S4 EP3 | Does the Bible Tell Us to Make Christians or Jews Jealous?

A Jew and a Gentile Discuss

In Romans 11, Paul writes that salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous. He says that he hopes his ministry to the Gentiles arouses jealousy, or as the King James Version says, “provokes” his own Jewish people to jealousy. OK, so we just answered the question in the title of this episode of A Jew and A Gentile Discuss, but you’ll want to tune in because Carly and Ezra get into the why and how of this unusual – and sometimes uncomfortable – purpose in Gentile Believers’ lives. They discuss:

• The context of these verses
• The provocative word “provoke”
• What it means to provoke to jealousy vs. just provoking
• Defining jealousy and contrasting it with envy and resentment
• Three how-to suggestions for Believers who want to kindle jealousy for God in their Jewish friends

Carly asks Ezra if he was ever “provoked to jealousy” toward God by Christians before he came to believe in Jesus and if he now prompts jealousy in other Jewish people.

Along the Way

Along the way, Carly and Ezra talk about:

• Three pesky chapters in Romans that many Christians don’t know what to do with
• The politically correct thing to do vs. the biblical, loving thing to do
• Are Christians just pawns for God to get Israel to believe?
• How do we arouse jealousy in Jewish people without being perceived as anti-Semitic?
• Answering the bold question: What right does God have to use Christians to provoke Israel to jealousy?” through a biblical understanding of the Jewish people
• How God has a fire of longing burning within Him for Israel
• What provoking a Jewish person does not mean

Words You Might Learn in This Episode

Am Israel, the Church, Gentile, ecclesia, Replacement Theology, Yeshua, salvation

Scriptures Referenced in This Episode

Romans 11:11–14, Romans chapters 9–11, John 3:16, Deuteronomy 32:21, Romans 1:16, John 10:10, Matthew 15:24

Previous Episodes Mentioned

S1 E36 Problems with the Church Replacing Israel

S1 E37 Does the Bible Say the Church is the New Israel?

S1 E48 Who’s More Important – Jews or Gentiles?

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