The Incomplete Church: Unifying Gods Children by Sid Roth

Author:Sid Roth [Roth, Sid]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-06-22T16:59:25+00:00

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THE LAW OF EVANGELISM

ONE RAINY DAY in Rockville, Maryland, I decided to visit the Judaic library at the Jewish Community Center. A book on the Jews of China caught my eye. It showed pictures of Chinese Jews from Kaifeng whose ancestors had come to China many generations earlier. They came as silk merchants and lived in cities along the “Silk Route.” I also noted the reference to Isaiah 49:12, "Surely these shall come from afar; look! Those from the north and the west, and these from the land of SinimThe author said the word Sinim is Hebrew for “China.” Imagine, I thought, God predicted there would be Jews in China. I had never even heard of a Chinese Jew. Further, God said they would return to Israel in the last days.

In 1995, Bob Weiner, a visiting speaker, told the local church I attended that revival had started in China. Pastor Bill Ligon asked if I wanted to team-up with him to take a tour group there. I immediately said, “Yes, if we can go to Kaifeng.” My motivation in going to Kaifeng was the Law of Evangelism. I knew if we reached out to the Jew, God would bless our efforts to reach all people.

In Kaifeng, I met a Chinese Jew who took me to his family cemetery. He proudly showed me 12 generations of his Jewish ancestors. Another Chinese Jew told me, “I am a Jew. I told my son he is a Jew, and he must live in Israel!” This man knew nothing about Judaism or Christianity. How could he know that thousands of years earlier God had recorded in the Bible that Jews from China would return to Israel? Since that time, he and his entire family have immigrated to Israel. This family and many other Chinese Jews have received Yeshua as Messiah!

As part of the tour, we brought singers and dancers to Kaifeng to conduct a Feast of Tabernacles celebration. This event was televised throughout the entire city. When we went to the Jew first, God opened up a door to reach the whole area.

Don't Compromise

A best-selling Christian author has written a book saying that it is unbiblical to “go to the Jew first” with the gospel. He argues that Jewish people have suffered so much they should not be targeted for evangelism by overzealous Christians. A well-meaning Christian who reads this will feel no need to evangelize the Jew. Many believers who say they love the Jewish people and Israel share this anti-Semitic thinking. I’m sure they genuinely love the Jew and Israel, but they need to realize that the most anti-Semitic act is to not share the gospel with them. They must be careful not to value their relationship with the Jewish community more highly than their obedience to God’s Word.

It is true that, after all these centuries of persecution by so-called Christians, we must love the Jew. Only acts of supernatural love will melt the centuries of misunderstandings. But don’t fall into the trap of a love without Yeshua.

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