Should I try to persuade my Jewish neighbor to believe in Yeshua (Jesus)?
Yeshua commanded us to go out into all the world and make talmidim [disciples] (see Matthew 28:19-20), beginning in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria (Acts 1:8). Even the Rabbi Sha’ul (Paul), who was called the apostle to the Gentiles, said that the Good News of Messiah should go to the Jew first and also to the Greek (Romans 1:16). Sha’ul was so convicted by the need for Jews to receive salvation that he was willing to give up his own salvation if this would have brought salvation to the Jewish people (Romans 9:2-4). The salvation of the Jewish people was a priority in the lives of both Sha’ul and Yeshua, and it should be a priority in the life of every Believer. It is every Believer’s duty to share the Good News of Yeshua with their Jewish neighbor. Rabbi Sha’ul said that it is by means of their [the Jews] stumbling that the deliverance has come to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them [the Jews] to jealousy (Romans 11:11, CJB). Every Believer is called upon to make the Jewish people je
