Attending a Synagog

[~candice~]

I would never deny Christ or participate in worship that denies Him.

Well, don't the Jews that worship in synagogue deny Christ?

Yes, most of them. I doubt their worship will actively deny Christ though.

My friend and I talk very openly. He has assured me that it's ok to go, but if I blow my trumpet I won't get a welcoming party. Same with anywhere I guess.

How well do you know this friend? Yes, you are going to do as you wish but well, just be careful and do not blow your trumpet lol

I've known him since 2004.

[Smalcald]

But we can never participate with non-believers in religious observances that DENY CHRIST. This is about what we do not about what other non-believers do.

So do you think Jews sit around in their services, chanting "We deny Christ, we deny Christ, we deny Christ...?

haha, no I don't.

I have visited the local synagogue we have here, it is a very small group but I met the rabbi through work, he is a really nice guy. But I don't worship with them; that is all I am saying.

We need to be true to who we are. When we worship with people who do not believe in Christ as Lord we are partaking of something that we should not partake of. When we pray with people who are not praying to Christ and through Christ we are indeed denying Christ.

I would never go to a synagogue and act like an *** or act arrogantly, if I was invited to speak about Christ and what Christians believe I would certainly go and do that, but I cannot deny what I believe by pretending we are of the same faith and pretending that we are praying together in the same way, we are not thus I cannot worship with those who practice Judaism. They are not praying to Father, Son and Holy Spirit. That is what I mean when I say they are worshipping a different God, maybe a more accurate term is that they don

[Smalcald]

Smalcald, forgive me for my otherwise ignorance in our Faith but do we pray to Christ?

I thought we pray to God and ask in His Son's name?

Hi JamiLea, we do both. Our belief is that Christ is God so when we pray to God we are praying to the Father Son and Holy Spirit, as those three are one and the same. When those who don't believe that Christ is God and equal to God pray to God they are not not praying to the same conception of God that we are at all.

[Guest shiloh357]

This really doesn

[Guest shiloh357]

When we worship with people who do not believe in Christ as Lord we are partaking of something that we should not partake of.

Andy is only going to learn, so this all a nonissue.

[~candice~]

This really doesn

[Fez]

Go, enjoy, praise God and learn. Where's the harm in that?

[nikki1]

Blessings, Nebula

It took me awhile to understand and grasp the idea and come right out and say that Judaism has rejected God. But God himself has said this in the OT through His prophets. Apostate Jews in the OT just called their god a different name; for instance Baalim and Ashtaroth. Now, Judaism calls their god G-d, and claim that he is the same God as the OT God. Of course, we know as Bible believing Christians, this is not true. Salvation in the OT as well as the NT was/is entirely by faith. Look at all of those who believed by faith in Hebrews 11:13

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them , and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Old Testament believers believed, and this is what set them apart from unbelievers. Simple isn't it?

Never-the-less, they have rejected the one who loves them and chose them. Note: I am not talking about the restored Jews-- that is a different topic entirely.

Jews practicing Judaism are not saved because they do not have a saving faith. They are not waiting for or believing in the Messiah we know as Jesus/Yeshua, but a messiah. They are not waiting for a redeemer, but they are waiting for and believing for earthly restoration. They are believing in righteousness by keeping the Law. But Bible believing Christians know that Jesus fulfilled the law of the prophets.

I believe once we acknowledge this we will be in a better position to pray for the salvation of our Jewish brothers and sisters.

Do you mean to tell me that Jesus is not going to fulfill those prophetic Scriptures? That He isn't going to fulfill those things they are looking forward to?

What difference does it make if the Jews are not looking for Jesus, but are looking for someone else, who is a false messiah? The point here, again, is Judaism is a false religion. They are looking for

[Smalcald]

Praise God? Do you mean praising Jesus, the Holy Spirit? Because that praise is NOT done there, so who is being praised if we are not praising Jesus? This is the problem. If it is truly an education session about Judaism sure that is fine as long as it is not joint worship we cannot worship with those who are not Christian, we just can't.

Certainly if andy is going to an education session about Judaism held at a synagogue this would be very informative. Just to be totally open I have done that and it was very interesting it really did help me understand the large differences AND commonality in our two different faiths and it was done with respect.

But we cannot attend worship we simply have to be true to Christ.

[Smalcald]

Well , I think I should.....

:D