I seem to recall that Jesus was against preaching to gentiles... and it wasn't until Saul/Paul that such evangelizing was promoted.
Is there any bible quotes along those lines?
2007-05-20 14:41:10 · 9 answers · asked by imrational 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
(Matt 10:5-6)--- Jesus sent out these 12 after giving them instructions: "Don't take the road leading to other nations, and don't enter any Samaritan town. Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
(Matthew 15:24) He (Jesus) replied, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
(Matt 18:11) "For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost."
Jesus was sent for the JEWS and that is why his Prophethood was so short.
If he was sent for the WHOLE WORLD then he would have stated that from the very beginning.
He did command his followers to spread the glad tidings that a final Prophet (comforter) would come with the Final Law.
That Prophet would be a Prophet like unto Moses and come from the land of Ke'dar (Arabia).
Many Jewish tribes moved there to await his arrival.
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2007-05-20 14:44:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Luke 24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. (KJV)
So wherever you go, make disciples of ALL nations: Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19
The answer is right there in Luke 24:47. Jesus certainly did want His disciples to preach to all nations, but wanted them to begin with Jerusalem, and therefore the Israelites. The Matthew 10 passage is telling them that it's not yet time to preach to the Gentiles and the Samaritans. And the Matthew 15 passage is telling them that He was only sent to the house of Israel, but He was sent for everyone. Isaiah 42:6 says of the Israelites, "I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;" (KJV) This explains that God called the Israelites to be a light to the Gentiles (essentially, all non-Israelites). This is why Jesus dealt first with the Israelites alone.
2007-05-20 21:46:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the times Jesus sent out his disciples on their own, he gave them specific instructions not to go to gentiles. Also, a gentile woman came up to him for a healing miracle, and he rebuffed her to test her faith. She persisted and Jesus made the healing happen.
I think this was done to fullfill the prophecy that Jesus would save and restore Israel. So that is where he spent his time. Later of coarse, the Gospel would be offered to everyone and God would pour out his spirit among the nations.
2007-05-20 21:58:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Initially Jesus was sent to the Jews, and commanded His disciples to go only to the Jews; however after the resurrection He gave them specific instruction to carry His message to all the world:
"but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." "
Acts 1:8
"And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." "
Matthew 28:18-20
2007-05-20 21:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was to go to the Jew FIRST. But as John 4 reveals, Jesus didn't keep it to the Jew only. Read John 4. He not only told the woman about the Gospel, but he stayed with them for two days after that.
2007-05-20 21:45:37 · answer #5 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Like casting pearls before swine to be trampled underfoot.
Barnabas and Paul disagreed on this issue. In other words thet could get things mixed up and cause calamities. History bears this out.
2007-05-21 07:37:45 · answer #6 · answered by LeBlanc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read from King James Version bible:
Mark 13
Mark 16
Acts 9
Acts 10
Rev 7
Use a Strong's Concordance to find more (sold at christian book stores and other book stores)
2007-05-20 22:07:20 · answer #7 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aw common that's not fair...
I dint want them harassing me all the time (even tough the occasional debate is mildly amusing).
cant you deal with a little preaching? I if they only go after Jews then I will have to deal with one of them knocking on my door on a daily basis, and that would get annoying =P
2007-05-20 21:57:36 · answer #8 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have a bible in front of me...
But doesn't Jesus help the roman soldier by curing his ailling child...
And talks to the semaritan woman...
2007-05-20 21:49:06 · answer #9 · answered by Julian X 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