1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,120 or contact us at mylibertybaptist.org or just 5 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:19,760 look us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,040 message from God's word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,640 We'll go ahead and start our lesson here this morning by 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,480 asking ourselves these question What is Judaism? 9 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:34,120 Who is considered a Jew? Is Judaism only religion? 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:37,880 Is it a cultural identity? Is it an ethnic group? 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:41,480 Are the Jews a distinct people or are they a nation? 12 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:46,120 What do the Jews believe and do they all hold the same beliefs? 13 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:49,320 You know, it's interesting that we have much in common with the 14 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,840 Jewish people in many ways. In fact, you would go back here 15 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,440 in the United States of America and often times it is said that 16 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,360 our nation was founded on judeo-christian values, meaning 17 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:03,720 that there is some commonalities between those of Judaism and 18 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:05,960 between us of Christianity as well. 19 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,280 But be clear about this this morning, that even as we 20 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,800 recognize the so-called Judeo-christian values, that 21 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,720 while we may share a common background with Judaism, we do 22 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,000 not share a common belief. I think that's important for us 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,720 to understand. Do we share a common background? 24 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,640 Yes, we do. For instance, the Old Testament, 25 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:29,680 we share a common background, but we do not share a common 26 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,040 belief. The Judaism of today isn't just 27 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:36,440 biblical teaching that says, well, they believe everything we 28 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,320 do except about Jesus Christ. Now, by the way, that would 29 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:40,440 still be wrong. Amen. 30 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,120 You can believe everything that we do from biblical 31 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:45,800 Christianity, not believe in Jesus Christ and still be 32 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,120 hopelessly lost because if you've missed Jesus Christ, 33 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,920 well, you missed everything. But I would say that Judaism as 34 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:56,920 we see it today isn't even simply believing the Bible, but 35 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,200 not the New Testament and not Jesus Christ. 36 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:03,760 That even Judaism today has deviated from that which was 37 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:06,640 taught in the Old Testament as well. 38 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,000 And so we can't simply look as Judaism as they believe like us, 39 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,120 except Jesus Christ. You know, it is much different 40 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,240 than that. And so I, I would put it this 41 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:20,880 way, that Judaism is an offshoot of the Old Testament, not Jewish 42 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,480 people following the Old Testament while ignoring the New 43 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:25,680 Testament. That even as we look at Judaism, 44 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:30,200 we're not looking at what God had commanded the Jews to do in 45 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,000 the Old Testament. They've even deviated from that. 46 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,120 And of course, that shouldn't surprise us because what Jesus, 47 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,040 or rather what God had commanded the Jews to do in the Old 48 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,680 Testament was pointing them towards who? 49 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,360 Jesus Christ. And so if they've missed Jesus 50 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,680 Christ, well, they've missed the mark of the Old Testament. 51 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,280 And so we're not looking at people who are exactly like us 52 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,040 minus Jesus Christ. And again, that would still make 53 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,920 them lost. But what we look at with Judaism 54 00:02:54,920 --> 00:02:57,800 is far, far different even from that. 55 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,840 So who is a Jew that that might be the question today. 56 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:03,600 Well, who is a Jew? And you might be surprised to 57 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,840 find that there's even a lot of not controversy, but questions 58 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,000 about that even amongst the Jewish community. 59 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,840 Who is a Jew? According to Rabbinical Judaism, 60 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:19,400 a Jew is one who had a Jewish mother or has formally converted 61 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,160 to Judaism. That would be the definition 62 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,360 according to many, not all. That would be someone who had a 63 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,680 Jewish mother or someone who has formally converted to Judaism. 64 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:33,280 Leviticus 24 verse 10 is often used as the proof text of that 65 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,680 being the Jewish mother, making someone a Jew. 66 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,160 Now this is Leviticus 24, verse 10. 67 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,120 It says this, and the son of an Israelitish woman whose father 68 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,680 was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel, and the 69 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,920 son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together 70 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,960 in the camp. I wouldn't say that was a very 71 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,840 strong proof text for what they're trying to be able to 72 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,800 convey, but many Jews would point to this verse and say you 73 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,240 either have to have a Jewish mother or you have to have 74 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,200 converted to Judaism. Now, some rabbis will say that 75 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,240 it has nothing nothing to do with what an individual actually 76 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,600 believes. It's not a belief system to 77 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:13,680 some. These rabbis tell us that 78 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:18,440 according to the Halakha, the official legal system of 79 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,720 Judaism, a Jew does not need to be a follower of Jewish laws and 80 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,400 customs to be considered Jewish. In fact, a Jew can have no 81 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:31,160 belief in God whatsoever and still be Jewish based on the 82 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,840 fact of their lineage. So what makes someone a Jew? 83 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:38,040 Well, again, controversially or, or we would say that there would 84 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:42,000 be some questioning about this, but it seems to be that one can 85 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:45,560 be Jew by ethnicity because of the way that they were born. 86 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,440 Some can be Jew because of what they believe. 87 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,320 But someone that is ethnically a Jew may not believe in Judaism 88 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,240 and someone that is Judaism, someone that believes in Judaism 89 00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:59,000 may have converted to it and not ethnically be a Jew. 90 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,600 I don't know if that makes sense to everybody, but the 91 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,720 understanding is this, that where we as Christians, it is 92 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,520 not an ethnicity. It is we have come from all 93 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:11,280 places and all types and of course we're all one blood under 94 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,920 Jesus Christ, Amen. But the fact of the matter is, 95 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,920 is that we come from all different walks of life, but we 96 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,440 are not ethnically Christians. We wouldn't say that. 97 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:23,600 But there are ethnic Jews who also believe in Judaism and then 98 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,120 vice versa. There is that type of overlap. 