No, becoming a Christian does not make you a Jew.
Les Feldick teaches that salvation gives a believer a spiritual connection to Abraham, not an ethnic identity change. A Jew is a Jew and a Gentile is a Gentile. God does not change a person's bloodline, and becoming a child of God does not make someone a Jew.
Galatians 3:7 — This is the key verse Les points to when people assume being a child of Abraham makes one a Jew; it says those of faith are the children of Abraham.
Galatians 3:8 — This verse reveals the Gentile connection: the gospel preached to Abraham included the heathen being justified by faith.
Romans 4:12 — This shows Abraham is father of circumcision to those who walk in the steps of his faith, even if they are not circumcised.
Galatians 3:7 says, "Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham." Galatians 3:8 says, "And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed." Romans 4:12 says, "And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised." These passages connect believers to Abraham by faith. They do not say that a Gentile becomes a Jew at salvation. Instead, they describe a spiritual relationship to Abraham based on sharing his faith.
Les is direct: becoming a Christian does not make you a Jew. He says anyone who teaches otherwise is "way out in left field." A Jew is a Jew and a Gentile is a Gentile. Jewishness, he explains, is based on genetics, chromosomes, and blood — and God does not change a person's blood. The connection believers have to Abraham is spiritual, not ethnic. Les says Abraham was saved by faith plus nothing, and believers in this age of grace are saved by faith plus nothing. This is why Paul calls believers children of Abraham — it identifies a shared principle of salvation, not a change in nationality or race.
Being a child of Abraham means sharing Abraham's faith. Les says Galatians 3:7 makes this plain: "they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham." It is a spiritual connection, not physical descent. Abraham was saved by faith plus nothing, and believers are saved by faith plus nothing. This is the only way a Gentile can mentally connect to Abraham — through faith, not by becoming a physical son.
Les says it matters because many people have been told that salvation makes them Jewish. That is wrong. The Bible does say the heathen would be justified by faith and that all nations would be blessed in Abraham, as seen in Galatians 3:8. This is a spiritual promise, not a promise of ethnic transformation. God does not change a Gentile into a Jew at salvation.
Les says no. Even the Jews who came out of Egypt and lived under the covenant promises of Abraham needed personal faith for genuine salvation. Being a physical descendant of Abraham did not automatically make a Jew right with God. This is another reason that becoming a child of Abraham is a matter of faith, not bloodline.
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Christians Are Not Made Jews by Salvation
Les says anyone who thinks becoming a Christian makes you a Jew is 'way out in left field.' A Jew is a Jew and a Gentile is a Gentile; the connection to Abraham is spiritual, based on faith plus nothing.
No Physical Change at Salvation
Les answers the question by pointing out that if salvation made you a Jew you would show Jewish physical features. There is a positional spiritual change, but not an ethnic one.
Old Testament Works vs. Abraham's Faith
Les clarifies that you don't physically become a Jew at salvation. The connection to Abraham is that his faith was uniquely faith plus nothing, unlike Old Testament believers who had to add sacrifices or temple works.
God Does Not Change the Bloodline
Les is horrified by the idea that a Christian becomes a Jew. Jewish identity is based on genetics, chromosomes, and blood, and God does not change a person's blood at salvation.
Children of Abraham by Faith
Les says Galatians 3:7 plainly shows 'they which are of faith' are children of Abraham. This is a spiritual connection, not a change from Gentile to Jew.
Faith Plus Nothing
Abraham's saving faith was simply belief, with nothing added. Believers can mentally connect to Abraham only through this same faith-alone relationship, not by becoming physical sons of Abraham.
Personal Faith Even for Jews
Even a physical descendant of Abraham had to have personal faith to be genuinely saved. Physical descent did not automatically make a Jew right with God.
Galatians 3:7: Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
This verse defines the phrase 'children of Abraham' as those who have faith, which is why Les says it does not mean becoming a Jew.
Galatians 3:8: And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
This verse connects Gentile believers to Abraham through faith, not through Jewish ethnicity.
Romans 4:12: And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.
Abraham is father of circumcision to those who share his faith, not just to the circumcised, showing the connection is spiritual.
No. Les says a Jew is a Jew and a Gentile is a Gentile. Your ethnic background does not change at salvation. Becoming a Christian gives you a spiritual connection to Abraham by faith, but it does not change your bloodline.
It means you share Abraham's faith, not his ethnicity. Galatians 3:7 says those who are of faith are the children of Abraham. Abraham was saved by faith plus nothing, and so are believing Gentiles.
Abraham simply believed what God said. Les says Abraham did not bring a sacrifice or perform a work; his saving faith was belief plus nothing. That is the faith connection believers have with him.
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