{"id":1926,"date":"2021-07-19T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lardinais.gtmproject.com\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2021-06-28T12:08:01","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:08:01","slug":"st-jews-favor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannahscupboard.com\/st-jews-favor\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Jews favored over Christians?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Question<\/b>:<\/p>\n

The Bible appears to say that God favors the Jews. But why would He favor them since they don\u2019t believe Jesus is the Messiah? I thought He would favor Christians?<\/p>\n

– M. From Maryland<\/p>\n

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The Answer<\/b>
\n<\/span>Part 1: Favor with a purpose<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Favor with a purpose (Part 1)<\/h2>\n

As a foundation to my answer I\u2019d like to first speak a little bit about the issue of favor. In human terms, favor implies preferential treatment to one and therefore denied or diminished treatment for another. So if someone is a \u201cfavorite\u201d child of their parents for instance, the other children are less<\/em> favored and usually don\u2019t like it one bit.<\/p>\n

But is that true when it is God dispensing the favor? The Jews are more favored and the rest of us are therefore less so? Aren\u2019t we the good ones (as Christians) who know and acknowledge the truth about who Jesus is? If there\u2019s any favor to be had, shouldn\u2019t it be going to us?<\/p>\n

Look at it this way: as individuals, God doesn\u2019t play favorites. \u201cFor there is no partiality with God.\u201d <\/strong>(Romans 2:11) \u201cFor God so loved the world<\/em>, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever<\/em> believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.\u201d<\/strong> (John 3:16) God knows each of us by name and he numbers the hairs on our head. Full favor for both you and me.<\/p>\n

Yet there is another level of favor that does apply to certain groups. Yes, Jews are under great favor\u2026still. This favor is not based on them deserving it but on God\u2019s own character and on his covenant promises to which he is always faithful. God had a plan for the whole world to know him and his chosen method was to call out a people whom he could use as a vehicle to reveal himself.<\/p>\n

Isaiah 42:6 spoke about this. \u201cI am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I will also hold you by the hand and watch over you, and I will appoint you as a covenant to the people, as a light to the nations<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong> Their call did not make the Jews better than anyone else but it did make them more responsible and they didn\u2019t always do a very good job living up to their responsibility.<\/p>\n

Right now the Jews are mainly branches that have been cut off (Read all of Romans 11) but God still has a plan for them. \u201cFor I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery\u2014so that you will not be wise in your own estimation\u2014that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

During this time of \u201chardening\u201d the Jews still experience God\u2019s miraculous provision in many ways\u2014for the sake of Abraham and in accord with his promises to him. Just like Paul tells us, it\u2019s a big \u201cmystery\u201d still unfolding. As we await that time when the veil will be lifted, don\u2019t forget to love and favor whom God loves and favors: his precious Jews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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