From John Hagee:
St. Paul recorded in Romans 15:27 "For if the Gentiles have shared in their (the Jews) spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things."
Christians owe a debt of eternal gratitude to the Jewish people for their contributions that gave birth to the Christian faith. Jesus Christ, a prominent Rabbi from Nazareth said, "Salvation is of the Jews!" (St. John 4:22) consider what the Jewish people have given to Christianity:
- The Sacred Scripture
- The Prophets
- The Patriarchs
- Mary, Joseph, and Jesus Christ of Nazareth
- The Twelve Disciples
- The Apostles
It is not possible to say, "I am a Christian" and not love the Jewish people. The Bible teaches that love is not what you say, but what you do. (1 John 3:18) "A bell is not a bell until you ring it, a song is not a song until you sing it, love is not love until you share it."
Originally Posted by Jewish Lawyer
Ok, if you say so. It shouldn't be possible, but what should be and what is can often be too terribly different things. There are quite a few Christians today who will even refute that Jesus was a Jew. You are free to believe anything you tell yourself. Fine by me. Tell that to all the Christians throughout the centuries who have persecuted Jews though. No vestiges of that could possibly remain in evangelical Christianity today or they would know they are not good Christians now wouldn't they?
Of course
American Christians have famously loved Jews during and since WWII (which is why the publicized the death camps and made overt efforts to stop the Germans - oh wait, they didn't), especially the KKK and Nazi movements (they tell themselves they are Christian so it must be so) so you must be right. That is why there is a huge article on Wikipedia about it -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christi...d_antisemitism
It is just terrible all those bad Christians through the centuries. Would that they could have seen your pronouncement so they know the error of their ways. BTW, best of luck with all that good Christian love JL!