Walking home from a visit today I spotted the "Mitzvah Tank". Being curious I ventured to the other side of the street to see what was going on. Four young Hassidic Men were asking people, "are you Jewish?". I now realize this happens every Friday (Shabbat). I was approached and I stated, "Yes, I am Jewish, and I believe Jesus is the promised Messiah of Israel." I continued, "Who do you think Jesus is?" The young man replied, "a Jew". We spoke for the next 45 minutes. He tried to convince me to study Talmud (Jewish commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures) and I challenged him to read the Hebrew Scriptures to discover the criteria for the Messiah of Israel. It was a good conversation. We covered a lot of ground. Please pray for this young man. He is just 21 years old and has a zeal for God but without knowledge. He said he would read Psalm 22. He took my contact information to email me a verse from the Jewish Bible which tells us to follow the Rabbis. I told him no such verse exist. Please pray he does email me so that our dialog can continue. And of course pray the eyes of his heart open to spiritual truth.
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