99 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,320 Now, what do they believe now? Or rather, where do they get 100 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,000 their beliefs? It may be a a way of putting it 101 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:36,680 well, we would see that they would find get their beliefs 102 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,720 from the Old Testament primarily or first of all rather, which is 103 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,080 called the Torah. We would call the Old Testament, 104 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,040 well the Old Testament, but they would use the term Torah for the 105 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,920 Old Testament. In the Old Testament are 613 106 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:56,600 commandments found, 613 commandments that the Jews were 107 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,560 to be able to keep, and they covered all aspects of the 108 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,640 Jewish life. And we look at some of those 109 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,640 when we go through the Old Testament, don't we? 110 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:09,440 And they cover civil law, they cover the ceremonial law, they 111 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:14,240 cover issues with the temple and sacrifices, all of these 112 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,800 different things, 613 in total. And then those could be in some 113 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,720 ways distilled to the 10 commandments as it's found in 114 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,160 Exodus chapter #20 and Deuteronomy chapter 5. 115 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,800 Just a brief synopsis, if you will, of the law. 116 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,880 But you might remember that Jesus Christ even took those 10 117 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,480 commandments and narrowed it down even further, didn't he? 118 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:36,760 Not that he eliminated the commandments, but that basically 119 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,720 he said really it all comes down to too doesn't it? 120 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,160 Says you love God and you love others because upon these hang 121 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,440 all the law and the prophets. He wasn't saying that the others 122 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,240 were irrelevant. He was just saying this if you 123 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,200 love God as you ought and you love others as you ought, you'll 124 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,600 be fine because everything that is in the commandments really 125 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,280 comes down to this. Love others and love God. 126 00:06:57,280 --> 00:06:59,800 In fact, the 1st 4 commandments deal with our relationship 127 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,920 between us to God. The other six which deal with 128 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,600 our relationship from us to man, but even that can be broadened 129 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,040 out to the 613 that these are, are found in the Torah. 130 00:07:10,280 --> 00:07:15,200 However, the Jews also believe in a different sacred book as 131 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:19,720 well, which is the Talmud. They have called the Talmud also 132 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,840 to be their scriptures. Now the Talmud is defined by the 133 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,880 World Book Encyclopedia as the following, a collection of legal 134 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,520 and ethical writings as well as Jewish history and folklore. 135 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,520 It serves primarily as a guide to the civil and religious laws 136 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,280 of Judaism. Orthodox Jews believe the laws 137 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:40,920 in the Talmud were given to Moses by God and passed down 138 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:42,920 orally from generation to generation. 139 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:47,400 About AD 200, scholars wrote down these oral laws in a work 140 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,240 called the Mishnah. Later, scholars explain, 141 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,520 interpreted the Mishnah. Their comments were recorded in 142 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,120 the Gamera, which was written between 200 and 500 AD. 143 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,160 The Mishnah and the Gamera together make up the Talmud. 144 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,600 So it's not just simply that they believe the Old Testament, 145 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:08,000 and this is where I would say that again, there's a deviation 146 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,240 from the Old Testament. They also hold up the Talmud as 147 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:16,560 well as the interpretation of the Torah, and they say you 148 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,000 really need to understand the Talmud to understand the Torah. 149 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,440 You say now where would all of that come from? 150 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:26,000 Did you catch that word talked about the Oral Law for Moses 151 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,080 being passed from generation to generation and then finally 152 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:30,720 being written down around 200 AD? 153 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:35,360 Who are the custodians of that Oral Law starting around 100 BC 154 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:37,280 or so and into the time of Christ? 155 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,080 That would be the Pharisees. And the Pharisees were the ones 156 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,680 that were constantly saying, well sure, the Bible may say 157 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:48,800 this, but we have said this and they were constantly taking 158 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:50,640 their words. Now they would say it was Moses 159 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,320 words, but they weren't Moses words. 160 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:55,080 They were their own creations. They were their own 161 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:57,640 interpretations. In fact, they added to them 162 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,520 overtime. They would take these and they 163 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,320 would take them and put them above Scripture, putting them 164 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,280 above Jesus Christ, which was constantly the clash that took 165 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:09,240 place between the Pharisees of Jesus Christ. 166 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:13,120 And again, that clash continues today between Judaism and 167 00:09:13,120 --> 00:09:15,160 biblical Christianity. Because we would say that 168 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,840 everything that we need to understand comes to us in these 169 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,440 66 books. Everything that pertains to life 170 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:25,080 and godliness is right here. And they are told, the Jews are 171 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,120 told that they have to not just understand the Torah, but also 172 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,840 the Talmud, which was passed from generation to generation 173 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,120 and generation to generation. So what do they believe? 174 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,880 Now, I will say, because there's so many different groups that 175 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:44,560 are in Judaism, it's very hard to be able to just say, well, 176 00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:46,640 this is what Judaism believes in. 177 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,840 However, in my study I found that it can be distilled no 178 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:54,640 matter pretty much what group you find these basic beliefs of 179 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:59,040 Judaism, at least religious Judaism, not ethnic Judaism, can 180 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:05,240 be put in these categories #1 God alone exists and is creator 181 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:12,360 #2 God is 1 and unique #3 God is incorporeal, meaning without a 182 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:17,600 body and incomparable. 4. God is eternal both first and 183 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:21,320 last Five. We are to pray to God alone and 184 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,400 to no other. Six. 185 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:28,240 The words of the prophets are true. 7 Moses was the chief 186 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:34,400 prophet, and Moses prophecies are true #8 the Torah, the first 187 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,720 five books of the Bible specifically, and the Oral 188 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:43,160 Torah, the Talmud were given to Moses and divinely preserved. 9 189 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,520 There will be no other Torah, since it cannot be changed. 10 190 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,840 God knows all things, including the thoughts and deeds of men. 191 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:56,120 11 God will reward the righteous and punish the wicked. 12 The 192 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:00,400 Messiah will come. 13 The dead will be resurrected. 