Acts 7:
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost:
as your fathers did, so
do ye.
52 Which of the prophets
have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels,
and have not kept it.
Are these the Jews you say were trying to obey God with all their might?
Acts 21:
10 And as we tarried
there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost,
So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver
him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Is this the particular sect of Jews who were trying with all their might to obey God, that we are told nothing about?
20 And when they heard
it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother,
how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
What Law would that be? God's Laws, or the traditions of the mainstream religion of that time?
21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise
their children,
neither to walk after the customs.
Are these the Jews who we are told nothing about, that try with all their might to obey God? Or are they still trying to defend their man made traditions as Jesus accused them of?
28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all
men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further
brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
What "LAW" said Gentiles couldn't turn to God? Are preachers who claim to believe in the Messiah, still promoting Jewish Customs Jesus exposed as from man and not from God? Where is the evidence they were trying with all their might to obey God. "Seek Me and Ye shall find Me". Are you saying these Jews were trying with all their Might to obey the Instructions of God, yet God rejected them?
Acts 14:
19 And there came thither
certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium,
who persuaded the people, and,
having stoned Paul, drew
him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Are these the Jews that believed? Are these those tortured souls that struggled with all their might to follow God's Commandments?