A Jew Inwardly.

Rom 2:28  For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 

Rom 2:29  But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. 

A Jew is simply the chosen of God. You do NOT have to be born a Jew to be a Jew, yet in our society today we believe this to be wrong. We called Jews those who are born into the Jewish religion and keep the Jewish faith. Yet, the followers of Christ were Jews, Paul was a Jew and when the followers weren't Jews it was noted- they were Gentiles. Paul was sent to preach to the gentiles and he wasn't sent to convert them to the Jewish faith, but rather into Christ's truth. The gentiles were not to be turned into followers of the Jewish faith yet they were to become Jews - INWARDLY a  follower of God, a chosen of God. Their token of being a follower of God was NOT to be the outward sign of circumcision, but an inward circumcision of the heart, in the spirit.

A heart circumcised in the spirit.  Truly this is a heart touched by God!

God chose a people and those people betrayed Him over and over again. The history of the Jewish people is one of backsliding and renewal, backsliding and renewal. Given leaders in judges, prophets, kings and they still consistently turned their backs on God and their promises to Him. Mankind is sinful, and even as those chosen by God they did not get rid of their tendency towards sin. God knew from the moment Eve and Adam chose to disobey, chose to no longer live in His love, that He could either destroy mankind He'd created or make a way to redeem them. He chose to make a way to redeem them. This way wouldn't be easy, it wouldn't be instantaneous, it would be long and trying for the humans he'd created but it was a plan of redemption and it would be for all mankind.

In this plan, God chose a people from those who believed upon Him, using them to father a nation of His people who would live as examples of His love, of the forgiveness He would give to them.  When Christ was born and lived His ministry He lived God on Earth. He broke past the tight knit, closed group of elitist who were once His chosen, and revealed the truth that was for ALL.

God's chosen- the Jewish - are Jewish in the heart through the spirit.

May we all be Jews - circumcised in our hearts though the spirit!!!!!!!

The Jewish people have endure much horror throughout history, just the other day I read an article about a certain sect of Jewish people are no longer going to wear an article that proclaims them to be Jewish because they were being attacked by Moslems.  There has been a great rise in Jewish hatred and it only continues. Yet, truly we are Jewish as God's followers, as Christ's followers, Jewish in truth, in heart. Christ Himself was Jewish and never gave up being Jewish. He did tell the Jewish religious leaders that they were left desolate, and that was truth. The legal, ceremonial laws were over when Christ became the sacrifice for our sins. The Jewish religion was forever changed, God's chosen people were being led down a new way, the way of Christ.

All through the Love of God may we be HIS no matter what!