193 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:04,440 Now, if you consider the 13 points that I've just read and 194 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,760 that you're looking at on your screen right now, we would say 195 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:13,200 in our studies so far of the Muslims and of Jehovah Witnesses 196 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,040 and of the Mormons, we would probably agree with more of 197 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,960 those 13 points than we would with any of those three other 198 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,680 groups, yes, including the Colts, Jehovah Witness, and 199 00:11:23,680 --> 00:11:26,800 Mormons. However, again, we do not agree 200 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:28,480 with all thirteen of those points. 201 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:31,240 There are some very key different differences we 202 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:37,240 disagree numbers with #8 of the Talmud being of divine origin. 203 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,320 We would say the New Testament would be of divine origin. 204 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,040 The Torah sometimes called the first five books, sometimes 205 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:45,840 called the entire balance of the Old Testament. 206 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,760 What do we find that we would believe in Old Testament and New 207 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,280 Testament? They say that they would believe 208 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,040 in the Torah and the Talmud. We would look at #12 where they 209 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,520 say the Messiah will come, and boy, this is a big one. 210 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:58,080 We'll say this. He has come. 211 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,600 He has come. They are looking for him to come 212 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,680 and we are looking for him to come again. 213 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,600 That's the difference, isn't it? We are looking for him to come 214 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:07,880 again. They are still looking for him 215 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:09,640 to come. And again, one of the saddest 216 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:14,120 parts of any type of Passover feast that your Jewish friends 217 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:18,560 will hold in the usually around April time of year, one of the 218 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:21,280 things that they will do is at the very end, they will all 219 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,360 stand at the door and they will wait for Elijah to come. 220 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,480 They will, they will say Elijah come. 221 00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,720 Now, why will that be? Well, because we'll see in the 222 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:33,440 book of Malachi that Elijah was to be the forerunner of Jesus 223 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:34,840 Christ. Well, who was that? 224 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,840 Elijah? That was John the Baptist. 225 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:38,760 We'll look at all of that this morning. 226 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:40,720 I'm kind of getting ahead of myself of over going to be at 227 00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:42,680 11:00. But the fact of the matter is 228 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:45,360 they look for him to come. And it's so sad that they would 229 00:12:45,360 --> 00:12:49,160 stand there at the door and wait ceremonially, of course, for him 230 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,680 to come. It's just part of the feast that 231 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:53,560 they have. But we would look at them and 232 00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:57,320 say you're waiting for someone who's come. 2000 years ago. 233 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:03,400 So we would disagree on #12 on #11 we would agree God will 234 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,240 reward the righteous and punish the wicked. 235 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:08,640 Here's the difference. The Bible says that, well, all 236 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:11,640 of sinned and falling short of the glory of God, you will find 237 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:15,280 that Judaism basically teaches that mankind is inherently good 238 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,160 and starts from that point where we would say the word of God 239 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:22,680 teaches well that mankind is inherently sinful and needs 240 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:24,320 redemption. A huge difference. 241 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,680 And so we can see that out of 13, we probably agree with ten 242 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:31,480 of those points, but boy, those three, yeah, we need to be able 243 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,480 to be in agreement in all 13 and we cannot agree with all 13. 244 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:39,800 Those are some very, very large differences, including the very 245 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:42,840 difference between salvation and being lost, the fact that you 246 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,840 don't know who the Messiah is. That's what salvation is all 247 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,280 about, knowing who Jesus Christ is. 248 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:52,080 Now, the modern groups within Judaism are primarily born out 249 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,240 of the Pharisaical teaching that held the Old Testament and the 250 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:59,320 Talmud as the supreme authority. But even in modern Judaism, 251 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,000 Judaism, and I would say particularly modern American 252 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,720 Judaism, it seems that there are three religious groups. 253 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,520 The first would be Orthodox Judaism. 254 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,880 Orthodox Judaism is a movement holding traditional beliefs and 255 00:14:12,880 --> 00:14:17,600 practices such as kosher diets, Sabbath rest, distinctive dress 256 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,320 codes. Now, if you are in our area and 257 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:23,040 you're driving around on a Saturday, Saturday would be the 258 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:25,440 Sabbath day. And if you were driving around, 259 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:28,360 as I was just a few weeks ago going through Sharon, for 260 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,640 instance, Sharon has a large Orthodox Jewish community. 261 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:34,760 As I was driving through town, I saw that there were families 262 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:39,040 that were walking to go on Sabbath, to be able to go to the 263 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:41,000 temple. They were dressed in a very 264 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,440 particular way, both women and men. 265 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,320 They were walking because they could not drive because they 266 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:49,480 that would be considered work on the Sabbath day. 267 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:52,200 The kids had their scooters and they were out there on the 268 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:53,880 scooters and mom and dad were walking. 269 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,720 I'll be honest, he's very impressive in some ways to see 270 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,400 them going and doing what they are doing it. 271 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:04,560 And in some ways you admire the fact that they are so very 272 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,320 dedicated to that which they believe. 273 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:10,120 But I would say this, they are dedicated to that which is not 274 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,520 the gospel. And so we look at those, but 275 00:15:12,520 --> 00:15:15,520 those would be what are considered Orthodox Jews. 276 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:18,160 We could also look at Reform Judaism. 277 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,840 This is a modern movement begun in the 1800s, takes many liberal 278 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,280 viewpoints and does away with conservative values and 279 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:27,280 practices that are inherent to Orthodox Judaism. 280 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,280 You will find that many Jewish temples today, the large 281 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:35,080 majority of Jewish temples would fall under Reformed Judaism that 282 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:39,640 they have basic Jewish beliefs, but they are very liberal in 283 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:43,800 every way that are so contrary to the word of God. 284 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,160 Not just in their beliefs but also in how they handle 285 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:49,680 themselves as opposed to Orthodox Judaism. 