Christians...?

Question

...do you, as I, see Christianity as a completed form a Judaism, rather than a separate faith?

St. Louis: God is the originator of Judaism, not the Jews.

Answer 1

could be said

Christ completed the Way for humankind to follow.

Answer 2

Judaism has to do with the law of MOSES and is a conditional faith. "IF" you do this, then God will do THAT.

Christianity is totally opposite from Judaism. A totally NEW program that God introduced thru Paul, called the Gospel of the GRACE of God, or the Gospel of Christ, or the Gospel of the UNcircumcision (terms used ONLY by Paul when describing Christianity)

Christianity has to do with ANOTHER FULFILLING THE LAW FOR US, and being accepted NOT by coming THRU the Nation Israel, but by GRACE thru faith in the finished work of Christ.

This is a big mistake that people make and why more people arent true believers. They dont see the distinct differences between Gods plan and purpose for the Nation Israel , and His distinct program for we who are the church which is His Body. They are NOT the same, and they are not extensions of each other.

They are totally OPPOSITE and one stresses faith PLUS works, while the other stresses faith alone in the finished work of Christ alone.

Until people SEE the difference in the two programs, they will never understand the bible or what makes one a christian.

Answer 3

Judaism teaches to live by the Torah-the five books of Moses. Which under Christianity one lives by the Holy Spirit of God abiding within them and is under no law but the law of love...God gave the 10 Commandments to show us that no one can be saved by the law but all are complete violators of the law and are in need of a Savior, Jesus Christ..But those who try and live by the law shall be condemned by the law, if they break just one, so God sent His Son, to redeem mankind from the law of sin and death and has made people free to walk in true righteousness and holiness in Christ. Those who reject Christ shall die in their sins, no matter how much of a law keeper they were..For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God..This is why God allowed animal sacrifices, they were a shadow of what Christ Jesus would do for Mankind, give His life as a sacrifice Lamb, killed ,so that the world could be saved from their sins and the punishment of those sins bringing both physical and spiritual death and separation from Almighty God and this is the difference between Judaism and Christianity, the Jews reject Jesus Christ as The Messiah, which the Christians receive Him and have experienced His Divine cleansing from their sins.....

Answer 4

It is basically a completed form of Judaism. Just that Christians believe in Christ and Jews don't.

But on the other hand, we don't call Judaism a completed form of Islam even though all three major religions share the first 3 books of the Bible

Answer 5

I did not in the Past but after 9/11 I have begun to see that Christianity is a sect of Judaism, it was viewed as such until the Roman Catholics brought in a lot of Pagan practices then it became something of its own. In doing that it lost its basic core. In modern times the core is surfacing and people are getting back to see that Jesus is the Messiah of the Jew first and also of the Gentile.

Answer 6

That a definate......no and yes.
Yes the man made religion of Judaiism has evolved into many different forms, Christianity being one of them. Complete....hardly. Religion is infantile and evolving along with everything else.
It's evolution has seperate it from the Jewish religion but the roots are common.
Jewish people don not think as you do, that is for sure, in fact the only ones who do are arrogant Christians.

Answer 7

Judaism and it's laws were a tutor to lead mankind to Christ. All those things before were a shadow of the reality, but the reality is Christ Himself. That's what everything was pointing to from the beginning. So in that sense I think you are right.

Answer 8

Its funny, the Jews took the law given by GOD and turned it into a religion much like the catholics took salvation and turned it into a religion, so i would say the compliment each other. But even the Lord GOD rebuked the Jews for coming up with laws and customs that the Jewish leaders wouldn't even keep, although they expected the regular joe Jews to keep. Much like catholics have come up with teachings contrary to what the Word tells us and have the gall to say they (catholics) wrote the Bible!?
Like Christ said ' these people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from Me'(MAT 15:8).

Answer 9

I am not Christian or Jewish, but I have close friends and family who are both. I do not see Christianity as completed Judaism. Christianity is a faith, a religion. Judaism is as well, but it is also a culture and ethnicity.

Answer 10

You are correct sir.

A study of covenants show that each of the six covenants encompasses a bigger and bigger group of people. The final covenant of Christ went past the Jews to encompass all mankind. This was foretold by the Jewish Prophets, and it is actually part of Judaism.

Answer 11

God never wanted Israel to create the monster religion Judaism. If you do not understand this you can not understand Christianity or the Bible.