Posted by MamaB on October 21, 2003, at 9:17:06
In reply to Re: to me, you sound..., posted by Dinah on October 21, 2003, at 7:55:37
"Christians believe that God sent his son, Jesus, to die for the sins of the world. The sins of the *world*, by the way. Jews do not believe that Jesus was the Messiah, and do not think of the role of the Messiah as being the same as Christians do. Yet, I'm sure that Christians wouldn't dream of telling Jewish people that their God, the God of the "Old" Testament, is not the God of Abraham."
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Dinah,
Much of what you say is true, and yes God indeed send his Son into the world that the world,but the rest of that is "that the world THROUGH HIM might be saved. HOWEVER, ........and speaking of covenants.......if the world wishes to fulfill our half of the new covenant, something must happen on our part thats what covenants are about. (See Acts 4:12)
I believe you are quotinq PART of John 3:16 thru 18. It is not meant to be taken out of context.
Also, I stand by my statement that God is the God described in the passage above. Do Muslims claim that?
Yes, God sent His Son for the Jews, heavens, Yeusha WAS a Jew, but again did they accept Him as Messiah? (again the NEW covenant.) I did not mean (and I may have said it wrong) that they were not children of Abraham (Muslims and Jews) But the question stands...did/do they fulfill their part of the NEW Covenant?
By the way, I was raised a Jew.
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