286 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:54,360 We have a Jewish temple in town. It is a Reformed Judas, Reformed 287 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:58,160 Judaism temple where they hold certain beliefs but in many ways 288 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,520 are unrecognizable to Orthodox Jews. 289 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,760 But there's also part of Judaism which is a little bit of a 290 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,160 misnomer because it's a group that tries to balance between 291 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,840 Orthodox and Reformed. However, they have a lot of the 292 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:17,800 liberal tendencies of the Reform Judaism while still trying to 293 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:21,480 hold to the Torah and understand that it is the Scriptures where 294 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:27,280 Orthodox Reform Judaism would not say that the that the Torah 295 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:32,480 is absolute scripture. And so there are again, some 296 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:35,960 different flavors between them, but this is the three Orthodox 297 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,080 Reform and Conservative tries to be right in the middle, but 298 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:43,120 again falls more to the liberal side towards Reform than it does 299 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,560 for Orthodox. And there's one more group that 300 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,800 it also is prominent but is not a religious group, and that is 301 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,560 this. It is secular Judaism, secular 302 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,680 Judaism, those who still identify as Jews mostly by 303 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:59,400 heritage, but are actually secular humanists, the popular 304 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,040 religion of today. In many ways, they have taken 305 00:17:02,040 --> 00:17:05,680 one more step beyond Reform Judaism, and they are purely 306 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,400 secular in their religious outlook. 307 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,720 They retain the name for the sake of their ancestry. 308 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:15,119 They may even celebrate some of the feasts like the Passover, 309 00:17:15,319 --> 00:17:18,520 just because it's part of their national heritage, But they are 310 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:20,440 not celebrating it for a religious reason. 311 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:22,000 You say, well, why would somebody do that? 312 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,359 I don't know. Why does all the United States 313 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:28,240 celebrate Christmas but have nothing to do with Jesus? 314 00:17:28,319 --> 00:17:30,840 So it should not surprise us that there would be some that 315 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:33,800 would do the same thing as a way to be in touch with their roots, 316 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,720 but really have no connection with God whatsoever, probably 317 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,360 don't even believe in God, and would certainly not hold to 318 00:17:39,360 --> 00:17:42,680 those 13 points that we just put up a few moments ago. 319 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:47,160 So those 13 points would really in many ways encompass the top 320 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,800 three. And then secular Jews, those who 321 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,920 want to connect with their ethnic roots but yet do not 322 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,840 believe in God, would fall under the secular Judaism category. 323 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,480 And I will say in my interactions with many people 324 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,560 here in Easton and the surrounding area over the years, 325 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:05,920 I have met several in each of these categories. 326 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,000 I have met several of them. And one of the things that I've 327 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,680 loved for us to be able to do in the past is to be able to have 328 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,600 one of our missionaries, Sam Wilson, come. 329 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:17,840 Some of you remember him and he was a missionary in Israel for a 330 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:20,440 short time, then had to come back to the States and now 331 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,200 ministers to Jews here in the United States, has been here 332 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:25,280 before a couple different times and taught us. 333 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,480 How to better relate to our Jewish neighbors and friends and 334 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,120 really showed us some really, really interesting things. 335 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:34,360 Not to start a Jewish ministry within your church, but to just 336 00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:37,360 equip the people within the church to be able to reach Jews 337 00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:39,320 for Christ. And so I think it's a very 338 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,560 important thing and it's important for us to be able to 339 00:18:41,560 --> 00:18:44,400 brush up and understand more about these things for 340 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,600 ourselves. So here's the question that we 341 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,280 must ask ourselves today. It's why we're in Romans chapter 342 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,520 10. And I think we've already asked 343 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,160 it and answered it in some ways. But I want us to look at what 344 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,880 the Bible says about this. Are the Jews saved? 345 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:01,880 Are the Jews saved? Now, here's the answer to that 346 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:03,160 question. I know I just asked the 347 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:04,240 question. I said we're gonna look at the 348 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,960 Bible. But the answer to that question 349 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,680 is this is that people are not saved by what ethnicity they 350 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,080 are. People are not saved by what 351 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,720 people group they belong to. People are saved one way and one 352 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,480 way only, the Bible way. And so we cannot say that the 353 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:23,680 Jews as a group are saved or unsaved, other than we recognize 354 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,560 that there will be a time that at the end of the Tribulation 355 00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:29,600 period where they as a group will accept Jesus as their 356 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,280 Savior. But in the meantime, we look at 357 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:36,760 them and say this by and large the Jewish people have rejected 358 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:39,880 Jesus Christ. There is there's no denying for 359 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,640 us to be able to say this morning that by and large the 360 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:45,360 Jewish people have denied Jesus Christ. 361 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:47,560 Now listen carefully to what I'm about to say. 362 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,040 The Jewish people and I think of the nation of Israel in 363 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,440 particular loves to be able to have evangelical Christians to 364 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,680 come and to go into their nation and to be able to take tours and 365 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,920 do those types of things are very welcoming to evangelical 366 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:01,920 Christians doing so. Why? 367 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,520 Because of the Christian heritage that we have there that 368 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,760 we share in our roots with them. And so they. 369 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,800 Love to have us to be OK. I've never been to Israel. 370 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,360 I'd love to visit Israel someday. 371 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:15,000 Never have been the Bible. I've heard people say that it's 372 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,400 like going to Israel's, like seeing the Bible in color after 373 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,960 seeing it in black and white before, because you get to see 374 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,040 the very places that you read about in the Gospels and other 375 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:25,440 places. I can't imagine what that would 376 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,560 be like. I hope someday to be able to do 377 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,280 so. But I will say the Jewish 378 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:34,320 government is very welcoming for those tourism dollars to flow 379 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,720 into Israel to allow people like us to be able to come. 380 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,000 But there's also something they would like us to do as well. 381 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,040 Leave. And I'm not trying. 382 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,360 To be unkind about this, I'm not trying to be snide or smart 383 00:20:44,360 --> 00:20:47,800 aleck about this whatsoever. What I'm saying is this is as 384 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,720 welcoming as they are to evangelical Christians to be 385 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:55,480 able to come and visit, they are also very closed as a country to 386 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,000 the gospel. Meaning this that if someone was 387 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,960 to come as a missionary and to try to start a church, very 388 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:04,880 quickly they would be asked to leave Israel. 