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From: jah@philabs.UUCP (Julie Harazduk)
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Subject: Re: Re: conversion to Christianity
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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 11:40:28 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  7 11:40:28 1984
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> >>	i am seriously thinking of converting from Judaism to 
> >> Christianity, for many reasons...

> ken perlow       *****   ***** 
> So did the composer Felix Mendelsohn, but who remembers him as Felix
> Bartholdy?  The Nazis still banned his music.  You may adopt all the
> beliefs and rituals of the Goyim, but Jewish you can't convert from--
> it's something you are.  Have fun, and remember: they'll come for you
> anyway.
> -- 

Well, better late than never.
In one sense, ken, you're right.  Converting from Judaism to Christianity
can't truly happen.  What can happen is the acceptance of Jesus Christ as
the Messiah promised by God in the covenant described in the Torah (and
other Scripture as well).  Barring any argument from Yiri, Christianity is
the fulfillment of Judaism brought to the Jew first and to the Gentile (see
Romans 1:16).  As Jeff Sargent said so eloquently, Christ is the High Priest
(see Hebrews 2:17) and the Sacrifice (Hebrews 9:13-14).  He requires ``our''
lives as a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1). We must be dead to ourselves and
alive to Him (Romans 6:4-11).

If you're considering Christ, you're on the right track.  Just as Him to
make Himself real to you.  I hope that nothing that has been said will
discourage you for seeking the truth.

Julie A. Harazduk
philabs!jah