why-did-paul-turn-away-from-the-jews
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Tom, this is an interesting passage that I have pondered for many years.It almost seems that he hasn’t been quite making it that plain.You go back to verse 4,He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath and persuaded the Jews and Greeks.Now, I can reason from the Scriptures.I can say, Look, guys, here’s what the Bible says about the Messiah, and you can’t push yourself on someone.I was sitting next to a Buddhist lady on my last flight coming here, and they are very gentle.You can’t just come in there with a bulldozer—wow!You’ve got, you know, Buddhism, that’s atheism and don’t you understand that if you don’t believe in Jesus— So, I think this is a valid approach.Paul is reasoning from the Scriptures—Well, look guys, you Jews know that—and for Gentiles as well—you know that the Messiah was foretold.Who’s the Messiah?Well, He’s going to save us from our sins.I mean, this is the Savior of Israel, and of the world, it even says that in the Old Testament.Well, what did it say about Him?Well, He’s going to be God, Isaiah 9:6, that’s what your own prophet said.He’s going to be the Son of God.Was there a Son of God?Oh, yeah, you could go to Psalm 2, Kiss the Son lest He be angry.Unto the Son, he says, or you could go to, even Nebuchadnezzar, when he threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego into the furnace.Hey, wait a minute, didn’t we throw three in there?There’s four, and the fourth is like the Son of God.So, I can reason with them from the Scripture, I can lay the foundation.You know, the Messiah, it says He’s going to come riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, and He’s going to be hailed.But it also say He’s going to be crucified.This is going to happen in Jerusalem, Jerusalem will be under the Romans, and this is at least 500 years before the Romans ever practiced crucifixion.So, Ihave a sub-heading in Judgment Day, the sub-heading is, How many candidates for Messiah?Well, He’s supposed to arrive and come riding into Jerusalem on a donkey eighty-nine weeks of years after the going forth of the command to rebuild Jerusalem.I won’t go into the whole thing here but we’ve gone over this before.It tells you the very day He would arrive in Jerusalem, and the manner of His entry, and so forth, so in Judgment Day, I just say, How many candidates for Messiah?How many guys rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, that day, were hailed as the Messiah, had been born in Bethlehem, you know, was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, and 4 days later the cry, “Away with Him” and He’s nailed to the cross, and then He rises from the dead the 3rd day.Howmany candidates do you have for Messiah?He could have gone that far without even naming Jesus.But no
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