not the case. For one thing when Jesus Christ is rejected as
the way to God, there is no serving God any longer. Jesus told the
Jewish people that unless they believed in Him, they would die in their
sins.
As for the religion of the Jews, there really is no normative Judaism.
There are several branches. At the same time there are many Jews do
not even believe in God. In the State of the Israel, the larger part of the
Jewish population are secular. This means they are not religious. You can see
how complicated the picture can become.
But to sum up things, Judaism as a religion does not have a
completed faith system that is similar to what you have in Christianity.
Christians believe our salvation is completed at the cross. From this
we are given a 'heavenly' birth. Our walk with the Lord thus becomes
an inward work of the Holy Spirit.
But we Christians also have a problem. Like Judaism, there is no
normative Christianity. Each denomination is a form of Christianity.
The only 'true' Christianity would have to be Biblical Christianity. (Bible
Christians.)
Hope this helps a bit,
Buddy
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