389 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:09,040 And that's a story over and over again that it is a closed 390 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:12,560 country to the gospel, as closed as many of the common countries 391 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,640 we would think of as being closed to the gospel. 392 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,680 But we don't think of that because they are so welcoming to 393 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,640 us to be able to come and visit. They just don't want you to go 394 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,320 into proselytize and they do not want anyone to go and to start a 395 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,080 church. And I say that for no other 396 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,840 reason, just to say that that is what the fact of the matter is, 397 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:32,240 that by and large that they have rejected Jesus Christ. 398 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:33,840 That does not mean that all Jews have. 399 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:35,840 You may have heard of Messianic Jews. 400 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:40,200 These are those who are Jewish, of ethnic origin, and they have 401 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:44,360 come to understand that Jesus is their Messiah, not that he will 402 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:46,800 come, but that he has come and he will come again. 403 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:49,320 And they are out there. I have met them before. 404 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,080 They are some lovely people. Many of them will hold the 405 00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:54,480 feasts during the year, not because they have to. 406 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,360 We're not required to hold the feasts anymore. 407 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:59,680 It's Old Testament, they pointed Jesus Christ, but they use them 408 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,280 as very vivid ways within their communities to be able to show 409 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:05,320 Jesus Christ through their own heritage. 410 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:07,800 And I think that's a wonderful thing for them to be able to do. 411 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,320 I encourage them to do that. We're not biblically told to do 412 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,920 that. We're cold told to take the 413 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,440 Lord's Supper. We don't have to take the 414 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,600 Passover. Remember, we just saw in First 415 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:20,400 Corinthians chapter #5 that Christ is our Passover, That we 416 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,960 understand that He was the sacrifice, the Lamb of God to 417 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:26,960 take away the sin of the world. But yet we understand there are 418 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,480 some Messianic Jews out there. So what does? 419 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:32,320 What do we see about this? Well, I will tell you who had a 420 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:35,080 great burden to reach the Jews for Christ, and that was Paul. 421 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,200 Paul had a great, great burden to see the Jews reached for 422 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:40,160 Christ. But why? 423 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:42,760 We think of him as the missionary to the Gentiles. 424 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,680 And he was. But I will say this, in every 425 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,080 city he went to, he always went to the Jews first. 426 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,280 In every city he went to, he always went to the synagogue and 427 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,000 was always trying to present Jesus Christ to those in the 428 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:55,880 synagogue. Sometimes people believe and 429 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:57,640 there were places where people would believe. 430 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:00,120 Ephesus is one of those places that comes to mind. 431 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,200 However, many times he was expelled from the synagogue, 432 00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:06,360 sometimes was beaten by those who ran the synagogue, and 433 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:08,680 sometimes was run out of town before he even got to talk to 434 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:12,320 the Gentiles. But many times he would give the 435 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,120 gospel to the Jews. He would shake the dust off his 436 00:23:15,120 --> 00:23:18,440 feet after they were rejected and then would go and give the 437 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,160 gospel to the Gentiles. This was what he did. 438 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:24,880 What was his heart? Well, chapter 10, verse one says 439 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,760 this, brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for 440 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,760 Israel is that they might be saved. 441 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,320 For I bear them record that they have a zeal for God, but listen 442 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,400 not according to knowledge. When I think of Orthodox 443 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,080 Judaism, when I think of those, particularly of that group of 444 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,760 which Paul would have been very acquainted as a Pharisee 445 00:23:43,760 --> 00:23:46,760 himself, when I think of that group, they have great zeal. 446 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,040 Often times they have greater zeal than we do as Christians, 447 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:52,600 that they are strict in their diet. 448 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:56,160 They are strict in their timing of their of, of their 449 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,920 scheduling, of their week. They are strict in what they 450 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,080 wear. They are strict in every single 451 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:02,440 way. They've got a zeal. 452 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,560 But here's what Paul says, but not according to knowledge. 453 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,760 They are zealous, but they know not what they are zealous for. 454 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,480 For their being ignorant, verse 3 of God's righteousness and 455 00:24:12,480 --> 00:24:15,920 going to establish their own righteousness have not submitted 456 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:17,880 themselves unto the righteousness of God. 457 00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,400 Saying this because they don't truly understand who God is. 458 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,560 They have tried to make themselves righteous. 459 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:26,440 But what do we find in chapter 3, verse 20 of Romans? 460 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:29,080 There is none righteous. No, not one. 461 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:32,200 They are trying to, through their works, to be able to 462 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,920 purify themselves unto righteousness. 463 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,480 And this, this is folly. Verse 4 For Christ is the end of 464 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,880 the law for righteousness to everyone that believeth. 465 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,880 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the 466 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:48,600 law, that the man which doeth those things shall live by them. 467 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,480 If you were to save yourself by the law, then you must hold 468 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:53,320 yourself to the law your entire life. 469 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:57,560 You can be saved by the law. In theory, we could put it this 470 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,480 way. You could be saved by the law. 471 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,440 You'd have to keep it your whole life. 472 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:03,680 So here's the thing. You can't be saved by the law 473 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:06,960 because we know that we cannot keep it our entire life. 474 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:08,560 I always laugh when I talk to people. 475 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,560 Not laugh in their face, but I laugh when I talk to people and 476 00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,960 I'm witnessing them and I ask them if they're a Sinner and 477 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,880 they have to think about it. It's like how far back you got 478 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,000 to go in that Rolodex of your mind to figure out. 479 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,280 Most people I talk to will say, Oh yeah, they know they're a 480 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,400 Sinner. I don't have to convince them 481 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:26,240 that they're a Sinner because we understand that if we've broken 482 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,920 one of the 10 commandments in our life that we're a Sinner. 483 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:30,480 You're done. That's it. 484 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,040 He said, well, do I get a do over? 485 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:33,680 Do I get a Gimme? Do I get a Mulligan? 