[Antoninus]

What convinced so many Jews that Jesus was the Messiah in the early days of Christianity is that the Holy Spirit "opened the scriptures" to them and revealed to them all the references to Jesus prophesied therein. Of course, the "hard line" Jews complained then, as they do now, that all of these passages are merely misinterpretations.

In this regard, it is well to consider the words of the pharisee, Gamaliel, as recorded in Acts of the Apostles 5:38-9: "Refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this council or this work be of men, it will come to nought; But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God."

2,000 years later, it should be obvious that Christianity is not the work of men.

[boatbums]

THIS!