Space-Filling Thoughts

Image from Pixabay Imagine that you are evangelizing a Jewish man.  You tell him that Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah, that he fulfills the promises of the Old Testament, of Isaiah 53, that he is the fulfillment of all the sacrifices of the Mosaic Covenant, the true Passover, the true High Priest and the one who brings real atonement of all our sins.  And you tell him that the promise of the gospel is that all who put their trust in him and turn from their sins will be saved, will be justified and have all their sins forgiven.  And you tell him that all who are truly saved will never be lost. Now suppose that your Jewish interlocutor asks you what will happen to him if he does not put his faith in Jesus as Lord and Christ.  And you tell him, quoting Jesus himself, “If you don’t believe that Jesus is the Christ, you will die in your sins; that is, you will enter into eternity unforgiven and under the judgment of God” (cf. Jn. 8:24).  And he responds by saying, “...