486 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:38,480 No, that's it, you get nothing. And so we can't be saved by the 487 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,640 law. Christ is our righteousness. 488 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:44,040 Christ was the one who lived the life that we could not live, who 489 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,960 shed his precious blood so that we could be saved. 490 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,920 And so it says that the man which doeth those things shall 491 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:52,120 live by them. And we would not be something 492 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:54,080 that we could do. But yet there are many in those 493 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,360 groups that believe that this is what they must do to be able to 494 00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:59,000 be saved. Now we're kind of go backwards 495 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:00,440 through the book of Romans. I know this kind of the 496 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:13,720 backwards way of doing it, but look at chapter #9 verse #1 it 497 00:26:13,720 --> 00:26:15,880 says this. I say the truth in Christ. 498 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,680 I line up my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy 499 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,960 Ghost. So Paul is saying, I kind of put 500 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,280 it this way. He says what I'm about to say. 501 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,760 You're not going to believe, but I'm telling you the truth and 502 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,200 I'm telling you that I'm telling you the truth through the Holy 503 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,920 Ghost and we understand that because he's speaking in 504 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,360 Scripture and scriptures are inspired by the Holy Ghost. 505 00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:38,040 But to those he's writing to, he's saying this I'm going to 506 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,280 say something you're probably not going to believe, but but 507 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,720 I'm serious about this. Well, what could he possibly 508 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:44,800 say? Well, verse 2 that I have great 509 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,000 heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart for I wish that 510 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:52,480 myself were cursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsman 511 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,480 according to the the flesh. He says that saying what I think 512 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,440 it's saying it absolutely is saying what you think he's 513 00:26:57,440 --> 00:26:59,240 saying. Paul said this if I could cash 514 00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:02,560 in my salvation. To be able to cover my brethren, 515 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:07,440 the people of Israel, I'd do it, he says, if that meant that I 516 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,160 had to go to hell so that everyone else would be saved. 517 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,360 He said I would do this. He said I don't believe it. 518 00:27:13,360 --> 00:27:14,480 Well, he didn't think he'd believe it. 519 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,840 That's why he said verse one. That's why he had to make clear 520 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,040 what he says there. But you know, he's not the only 521 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,120 one who felt this way. I think of Moses in Exodus 522 00:27:23,120 --> 00:27:26,520 chapter #32 you know, Exodus chapter 32 goes up in the 523 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,200 mountain, comes down the mountain. 524 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:29,800 Joshua says, hey, there's a noise of war. 525 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,320 And he goes, that's not war. He's that's the sound of people 526 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:35,560 playing. What kind of playing were they 527 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,400 doing? Well, it wasn't courtyard 528 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:38,400 playing. Let me tell you this. 529 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:41,680 There wasn't playground playing. It was people that were in 530 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:48,120 their, in their very state of undress, who were engaging in 531 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:51,920 paganism around a golden calf 40 days before. 532 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,440 They had heard the voice of God and now they have gone to this 533 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,440 debauchery. And so all of this takes place. 534 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,160 We understand what Moses does that he he he breaks the 535 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,920 tablets, he grinds them into powder, he puts it in the water 536 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:06,400 supply. He's like, this is going to be 537 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,880 bitter and you need to drink it. You need to understand how 538 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,840 bitter you have made your life by what you have done. 539 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:17,320 But then he goes back to the Lord and he actually becomes a 540 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,160 an advocate for the people of Israel to the Lord is as the 541 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,960 Lord says, says, you know, move out of the way. 542 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,200 They're gone. I'm starting over with you, 543 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,840 Moses. And basically Moses says the 544 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,680 same thing. He says I would be accursed. 545 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:33,600 He says for you to save them. And of course the Lord doesn't 546 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,440 do that, that the Lord's not interested in making deals with 547 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:38,600 humanity. Let's make that quite clear. 548 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,440 But the idea was the heart of Moses was this. 549 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:45,840 He says it, the service that I provide to these people is 550 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,840 greater than myself. He knew that what he was doing 551 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:50,560 was greater than self. Here's Paul. 552 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,440 He says this, and what I'm doing is greater than myself. 553 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,040 If the Jews could be saved and that meant I had to go to hell, 554 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,560 I'm willing for that to happen. And again, humanly speaking, I 555 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,640 don't understand it other than I know it's true because the Bible 556 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,840 says it's true. Verse four Who? 557 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:07,200 Are Israelites to whom pertain the adoption and the glory and 558 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:10,200 the covenants and the giving of the law and the service of God 559 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:11,760 and the promises. He's saying this. 560 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,120 The Jews have a rich history. He's looking back at the rich 561 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,760 history that they have, the adoption meaning that they were 562 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,280 God's chosen people. By the way, that doesn't mean 563 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:22,760 Israel's better than everyone else. 564 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,440 Let's make that clear. It just means it's that God had 565 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,240 chosen them for a particular task. 566 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,840 I have four children. If I've chosen one of them to go 567 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,080 take out the trash, that doesn't mean that they're the best. 568 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,160 In fact, they might think they're the worst. 569 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,000 If I'm the one that chose to take out the trash, it just 570 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:39,960 means that they have a purpose of which I as a father have 571 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,600 chosen them to do. The people of Israel as God's 572 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,760 chosen people are not more beloved by God than you. 573 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,480 God had given them a specific task to bring through the very 574 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,880 oracles of God, the word of God that we have through the Jews. 575 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:55,400 And I remind you, even in the New Testament, what is the 576 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,400 church primarily made of the Jews, and that we as the 577 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:02,200 Gentiles are grafted in after that, as we are one church. 578 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,360 But yet we find here that we are blessed by the Jews as the 579 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:09,280 chosen people, but they are not the best people, these superior 580 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,040 people to anyone else. Listen, we are all, all people 581 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,800 created in the image of God, and we're all people. 