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Hello again,
People sometimes say they are gentiles and ‘this doesn’t apply to them’ while the same people sometimes quote that there is neither Jew nor gentile. If I don’t practice the Jewish culture, then they say I’m a gentile. If I start to keep the Jewish culture, they say I’m a Jew. If my parents/ancestry are from Jewish line, then they say I’m a Jew even if I don’t practice that culture. And there are many such things which I won’t mention now.
I’m talking about this because I see this is all very dishonoring in the eyes of God and also disrespectful towards our other brothers in Christ who are practicing and teaching from Torah (I don’t mean just the laws but feasts, ceremonies and other things). It is your choice if you would like to follow such things or not, but it comes across very disrespectful towards your brother when you reply to them by saying ‘I’m a gentile. This is not for me’. Why do you grieve the Holy Spirit in such manner? Perhaps, God honoring reply would be something like this ‘Thanks for sharing. At present, I’m not led in the spirit to keep such practices. I shall pray about it and would keep going as the Lord leads me’. Do you not think that is more kindful towards your brother and honoring to God?
We who have accepted Christ are covered by the His blood, born again into the family of Israel and became a part of Christ. God sees us as His Chosen Israel, so why don’t we also consider to see ourselves as God sees us. Maybe not Jew, not gentile, but just as True Israel.
Thank you and God bless.
People sometimes say they are gentiles and ‘this doesn’t apply to them’ while the same people sometimes quote that there is neither Jew nor gentile. If I don’t practice the Jewish culture, then they say I’m a gentile. If I start to keep the Jewish culture, they say I’m a Jew. If my parents/ancestry are from Jewish line, then they say I’m a Jew even if I don’t practice that culture. And there are many such things which I won’t mention now.
I’m talking about this because I see this is all very dishonoring in the eyes of God and also disrespectful towards our other brothers in Christ who are practicing and teaching from Torah (I don’t mean just the laws but feasts, ceremonies and other things). It is your choice if you would like to follow such things or not, but it comes across very disrespectful towards your brother when you reply to them by saying ‘I’m a gentile. This is not for me’. Why do you grieve the Holy Spirit in such manner? Perhaps, God honoring reply would be something like this ‘Thanks for sharing. At present, I’m not led in the spirit to keep such practices. I shall pray about it and would keep going as the Lord leads me’. Do you not think that is more kindful towards your brother and honoring to God?
We who have accepted Christ are covered by the His blood, born again into the family of Israel and became a part of Christ. God sees us as His Chosen Israel, so why don’t we also consider to see ourselves as God sees us. Maybe not Jew, not gentile, but just as True Israel.
Thank you and God bless.
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