We at Chosen People Ministries believe that salvation for both Jews and Gentiles is available only through Jesus and His finished work (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). Read the rest of our doctrinal statement.

This month, we are featuring three special articles on the topic "Is Jesus the only way?"

Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Volume 1
General and Historical Objections

When it comes to Jewish Christian apologetics, the best answers are those that respond to actual objections. Incisive and direct, this book provides an honest, fair, and thorough discussion of 35 common objections, such as:

• No religious or educated Jew would ever believe in Jesus.
• Messianic Judaism, or Hebrew Christianity, is just one big deception.
• If Jesus is really the Messiah, why isn't there peace on earth?
• Christians have always hated and persecuted the Jewish people.

Believers and seekers alike will appreciate Brown's spiritually focused answers, which are thoroughly documented and footnoted.

By Dr. Michael Brown

From Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus: Vol. 1 - General and Historical Objections

Objection 2.15 - "Christianity is just another great world religion, like Islam, Hinduism, or Buddhism. But it is certainly not the true Messianic faith and the only way to find God. In fact, I find it to be the height of arrogance that Jesus claimed to be the only way to the Father. This is small-minded conceit at its worst."

At first, it would seem to be the height of arrogance and intolerance to claim that people can come into right relationship with God only through Jesus. After all, there are sincere, moral, deity-fearing people in every religion of the world. Why must Christians think their religion alone is right? Why not follow the teachings of traditional Judaism that the righteous among every nation - not just Israel, or in this case, the church - have a place in the world to come?

Some of the most powerful prophecies about the Messiah were made by the Jewish prophet Isaiah, who lived in the eighth century BCE. It was a turbulent time in the history of Israel: the kingdom was divided, and wars and invasions abounded as alliances were made and broken.

In the midst of chaos, Isaiah paints an accurate picture of God’s plan for the future of Israel and the nations. He also describes the Messiah, the one whom God would send to change the world!

Take a moment to read the words of the prophet, and then consider how these predictions could possibly have been fulfilled by anyone other than that well-known Jewish carpenter from Israel, Yeshua the Messiah. If not him, then who else?