THE PROMISE
OF JEWISH EVANGELISM
First, there is the foundation of Jewish evangelism, and second,
the promise of Jewish evangelism. God was glorified in the
ingathering of the Jews. Look at Acts 2:37. What was the response?
When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said
to Peter and the rest of the apostles, ‘Brethren, what shall we
do?’ Peter says to them ‘Repent and each of you be baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and
you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is
for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as
the Lord our God will call to himself.’
In verse 47, we have this wonderful note of triumph. “And the
Lord was adding to their number day by day, those who were
being saved.” The gospel was preached to the Jewish people and
what was the response? On the day of Pentecost and on the days
thereafter there was response to the gospel!
I want to tell you, I believe there has been a misreading of
Christian history that has been foisted upon most evangelical
Christians and that is that Jewish evangelism died in the Book of
Acts. That is a slander against the Church. God has always had a
remnant and that Remnant has been growing and that Remnant
has been faithful, even when that Remnant has been persecuted.
That Remnant exists not to its own glory but to God’s own glory
as His chosen and purchased possession. The promise of Jewish
evangelism is that Jewish people now, as then, respond to the
gospel of Jesus Christ.
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