Salvation Is From the Jews
Salvation Is From the Jews
22“You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.” John 4:22-24 NIV
Jesus said, “Salvation is from the Jews.”
Should we not be more thankful
To the nation of Israel—
A nation that seeks to be peaceful?
Jesus himself was Jewish
Not a Samaritan or Roman of His day.
From Christ’s Jewish roots
Came our Christianity of today!
Thanks to Constantine the Great
Our Jewish roots have been tainted;
Mixed with pagan customs;
By man’s times and laws polluted.
Anti-semitism led to Sunday worship,
Instead of God’s sanctified Sabbath day;
Saints were given halos—
Immortality at death portrayed.
The Jewish roots of Christianity
Cannot be denied.
Even the laws of our nations,
Upon Moses’ tablets have relied.
The Jewish people,
Have taught us a thing or two;
They gave us the Torah—
The books of Moses in Hebrew!
Since salvation is from the Jews,
Should we not show our gratitude?
To the nation of Israel—
Offer a Christian attitude.
It’s the only nation with a future,
When all other kingdoms tumble down.
The New Jerusalem’s our home in heaven;
Where those grafted into the olive tree will be found!
Copyright © 2010-2012 Maureen LeFanue
www.maureenlefanue.com
Copyright © Maureen Lefanue | Year Posted 2012
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