preach. That came from the lips of Jesus Himself. And faithfulness
to our Lord means that if we preach any other gospel, we must be
anathematized. Paul himself says, “If I come preaching any other
gospel, or anyone else comes preaching any other gospel, or even
an angel comes preaching any other gospel, let him be accursed
(Galatians 1:8).”
In Acts 4:12, again speaking to a Jewish audience, what does
Peter say? He says, “There is no other name whereby men must
be saved.” Jesus, in John 14.9 says: “He who has seen Me has seen
the Father.” In John 10:30, He says, “I and the Father are one.” In
John 8:56 He says, “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day
and he saw it and was glad.”
Speaking of Abraham, He even says, “Before Abraham was, I
AM” and “Abraham saw Me, he saw My day and was glad.” This
is so beautifully and poetically recounted in Hebrews chapter
11. Speaking retrospectively of Abraham, who obeyed by going
out to the place where he was to receive an inheritance and
went out not knowing where he was going. You remember what
the writer of Hebrews says in verse 13: “All these died in faith,
without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having
welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they
were strangers and exiles on this earth.”
An attack on Jewish evangelism is a dagger thrust at the heart
of the gospel. It is a repudiation of our Lord’s command. It is
a slander against Jesus the Christ. It is a failure of nerve and it
demonstrates a lack of love.
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