Shouldn't Christians be Jewish?

Question

If Christians believe Christ is the son of God, and Jesus was Jewish, isn't that saying, this is the religion I support?

Answer 1

two different religions, if your christian you cannot be a jew (religiously)

Answer 2

No. Once there were practicing Jews who believe that Jesus was the Messiah, but did non Jews (Gentiles) have to be Jews to believe also. The answer was no. This is when Christianity change from a sect of Judaism to a separate a religion.

Son of God is references 41 times in the new testament. This is a title and Adam is a son of God and so is Jesus according to the new testament.

God made a covenant with Israel and as such there are 613 commandments that Jews kept. There is no requirement for non Jews to keep these commandments. Which is what separate Christians from Jews.

Answer 3

Generally speaking, yea. Both christians and jews believe in one God maker of heaven and earth and the son and holy spirit. Difference being that jews are still waiting on the son. If aliens came to our planet, they probably wouldn't see much of a difference, like we don't really see too much difference in an ancient Greek who worshipped Apollo, but still offered sacrifices to all the other gods.
However, Jews are God's chosen people. They are special to God and even christians believe this. I think christians should support the Jewish religion, but history has warped the message of the messiah and it has caused quite a few problems.
If you read the Bible, you'll notice that the Jews tend to be rather horrible Jews (they sin constantly, they worship idols, etc.) So too, do the new testament christians. To be frank a lot of the bible is a how not to worship god than a how to. God doesn't always favor the most deserving person. I don't think a lot of Christians realize this. There's still a lot of how not to going on

Answer 4

In the beginning, Christians were Jewish. They worshiped in the synagogues and followed the law. As Roman oppression got worse, the Jews looked for a scapegoat. They thought God was punishing them for the Christians blasphemers. So they were kicked out of the Synagogues. Still, to be Christian, you had to become a Jew first and follow the Jewish law until Paul disputed this. I believe the First Council at Jerusalem was held to settle this and there was great debate because the apostles truly believed that Jesus came to the Jews only. Paul convinced them that this was not the case.

Answer 5

no, judaism and christianity have completely opposite belief systems.

1. judaism - strictly one G-d, christianity - one God in 3 persons
2. judaism - more about doing good deeds on earth and not much concern for the afterlife, christianity - more about faith in jesus and getting you a good place in the afterlife
3. judaism - jesus was not the messiah and is not important for a relationship with G-d, christianity - jesus is the messiah, the son of God, and the ONLY way to reach God
4. judaism - all the righteous of the world get a place in the world to come, christianity - only christians get a place in the world to come
5. judaism - proselytizing highly discouraged, christianity - a mission to spread christianity
6. judaism - is a "nation" with laws, jewishness means descendance straight from abraham, isaac, and jacob OR conversion, christianity - christianity is determined only by baptism and conversion, not descent

there is more but the differences are just far to different, and besids, according to the laws of judaism, christians are not jewish because they are not born of a jewish mother, and they never converted, so the issue is really moot

Answer 6

Even tho Jesus was Jew, most Jewish people don't believe in him as the son of God, they are still waiting for a messiah.

And yes, there are Jews that are Christians, they are called: Messianic Jews, they do believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior, there for, they are Christians.

God bless!!

Answer 7

Not necessarily. One thing that, in a modern world, defines the Jewish, is that they don't believe that Jesus was the Messiah. Jesus wasn't technically the first Christian, his followers were.

Answer 8

Certainly, many Christians support their Jewish bretheren.
http://www.cufi.org

But these are totally seperate religions.

Judaism doesn't require non-Jews to become Jews.

Answer 9

It might be more correct to ask, shouldn't Christians have a strong interest in studying Judaism? I do, because I like to understand how Judaism was a preparatory structure for the full measure of Christ's Gospel.

Answer 10

Christianity is actually Messianic Judaism, so yes.

The difference between Christians/Messianic Judaism, and Judaism? Jews are waiting for the Messiah to show up, and Christians/MJ's are waiting for Him to return.

It is not necessary for a Gentile to convert to Judaism (with circumcision and dietary laws and the whole nine yards) to become a Christian. However, if they want to observe any of those things, they may. I have been a guest at a Seder, and believe me, it is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay cool!

Answer 11

If you go by that logic, most people should be Jewish, since it was the first major religion that did not entail the worship of idols. All monotheist religions should therefore be Jewish