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142 A Plea for the Six Million Jews in Russia
to every creature, testifying to them and persuading them to unite
with us.
We cannot regenerate any man. Regeneration is the act of the Holy
Spirit. But we can go to a person, testify to him, and persuade him
of the truth of our faith, and this is the command of our blessed
Master: "Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every
creature." That means to testify and persuade every creature. Surely
the Jew is included in that.
You can go to Russia, for instance, and meet some of those Russian
brethren who are unilluminated. You can go to them, get hold of
them and persuade them, and as soon as they are enlightened they
will throw away their icons and all the other things and come into
the blessed liberty of the Gospel as it is in Christ Jesus. You go to
China, you meet a Chinese heathen and educate him, and his mind
may be changed. Of course, as I said before, you cannot regenerate
any man, but you can illuminate him. You can say to him, "Why
worship this idol made of wood and stone. Worship Jehovah, who is
a Spirit." You can go also to the Hindu, who worships certain ele-
ments of nature. You can illuminate him. You can educate him,
and thus win him.
Now what will you do with the Jew? If you say that we can per-
suade the Chinese, the Russians, and the Italians of the truth, but you
say of the Jews: "They are a stiff-necked people. They have an old
religion and we cannot persuade or change them." If you say that,
then you admit that they have something which is superior to what
you have, and this is a very dangerous thing to admit.
What will you tell- the Jews? This is a very important question.
Now you must remember there is a saying in Jerusalem: "As is the
Christian, so is the Jew." What will you tell the Jews? Of course,
the first thing you have is the Bible, and you say to the Jew:
"Believe the Bible." The Jew will say: "I believe in the Bible."
And you must remember, there are orthodox Jews as there are
orthodox Christians, there are reformed Jews, as there are reformed
Christians, and rationalistic Jews, as there are rationalistic Chris-
tians. Then you will say to the Jew: "Believe in the New Testament."
You must remember the Jewish mind has changed toward the New
Testament. There is a synagogue in London, England, where they
read portions of the New Testament on Saturday as well as of the Old
Testament. And there is in Chicago a preacher who usually takes his
text from the Sermon on the Mount and other important sayings of
Jesus.
You will tell the Jew to believe in Jesus. This is the most vital and
important point. The Jewish mind towards Jesus has changed. And
here is where the Jewish religion is challenging Christianity and its
challenge is vital and important.
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