Shouldn't Christians actually be Jewish/follow Jewish religion?

Question

...such as their savior did?

When the merchants were selling in the temple, He said 'this is the house of my God" right? Who's God? The Jewish God, no?

So if Jesus said he did not come to change the Jewish law, but to 'confirm' it (paraphrasing),

Than why do you listen to John over Jesus?

Who is God here? Jesus or John? Who do you trust or listen to more?

Answer 1

There is only one true God and it is the God of the Jews who did not accept Christ. He came to fulfill the law through the atonement and did so and as such we follow the atonement and the resurrection. It is the Gospel.

Answer 2

We follow Jesus. He was jewish, and He was talking about God the Father in the Jewish temple, but God also said, "This is My Son. Listen to Him." (paraphrasing). And Jesus taught, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one goes to the Father except by me." (paraphrasing).

We are still bound by the ten commandments (jewish law) - that never changed. Jesus, however, enlightened us in ways we never could have done ourselves about the Law, bringing us even closer to the Father. Remember, what is the one thing that makes us follow and worship Jesus?

His sacrifice.

In the old jewish law, they had to sacrifice animals for the atonement of sin. When Jesus came, all that changed. He was the one, perfect offering to God for all of mankind for all time. This is why we worship Him. He was God-made-flesh, sacrificed for us so that we could be saved. Jesus is the fulfillment of everything in jewish law.

Answer 3

The Book of Acts details the history of this.

Some early Christians did believe exactly what you state. They were called Judaizers. Paul went to Jerusalem, before St. Peter, St. James (half-brother of Jesus), and St. John. Before them he made the case that gentile converts were saved by grace, and not by ritual adherence to a religion they had not previously belonged to. This informal council decided Paul was right, and sent out a decree saying that as long as gentile Christians did not engage in drinking blood or worshipping idols, they did not need to convert to Judaism. So the consensus of early Christians was that you did not need to become a Jew to become a Christian either.

Something like this remains true for modern Judaism as well. Judaism says that you that you do not need to become a Jew or obey the 600-and-some Jewish laws (if you are not a Jew already) in order to be counted among the righteous - you need only obey the seven 'Noachide' principles.

Answer 4

1) No
2) The God of the old testament is the Christian God.
3) He was the confirmation of the Jewish law.
4) John and Jesus are both speaking the word of God.
5) Jesus is the great "I AM" he said so.

Answer 5

The prophet Zechariah (in chapter 8) tells us that at the end-times, all the non-Jews will come to learn from the Jews (not the other way around):

22. And many peoples and powerful nations shall come to entreat the Lord of Hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the Lord.
23. So said the Lord of Hosts: In those days, when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."

The leaders of the nations will come to Jerusalem to celebrate Sukkot (the feast of tabernacles) with the Jews (Zechariah 14).

Answer 6

God the Father is the same to Christians and Jews. Christians believe Jesus to be God born in human flesh. I listen to Jesus. John listened to Jesus. I think the book of Acts will clear some of this up for you. (As some laws were for Priests, some for Jews, and some for Gentiles).

Answer 7

Christianity and Judaism are 2 different religions. They share moral values, but not theology.

Judaism teaches that G-d gave the Jewish people 613 commandments, and he gave the rest of the world seven commandments--the "seven laws of the children of Noah". Any non-Jew who keeps those seven laws is righteous and earns a reward in the World To Come.

Christianity divides God into a "Father" and a "Son" and possibly a third element. Judaism cannot accept that because in Jewish theology, G-d is absolutely infinite and absolutely indivisible.

Answer 8

As you would read in the NT, the practices of Judaism such as holidays, were not nessisary for the gentiles to do because they do not have the same heritage the Jews have. It's alright if they DO, but not nessisary. It was also alright for a Jew to stop carrying out the traditions, since these things were nothing that made you more "saved" or less.

Col 2: 15-17 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.[a]

16Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

Romans 14:4-6 4Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

5One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. 6He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.

Answer 9

Romans 10:12 tells us "For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek [gentile], for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him."

Believers do not have to be Jews. They just must believe in God and Jesus as Messiah.

Your reference to Jesus and the Temple is not applicable to believers today. God permitted the Temple to be destroyed in 70 AD because it was no longer necessary. We read at places such as 1 Cor. 6:19 that "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?"

The Holy Spirit now lives within us, so the Temple isn't needed in order to worship God.

Answer 10

Jesus worshiped the same God as the Jews, they were God's Jehovah's chosen people at the time. However, when they rejected Jesus, Jehovah rejected them. So they no longer had his favor. Jews who accepted Jesus as the Messiah, became Christians, and following Jesus example, they continued to worshiped Jehovah, but were no longer under the law covenant given to the Israelites.

Answer 11

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