Was Jesus only sent for the lost sheep of Israel? Jesus’ mission on earth was two-fold – first to the Jews and then to the Gentiles. The Jews needed to hear the Gospel first; they needed to be convinced that Jesus was the fulfillment of God’s promises to them. As one theologian said “If Jesus and his followers had simply begun an indiscriminate mission to the wider world, before God’s purpose had unfolded, they would have made God a liar.” God loves the whole world and intends to save the whole world, including the Gentiles, by fulfilling His promises to Israel and this was accomplished through His Messiah, Jesus. It would be wrong to suggest that the portrait of Jesus in the Gospels ignored the potential inclusion of the nations in Jesus’ mission. Notice Jesus preformed miracles that involved Gentiles. If Jesus had meant that His Gospel was only to be preached to the Jews, His disciples would never have gone to the Gentiles, but they did. After Jesus’ resurrection the Gospel was to be preached to all nations – Jew and Gentile alike. Jesus’ mission was universal: Matthew 8:11, Luke 24:47, Acts 1:8 , Matthew 28:19 , Matthew 24:14 , John 10:16 , Luke 2:32. ~Glory Apologetics
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 20:44:04 +0000
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