Jewish Living

Jewish Living

He knows he is chosen by God. He has been taught that it means responsibility and in order to stay within the chosen people, he needs to follow the Jewish way of living as close as he can, better - precisely. And so he does, daily going through the motions, prescribed in details.

Sometimes he receives praise  from other members in the community, who admire his righteousness, but he knows that God sees him and very careful not to fall into pride from that recognition.

In fact, deep inside his heart he feels that there is more to God than what people around him dare to say or even acknowledge; more than following rules and regulations, speaking right words and prayers from a book...

One day he wonders: "What if God would really be present right here now, would we continue doing what we're doing?" But then he interrupts himself: "Does everyone else also feels this, but never says anything? Or am I the  only one? Well...  maybe I shouldn't think that way. What would my brothers say in response? Actually how would they know if I keep it to myself? That's right, I should keep it to myself. That would be the right thing to do. O God! You are the Righteous One, please tell me if I made the right decision."

"Is there another way to live a Jewish life?" - you may wonder. 

 Sure. Here is another option (written by a Jew):

Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

For in the gospel God’s righteousness is being revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, “The    righteous will live by faith.”

By Tanya Ramm