No—salvation does not make believers Jews; it places them in the Body of Christ and gives them a spiritual connection to Abraham.
Les Feldick says the belief that Christians become Jews is 'way out in left field.' A Jew remains a Jew and a Gentile remains a Gentile. Believers are children of Abraham spiritually because Abraham was saved by faith plus nothing, and believers today are saved by faith plus nothing. In the Body of Christ, saved Jews and saved Gentiles are one, but that does not erase physical identity.
Genesis 15:6 — Abraham's faith was counted as righteousness, establishing the spiritual connection believers share with him.
Romans 3:22-23 — Paul states there is no difference between Jew and Gentile; all need righteousness by faith in Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:13 — All believers, whether Jews or Gentiles, are placed into one body by the Spirit, showing unity without erasing identity.
Scripture does not say that a Gentile who believes becomes physically Jewish. Instead, it describes a salvation that is equally open to Jew and Gentile. Romans 3:22-23 declares that the righteousness of God comes through faith in Jesus Christ 'unto all and upon all them that believe,' because 'there is no difference: For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.' The ground of salvation is the same for everyone. The New Testament also shows saved Jews and saved Gentiles being made one in the Body of Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:13 says, 'For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles...' This is a spiritual unity, not a change of ethnicity. The believer's link to Abraham is also spiritual. Genesis 15:6 says, 'And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.' Paul applies the same principle in Romans 4:1-2, showing that Abraham had no room to boast before God because his justification was by faith, not works. The Scripture's emphasis is on faith, not on becoming a Jew.
Les directly refutes the idea that becoming a Christian makes a person a Jew. He says those who think 'when we become a Christian, we become a child of Abraham, and we become a Jew' are 'way out in left field.' We become children of Abraham by virtue of a spiritual connection: Abraham was saved by faith plus nothing, and believers today are saved by faith plus nothing. That is why God promised Abraham spiritual seed as numerous as the stars. Les also explains that in God's sight there is no difference between Jew and Gentile in salvation. Both are unworthy and without hope apart from grace; a Jew must be saved the same way a Gentile is, and must abandon a works religion. At salvation, the Holy Spirit places both Jew and Gentile into the Body of Christ. Thus Jewish identity remains, but believers share one spiritual Body with Christ.
Les is emphatic that when we become a Christian we do not become a Jew. He says the idea that Christians become children of Abraham and therefore Jews is 'way out in left field.' We do become children of Abraham by virtue of a spiritual connection: Abraham was saved by faith plus nothing, and believers today are saved by faith plus nothing. This faith connection began with Abraham and is why God promised him spiritual seed as numerous as the stars. The connection is spiritual, not ethnic.
According to Paul, there is no difference in the ground of salvation. Les points to Romans 3 and 6 where Paul says there is no difference: Jew and Gentile are all together unworthy and without hope. A Jew has to be saved the same way a Gentile does today. At salvation, the Holy Spirit places the believer into the Body of Christ, and 1 Corinthians 12:13 says this is true 'whether we be Jews or Gentiles.' This does not make a saved Gentile a Jew; it makes both members of one spiritual body.
Les teaches that there is no separate gospel for Jews. Jewish people must also be saved by the gospel of grace and must drop their works religion of Judaism. He also clarifies that Jewish believers in the early chapters of Acts who were under the covenant promises should not be called Christians unless they were saved according to the gospel of grace—that Christ died for our sins, rose from the dead, and ascended. Salvation for any person, Jew or Gentile, is by faith in the finished work of Christ.
No. Les says good works never saved anybody. He uses the 144,000 Jewish believers as an example: they were saved by their faith in the message, not by good deeds. Abraham is the pattern—if he had been justified by works, he could boast before other people, but never before God. The believer's connection to Abraham is the same 'faith plus nothing' that Abraham exercised.
Abraham Justified by Faith
Les reads Genesis 15:6 and Romans 4:1-2 to show that Abraham was justified by faith, not works, which is the basis for the believer's spiritual connection to Abraham without becoming Jewish.
Christians Do Not Become Jews
Les directly answers the question: when we become Christians we do not become Jews. We are children of Abraham spiritually because both Abraham and we are saved by faith plus nothing.
Gentiles as Joint Heirs with Christ
Les explains that Gentiles are saved through the finished work of the cross and enter a glorious relationship with Christ as joint heirs, showing salvation is for Gentiles without changing them into Jews.
Faith, Not Works, Saves
Les uses the 144,000 Jewish believers to show that it is faith in the message, not good deeds, that saves—reinforcing that spiritual connection to Abraham is by faith.
No Difference Between Jew and Gentile
Les emphasizes Paul's statement that there is no difference between Jew and Gentile; both are saved by genuine faith in Christ's death, burial, and resurrection, and God places the believer into the Body of Christ.
Jewish Believers vs. Christians
Les distinguishes Jewish believers under covenant promises from Christians saved by the gospel of grace, showing that Jewish identity is not the same as Christian identity.
Jews Saved the Same Way
Les says a Jew is saved exactly like a Gentile—by grace and not works—and must leave behind the works religion of Judaism.
One Body, Jew and Gentile
Les teaches that at salvation the Holy Spirit baptizes every believer into the Body of Christ, whether Jew or Gentile, showing spiritual unity without merging ethnic identities.
Genesis 15:6: And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
This verse establishes the spiritual connection to Abraham through faith rather than through ethnic identity.
Romans 4:1-2: What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.
Abraham's justification was by faith, not works, leaving no room for boasting before God.
Romans 3:22-23: Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Jew and Gentile stand on the same ground before God; both need righteousness by faith.
1 Corinthians 12:13: For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
This shows saved Jews and saved Gentiles are united in one spiritual Body without ceasing to be Jew or Gentile.
No. Les Feldick says this is 'way out in left field.' A Jew is a Jew and a Gentile is a Gentile. Salvation brings a spiritual connection to Abraham through faith plus nothing, not a physical change in identity.
It means believers share Abraham's kind of faith—he believed God and it was counted as righteousness. Believers today are saved by faith plus nothing, so they have a spiritual connection to Abraham even though they are not physically Jewish.
Yes. Paul says there is no difference; all have sinned and all need righteousness by faith. Les says a Jew must be saved the same way a Gentile is and must drop any works religion of Judaism.
It unites them in one spiritual body, but it does not erase ethnicity. In 1 Corinthians 12:13 both Jews and Gentiles are baptized by one Spirit into one body.
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