582 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,280 Listen, who needs salvation? And so he says this, but you as 583 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,440 Jews, they have the adoption, they have the glory, the 584 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,000 covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God and the 585 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,920 promises. Verse 5, whose are the fathers, 586 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:30,000 and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over 587 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,200 all God be blessed forever. So not only did the Jews have 588 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:37,920 all of verse 4 and even in verse 5 it mentions the Father's. 589 00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:42,160 We think of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and others that are so 590 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,640 revered, but he says to them, listen, more important than any 591 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:50,200 of those things, Christ came in the flesh through the tribe of 592 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:54,000 Judah as a Jew. So that was the greatest of all. 593 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,520 These people have all of this, but yet they don't understand. 594 00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:59,800 And Paul and his heart was. Burdened. 595 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,040 For them, because they did not get what was right in front of 596 00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,960 their nose. Now go back to chapter #3. 597 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:12,040 All right, Romans chapter 3, you might say, well listen, Jews and 598 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:16,440 Gentiles are the same pastor. Then what does even matter if 599 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:18,880 you're a Jew or a Gentile? Well, Paul covers that as well. 600 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:21,040 Again, I know we're going backwards is not the normal 601 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,960 direction we would go, but as Paul is building a case, we're 602 00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:26,040 kind of deconstructing the case, going backwards. 603 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,080 Look at what it says. What advantage then hath the Jew 604 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,200 or what profit is there of circumcision? 605 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,600 I just mentioned this a moment ago. 606 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,880 Much every way chiefly because that unto them were committed 607 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:40,320 the oracles of God. God chose Israel as the people 608 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,240 He would reveal His word to. Verse 3. 609 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,480 For what if some did not believe? 610 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:49,440 Shall their unbelief make the faith of God without a fact? 611 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,040 And so he even says this. Well, does the fact that many 612 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:56,640 Jews have rejected the faith meaning Jesus Christ, does that 613 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,240 mean it's not so? Does that mean it's not the 614 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:00,960 case? And the answer is, well, without 615 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,960 going into the rest of the chapter, the answer is, well, 616 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,200 they may have rejected, but that doesn't make Jesus less God. 617 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:08,760 That doesn't make him any less the Messiah. 618 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,240 And so they may not believe in him, but he is who He is whether 619 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,640 they believe in Him or not. And so you can see kind of over 620 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,440 and over chapter 10, Chapter 9 and chapter 3, what is Paul 621 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,040 saying over and over again? By and large they are lost. 622 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:26,280 By and large, they do not believe in Jesus Christ their 623 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,720 Savior. But any single one of them could 624 00:32:28,720 --> 00:32:30,440 be saved by believing the gospel. 625 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,120 The gospel is just as true for them as it's true for us. 626 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,360 And we pray that they come to understand the knowledge of the 627 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,160 truth. Now, some of you may know the 628 00:32:40,600 --> 00:32:44,640 conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, and he is a very famous 629 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,000 Orthodox Jew. And I have a very short video 630 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:48,520 that I'm going to show here in just a moment. 631 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,760 And in this video, I think it best articulates the differences 632 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:54,640 between Judaism and Christianity. 633 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,160 It's only about 4045 seconds. But I don't know that I could 634 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:00,240 have said it any better. You know, the videos that I 635 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,480 choose, I always try to choose people who are speaking from 636 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,720 their own mouth, not someone who agrees with me, who is saying 637 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,320 because if they agreed with me, then I'll just say it. 638 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,040 I don't need someone else to say it, but someone from a different 639 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,480 group saying something that highlights something we're 640 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,920 talking about biblically. I think this will be a help to 641 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,200 you to understand really the very basis of the difference 642 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,000 between biblical Christianity and Judaism. 643 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:21,520 So if you had that Brother Scott, let's go ahead. 644 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,120 When when you talk with people who are Christian and Jewish and 645 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,920 you have sort of interfaith conversations, the original 1 646 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,080 sentence can see the difference between them is that what you 647 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,400 hear from Jews is Judaism is Acts based and Christianity is 648 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,440 faith-based. Christianity is about the 649 00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,520 acceptance of Christ. When you accept Christ, then 650 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,320 you've accepted what you need to accept and everything flows 651 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,640 therefrom. And Judaism says it's not just 652 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,800 about accepting God, it's all these myths vote, right? 653 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,520 There are all these commandments that you have to do. 654 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,440 And these are what perfect you as a human being. 655 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,600 It's the, it's the performance of these commandments accepting 656 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:51,120 God's sovereignty because he's the one who gave the 657 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,920 commandments. But you actually have to act in 658 00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,160 the world. And if you don't act in the 659 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,120 world, then you haven't fulfilled your responsibility in 660 00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:00,600 the world. I think that says it pretty well 661 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,200 right there, doesn't it? The differences. 662 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,200 I also appreciate there's someone on Earth who talks 663 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,520 faster than I do, so that's good. 664 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,520 But you know, that's really what it comes down to. 665 00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,639 Is that that one? I have to agree. 666 00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:14,280 With Him, we have to accept Christ our Savior, or you have 667 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,120 to believe in the Bible. But you got to do a bunch of 668 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,760 stuff, and then you have to. And again, good works are good. 669 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,440 We're not against good works here. 670 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,960 In fact, as believers we ought to be for good works. 671 00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,560 But again, the difference is where do good works come from? 672 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,280 They flow from a heart that has already been saved and out of 673 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,639 love for Jesus Christ. That is where that comes from. 674 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,560 Not that we do that to be saved. But once again, what have we 675 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,440 found about Muslims? Works based What have we found 676 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,760 about Jehovah Witness? Works based? 677 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:43,960 What have we found about the Mormons? 678 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:44,719 Works. Based. 679 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,000 What are we finding about Judaism? 