Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Passover for Christians Message-ID: Date: 14 Apr 91 04:23:56 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton Lines: 33 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article dvnspc1!tom@tredysvr.tredydev.unisys.com (Tom Albrecht) writes: >I don't mean to insult Jews or any Christians, but let's be honest: the God >who is addressed by Jews is not the true God in whom we Christians live and >move and have our being. This is the very message of Christianity. The >best we can say is that Jews worship an incomplete God, because they fail >to acknowledge Jesus Christ as the final, complete revelation of God's >Being. (Hebrews 1:2,3) "They have a zeal for God, but they lack >knowledge." (Romans 10:2) And I would argue that zeal in worshiping an >incomplete God, when the truth in manifest, is the same as worshiping an >idol. >... God made a covenant with his people. Is he a man? that he would break a covenant? Romans 3:1-4 Do the Jews then have any advantage over the Gentiles? Or is there any value in being circumcised? 2 Much, indeed, in every way! In the first place, God trusted his message to the Jews. 3 But what if some of them were not faithful? Does this mean that God will not be faithful? 4 Certainly not! God must be true, even though every man is a liar. As the scripture says, "You must be shown to be right when you speak; you must win your case when you are being tried." If you believe your faith may be threatened by participating in a Seder, then by all means do not go. Many Christians believe that this helps to better put in perspective "The Last Supper". It connects them more closely with Jesus and his original Disciples. Tom Blake SUNY-Binghamton