How is it possible to worship God at all if you don't acknowledge the Triune God? I don't always acknowledge the Holy Spirit. I don't always acknowledge the Heavenly Father. Sometimes I only mention Christ Jesus in my prayers, my hymns and my worship. Yet, my attitude is that I CANNOT worship God at all without worshiping the Triune God - I have no choice. They ALL are on the 'email' distribution, whether I like it or not.
Real, devout Jews are worshiping the Only Holy and Living God. I want to believe that but it doesn't really matter whether I believe that - or not. If the Jews are worshiping the God of the Old Testament - they don't get to choose whether the Son of God in Christ is included in the God-head. You don't acknowledge that Jesus is God? Too bad, Schlomo. You don't acknowledge the Holy Spirit? Oy vey! U R missing OUT!
I think there simply is no way to be an observant and good Jew without honoring God and worshiping only Him (Hashem). But OOOPS! If you're gonna sincerely name the NAME, you get all three, whether you ask for them or not. Three for the price of the ONE ETERNAL AND TRIUNE GOD.
Acknowledging Christ Jesus as our Lord and Savior is a very SPECIAL privilege. You and I do not keep the old laws. Yet in Christ the law is fulfilled! We MUST love the Lord God with all our hearts, souls, minds and strengths (but what a JOY! What a PROMISE!) We MUST love each other as Christ has loved us and we MUST love our neighbors as we love ourselves. On this hangs all the law and the prophets. (Pssst! All TEN of the commandments are also PROMISES!)
As far as I'm concerned, the real questions are "Am I loving my Savior God FIRST? Am I in right relationship with Him? Am I loving my neighbors (Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Atheists) as myself? Am I loving my enemies and praying for them? Am I asking God to find a way to include them in His Kingdom? Am I doing all I can to help Him? Am I putting God's Kingdom first and foremost in my life?"
Our precious Heavenly Father KNOWS who is truly honoring Him. Almighty God KNOWS who belongs to Him. He KNOWS who is truly a Jew and who is truly a Christian. God looks on the heart. I expect there will be people in Heaven that I knew here on Earth as being Muslims. Having Lord Jesus in our hearts allows Heaven to begin for us right NOW. Why wait? Rejoice, already! ;)
How is it possible to worship God at all if you don't acknowledge the Triune God? I don't always acknowledge the Holy Spirit. I don't always acknowledge the Heavenly Father. Sometimes I only mention Christ Jesus in my prayers, my hymns and my worship. Yet, my attitude is that I CANNOT worship God at all without worshiping the Triune God - I have no choice. They ALL are on the 'email' distribution, whether I like it or not.
Real, devout Jews are worshiping the Only Holy and Living God. I want to believe that but it doesn't really matter whether I believe that - or not. If the Jews are worshiping the God of the Old Testament - they don't get to choose whether the Son of God in Christ is included in the God-head. You don't acknowledge that Jesus is God? Too bad, Schlomo. You don't acknowledge the Holy Spirit? Oy vey! U R missing OUT!
I think there simply is no way to be an observant and good Jew without honoring God and worshiping only Him (Hashem). But OOOPS! If you're gonna sincerely name the NAME, you get all three, whether you ask for them or not. Three for the price of the ONE ETERNAL AND TRIUNE GOD.
Acknowledging Christ Jesus as our Lord and Savior is a very SPECIAL privilege. You and I do not keep the old laws. Yet in Christ the law is fulfilled! We MUST love the Lord God with all our hearts, souls, minds and strengths (but what a JOY! What a PROMISE!) We MUST love each other as Christ has loved us and we MUST love our neighbors as we love ourselves. On this hangs all the law and the prophets. (Pssst! All TEN of the commandments are also PROMISES!)
As far as I'm concerned, the real questions are "Am I loving my Savior God FIRST? Am I in right relationship with Him? Am I loving my neighbors (Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Atheists) as myself? Am I loving my enemies and praying for them? Am I asking God to find a way to include them in His Kingdom? Am I doing all I can to help Him? Am I putting God's Kingdom first and foremost in my life?"
Our precious Heavenly Father KNOWS who is truly honoring Him. Almighty God KNOWS who belongs to Him. He KNOWS who is truly a Jew and who is truly a Christian. God looks on the heart. I expect there will be people in Heaven that I knew here on Earth as being Muslims. Having Lord Jesus in our hearts allows Heaven to begin for us right NOW. Why wait? Rejoice, already! ;)