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How to Share Yeshua


How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” —Isaiah 52:7 NIV


BY JONATHAN BERNIS


another question: How do you talk to any- body about the Gospel? The simple answer is that you begin by caring enough to listen and see what’s going on in his or her life. You can usually tell when someone


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doesn’t even believe in God, so it’s proba- bly not a good idea to jump right in about Jesus being the Anointed One. For some- one who doesn’t believe in sin, you might want to avoid talking about Jesus bearing the sins of all mankind. Where do you start witnessing to Jewish


People? Pray for them. Show through your actions that you care for them. Let your light shine so they know that you have a special relationship with God that clearly comes through with genuine love for them and concern for where they will spend eternity.


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hen non-Jews ask me how to speak with a Jewish Person about the Gospel, I respond with


One Way to Salvation for All The great Messianic Jewish apostle to


the Gentiles, Paul, addresses God’s judg- ment regarding the Jewish People and their unbelief in the book of Romans, while assuring that this judgment is not permanent. Their salvation will come as it does for anyone by turning in faith to the Messiah.


Did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Not at all! Rather, because of their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel envious.


—Romans 11:11 When your unbelieving friends—both


Jewish and Gentile—observe your close relationship with God, they will be pro- voked to envy. You may not see it. You


may even feel that they find your faith amusing in a condescending sort of way. But just watch what happens when trou- ble strikes. You’ll be one of the first ones they call for prayer. Particularly with your Jewish friends,


present your faith in your Messiah as theirs—the Messiah of Israel, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Isaiah reminds us,


How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salva- tion, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”


—Isaiah 52:7 (emphasis mine)


Many Jewish People who come to the Lord do so at a terminus point. They may have rejected the Gospel dozens of times. They may have been very clear that they don’t want to hear another word about your faith. When they face an emergency in their lives, however, they may suddenly ask questions they’ve never asked before. Never give up. Your Jewish acquain-


tances may be rude to you. They may even completely reject you. If you’ve always CONTINUED ON PAGE 8


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