(Matthew 15:24): “I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
2007-03-15 06:05:52 · 13 answers · asked by astersoft 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You're trying to understand Christianity from what Jesus said in the Gospels.
This will only cause confusion.
Christianity is based on what Paul taught about Jesus, and what was codified at the Council of Nicea in the year 325.
There's obviously something fishy going on in the book of Mathew:
As you point out, in verse 15, Jesus says he's only interested in teaching the Jews.
Then in Mathew verse 28 Jesus is saying to spread the message to the whole world.
What happened in between that made him change his mind?
2007-03-18 19:53:15 · answer #1 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole story of Jesus shows that before his resurrection and ascension to heaven, his primary work was to the Jews. Afterward, he commissions his disciples to preach his gospel to the whole world and to make disciples. Romans 9 - 11 explains the relationship between the Jews and the Gentiles in God's plan. So there is hope for someone who is not of the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
2007-03-15 13:13:17 · answer #2 · answered by Javance 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Oh? You aren't? The Tribe of Judah along with the Tribe of Benjamin and of Levite, which is the Priest-line, remained in and around Judea, but the rest of the Tribes migrated over the caucus mountains, and came known as "caucasions". They settled Europe, eventually the USA, Canada, and the other free Christian Nations of today.
They became as numerous as the sands of the sea, the stars in the sky. Who are they?
Everybody seems to know the "jews", which is a short form for "Judah", but the Houses split with the ten tribes going North.
These, my friend, are the Children of Israel.
Don't be confused with the Country of Israel; thats not what scripture is speaking of; the Bible will say "Judah and/or Jerusalem" when speaking of them, but when it talks of "the Children of Israel", its talking about you and me, friend.
Maybe you might want to read Scriptures again. These peoples who became as the stars of the sky, didn't cease to exist, its just that they lost their identity. They don't know who they are. God knows, but they don't. You obviously don't.
2007-03-15 13:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dear Astersof:
You're kidding, right?
Jesus' ministry lasted 3 1/2 years AND as you say, he limited himself to Israel .....mostly.
There were a couple of exceptions, like the Samaritain woman at the well.
However, what did he tell his followers just before he departed?
The answer is in Matthew 28:19
Acts 1:8, as well.
2007-03-15 13:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Read Galatians and Hebrews.Christians are" Israel".The ancient Hebrews "chosen" status ended in 70 A.D.The confusion today is that Palestine was cleverly renamed Israel in 1948,and dispensationalists' eschatology revolves around those ashkenazi jews.
2007-03-15 13:36:05 · answer #5 · answered by kitz 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus came to save the gentile of which you are one.
RO 1:16 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."
2007-03-15 13:08:49 · answer #6 · answered by Tribble Macher 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
you should believe in him as a prophet from God, but you should follow Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him) because he came to all mankind.
the verses of the bible that talk about preaching the gospel to the entire world are a fabrication that dont appear in the earliest manuscripts
2007-03-15 13:14:39 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus came for the Jew first. They rejected, so now salvation is offered to the gentile second.
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
If you are not of the house of Israel, you are of "another fold".
John 10:16
"And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd."
So now you have reason enough to believe in Him, right?
2007-03-15 13:08:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
You shouldn't.
the word "Gentile" is an invention, based on the word Gentes, which is Nations, and means NATIONS OF ISRAEL.
Jesus never came to say anything to anyone but those who shared his religion.
2007-03-15 13:10:34 · answer #9 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are a lost sheep. I don't know who's house you came from.
2007-03-15 13:10:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