INTRODUCTION
Dr. Albert Mohler
I want you to know what a great honor it is to be here with you
tonight. I greet you as a branch from a wild olive tree, grafted
onto the tree of Israel and for that, I am so thankful. It is an
honor to be here with Chosen People Ministries, Mitch Glaser,
Rich Freeman, and all of those who serve to the glory of God by
putting themselves on the line for the cause of the gospel. I was
moved tonight to be reminded of the reach and the breadth of
Chosen People Ministries’ work and to be reminded especially of
that work in Israel.
I am telling you what the world is unprepared to see is a person,
a son or daughter of Abraham, who preaches the Lord Jesus
Christ as the Messiah. To be very honest, that puts you at ground
zero of a very important missiological opportunity, which is yours
even more than ours: to preach the gospel. I just want to say, I
come with a sense of indebtedness to that history, which looks all
the way back to the Book of Genesis, to the promise that Mitch
shared of how all the nations of the earth will be blessed through
Israel. But also, a very clear sense of indebtedness in the present
to all of those who have been faithful in preaching the gospel to
the Jewish people, when the Christian Church, as a whole, was not
faithful. That is a part of our legacy in our history that is judgment
upon us, but also a catalyst to us, lest it ever happen again.
I know you are thankful for the First Baptist Church of
West Palm Beach and Christ Fellowship. There are many
congregations who would believe all the right things about
the gospel but would not put themselves on the line. I am very
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