The Obsession to Convert the Jewish People
Selected New Testament Quotes
JOHN 3
18 For god so loved the world that he gave
his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish, but
may have eternal life.
JOHN 14
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the father, but through me."
MATTHEW 4
18 And walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who was
called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for
they were fishermen
19 And he said to them, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of men."
MATTHEW 28
18 And Jesus came and said to them, 'All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit."
MATTHEW 10
5 These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: "Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans,
6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
MATTHEW 15
21 Jesus left that place and went away to the district of Tyre and Sidon.
22 Just then a Canaanite woman from the region came out and started shouting, "Have mercy on me, lord, son of David; my daughter is tormented by a demon.'
23 But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us.'
24 He answered, was sent only to the lost sheep of the house' of Israel."
25 But she came and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, help me'
26 He answered, 'It is not fair to take the children's food and throw It to the dogs."
27 She said, Yes, lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table.*
28 The Jesus answered her, 'Woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed instantly.
ROMANS 1
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of god for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
MATTHEW 23
39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, "Blessed is the one who comes it the name of the L-rd."
The fact that Yeshua will not return until Israel receives national salvation Ls a powerful motivator for evangelizing Jewish people; in fact Jewish evangelism can hasten his coming."
David Stern
Jewish New Testament Commentary Page 71-72
1 CORINTHIANS 9
19 For although I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them.
20 To the Jews I bacame as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I bacame as one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) so that I might win those under the law.
21 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law) so that I might win those outside the law.
22 To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some.
23 I do it all for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.