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NASB | John 4:22 "You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 4:22 "You [Samaritans] do not know what you worship; we [Jews] do know what we worship, for salvation is from the Jews. |
Bible Question:
To the people of Israel only Jesus said "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of Israel" Matt 15:24. This text shows that he is a messenger sent by God to the people of Israel only. How can he be God and be sent by God at the same time?! How can he be God and be sent to the house of Israel only?! is God only to certain people only?! A national God?! |
Bible Answer: You wrote: 'To the people of Israel only Jesus said "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of Israel" Matt 15:24. This text shows that he is a messenger sent by God to the people of Israel only.' If we took the verse in isolation from its context and from the rest of Scripture, such would be the case. Jesus was indeed sent to Israel, but the ramifications of his actions were to be of benefit to both Jew and Gentile. We see in Matthew 15, for example, that he heals the Gentile's daughter, right after saying what you quoted. In John 4, we see Jesus reaching out to a Samaritan woman living a life of adultery. In Matthew 8, he encounters a centurion (definitely not a Jew) and heals his servant. So, it is quite clear from Scripture that while he was sent physically to the nation of Israel, being born under the Torah, his ministry and the benefits of his substitutionary death as the spotless Passover Lamb of God were to be applied to all peoples: 'And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of ALL THE NATIONS, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."' --Matthew 28:18-20 So, salvation is of (or from) the Jews (John 4:22), but it is for all, including those who are not of the "sheep of Israel": "I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd." --John 10:16 You wrote: "How can he be God and be sent by God at the same time?!" Because He is God the Son, sent by God the Father. Read John 1. You wrote: "How can he be God and be sent to the house of Israel only?!" Like was explained above, he was sent to Israel, but for the salvation of the whole world. Isaiah speaks to this in the Tanakh as well: 'He says, "It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.' --Isaiah 49:6 You wrote: "is God only to certain people only?! A national God?!" Well, He is a national God, but to a spiritual nation, not an ethnic group or geopolitical entity: " But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY." --1 Peter 2:9-10 "Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision" by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands--remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ." --Eph 2:11-13 Hope this helps! --Joe! |
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