I Thessalonians 2:15, 16
"The ones who also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets. And they rejected and drove us out. And they do not please God. And they are hostile to all men." (I Thessalonians 2:15)
This is Paul's most direct condemnation of his own people. The Jewish leaders with the Roman authorities put Jesus to death. The Jews often attacked those who spoke to them in God's name. Rather than being an example to other nations and seeking to bring them to God, they hated other nations.
"They were preventing us from talking to other people groups lest they be saved. They are completing their evil acts always, making their progress towards the completion of wrath." (I Thessalonians 2:16)
What made them really upset with Paul was not that he taught that Jesus was the Messiah, but that he taught that non-Jews could be right with God. Paul warns that the Jews were heading towards judgment. This is likely a reference to the destruction of the temple in 70 AD.
This is Paul's most direct condemnation of his own people. The Jewish leaders with the Roman authorities put Jesus to death. The Jews often attacked those who spoke to them in God's name. Rather than being an example to other nations and seeking to bring them to God, they hated other nations.
"They were preventing us from talking to other people groups lest they be saved. They are completing their evil acts always, making their progress towards the completion of wrath." (I Thessalonians 2:16)
What made them really upset with Paul was not that he taught that Jesus was the Messiah, but that he taught that non-Jews could be right with God. Paul warns that the Jews were heading towards judgment. This is likely a reference to the destruction of the temple in 70 AD.
posted by David Frank Wilson | 10:41 AM
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