As Messianic Gentiles, we confess with gratitude that we have received immeasurable spiritual riches through the Jewish people. We worship the God of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Through the Jewish people, the knowledge of the one true God was preserved and proclaimed in the earth. Through Israel came the covenants, the Torah, the prophets, the promises, and the Messiah according to the flesh. As Yeshua Himself said, โsalvation is of the Jewsโ (John 4:22). We therefore reject every form of contempt, arrogance, replacement theology, coercion, and hostility toward the Jewish people. Such attitudes are sinful and contrary to the gospel.
We affirm that the Jewish people remain beloved in relation to the covenants and calling of God, for โthe gifts and the calling of God are irrevocableโ (Rom 11:29). We do not believe that Gentile believers replace the Jewish people, erase Jewish covenant identity, or inherit Israelโs calling in a way that nullifies the ongoing place of the Jewish people in the purposes of God. We honor Jewish continuity, Jewish faithfulness, and the right of Jewish followers of Yeshua to remain fully Jewish. We also honor the wider Jewish community and reject antisemitism, anti-Judaism, and every attempt to pressure Jews out of their God-given peoplehood.
As Messianic Gentiles, we believe we have been brought near through Israelโs Messiah and grafted in among the cultivated olive tree, not as conquerors, but as grateful recipients of mercy. We do not need to become Jews in order to be faithful to God, yet neither do we despise the Jewish way of life or the testimony of Israel. We desire to walk in humility, blessing the Jewish people, standing with them against hatred, and receiving with thankfulness the witness that has come to the nations through them. We speak this not for all believers everywhere, but for ourselves, as Gentile disciples of Yeshua who gladly honor the Jewish people and our holy debt of love toward them.
Wes Smith
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We affirm that the Jewish people remain beloved in relation to the covenants and calling of God, for โthe gifts and the calling of God are irrevocableโ (Rom 11:29). We do not believe that Gentile believers replace the Jewish people, erase Jewish covenant identity, or inherit Israelโs calling in a way that nullifies the ongoing place of the Jewish people in the purposes of God. We honor Jewish continuity, Jewish faithfulness, and the right of Jewish followers of Yeshua to remain fully Jewish. We also honor the wider Jewish community and reject antisemitism, anti-Judaism, and every attempt to pressure Jews out of their God-given peoplehood.
As Messianic Gentiles, we believe we have been brought near through Israelโs Messiah and grafted in among the cultivated olive tree, not as conquerors, but as grateful recipients of mercy. We do not need to become Jews in order to be faithful to God, yet neither do we despise the Jewish way of life or the testimony of Israel. We desire to walk in humility, blessing the Jewish people, standing with them against hatred, and receiving with thankfulness the witness that has come to the nations through them. We speak this not for all believers everywhere, but for ourselves, as Gentile disciples of Yeshua who gladly honor the Jewish people and our holy debt of love toward them.
Wes Smith
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