680 00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,800 Work Based. That's why every other religion 681 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,199 in the world says do, but Jesus Christ says done. 682 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:55,199 That goes all the way back to the very first week that we were 683 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:56,760 here. The difference between God and 684 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:00,280 not God for religions that there's really two God and not 685 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:01,800 God, those are the only two religions in the world. 686 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,880 But every religion in the world says do. 687 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,360 Jesus Christ says done. Now again, that doesn't mean we 688 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:10,560 don't do after we're saved, but it means that we do it from a 689 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,480 whole different perspective than any other religion that has ever 690 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:19,160 existed that we do it from this. I know I'm saved and from that 691 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:22,520 heart that has been changed by Jesus Christ that now I'm going 692 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,920 to do right because of what he's done for me. 693 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,240 Let's turn to Romans Chapter 11 very quickly and we'll be done. 694 00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:30,200 Romans Chapter 11 popping back forward here in the book of 695 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:39,160 Romans. Just read a few verses here and 696 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,000 then we will be done with this lesson this week. 697 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,760 Romans 11. What I say then, Hath God 698 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,120 castaway his people? Is he done with the Jews from 699 00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,400 what we've read? Well, God forbid, for I also am 700 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,680 an Israelite of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of 701 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,120 Benjamin. God had not castaway His people 702 00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,800 which He foreknew. What he not what the Scripture 703 00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,520 sayeth of Elias, how he maketh intercession to God against 704 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,400 Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and dig 705 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,400 down thine altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 706 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,160 But what excuse me, what sayeth the answer of God unto him? 707 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,320 I have reserved to myself 7000 men who have not bowed the knee 708 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,200 to the image of Baal. Even so, then at this present 709 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:22,920 time, all also there is a remnant according to the 710 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,360 election of grace. Now hear that word election. 711 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:28,160 You might get concerned about Calvinism and those types of 712 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:31,120 things. But listen, God has not elected 713 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:34,480 certain people to salvation. That's what Calvinism teaches, 714 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,840 that God has chosen certain people to salvation. 715 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,080 He's also chosen certain people to damnation. 716 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,360 And there's nothing you can do about it. 717 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,200 That's not Bible teaching. The Bible is a book full of 718 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:48,800 choices that we must to choose to do right and not and choose 719 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,480 not to do wrong. But what it is saying is this is 720 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:55,920 God has chosen to still extend grace to the people of Israel. 721 00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:01,320 He has chosen to still give grace despite the fact that they 722 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:04,560 have over and over and over again rejected them. 723 00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:07,880 He still will give them grace. They'll drop down to verse #25 724 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,000 For I would not, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this 725 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,560 mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits. 726 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,720 That blindness in part is happening to happen to Israel 727 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,760 until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. 728 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,960 And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is written. 729 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,760 There shall come out of Sion the defender, the deliverer rather, 730 00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:30,040 and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. 731 00:37:30,240 --> 00:37:32,760 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away 732 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,320 their sins. So what's going to happen? 733 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:38,040 There will be a time when they call upon Christ together. 734 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:39,920 When would that be? Well, that will be at the end of 735 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,920 the Tribulation, The time the Gentiles is over. 736 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:43,800 What's going to happen? They're going to see their 737 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,040 Messiah and understand how incredibly wrong they were. 738 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:49,680 And what are they going to do? They will accept Christ. 739 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:51,400 By the way, there are a lot of people, there will be a lot of 740 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:53,440 Jews even before that will though, accept Christ because 741 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,280 there's going to be 144,000 Jewish witnesses that will be 742 00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,320 presenting the gospel during the Tribulation. 743 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,680 It won't just be at that last moment, it will be during the 744 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,200 Tribulation, but they as a nation will do. 745 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,520 So there will be a restored Jewish Kingdom during the 746 00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,080 Millennium with Jesus Christ as the head. 747 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:10,040 And you see how all this kind of even goes together. 748 00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,840 First Corinthians chapter 6, we were talking about the Saints 749 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:14,680 who were going to be able to make judgment. 750 00:38:14,840 --> 00:38:16,520 If you can't judge in the church, then how are you going 751 00:38:16,520 --> 00:38:18,560 to be able to judge later on and judge angels? 752 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,680 Well, that all goes together with this during that millennial 753 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:23,280 reign. Say, pastor, I don't know that I 754 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,320 understand all this. Well, here's what you do need to 755 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,800 understand because I know I'm giving these very quickly, but 756 00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:28,960 here's what you need to understand. 757 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:30,840 God is not done with the Jewish people. 758 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,160 God is not done with the Jewish people, but the Jewish people 759 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:37,040 must get saved like the Gentile people, and that's through the 760 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:39,720 gospel of Jesus Christ. There is no other way. 761 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,880 And in the meantime, there are Jewish friends, they're Jewish 762 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:44,760 neighbors, There might even be family. 763 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,720 You might even have someone that I believe we're all Gentiles 764 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:49,760 here this morning, but you might have had someone even marry into 765 00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,800 your family as as even I could attest here this morning that 766 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,280 needs Jesus Christ. Well, what do you need to do? 767 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:58,880 We'll talk about how we can best show him to these people here 768 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,000 over the next few weeks. Thank you for listening to the 769 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,600 sermon from the pulpit of Liberty Baptist Church. 770 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,240 If this message was a blessing to you, or if there's any way we 771 00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:11,400 can serve you, please let us know by contacting us at 772 00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:16,280 info@mylibertybaptist.org. Or you can visit us this Sunday 773 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:20,160 at 800 Washington St. in Easton, MA. 774 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:23,240 May the Lord bless you as you grow in His Word.