{"id":45201,"date":"2015-05-18T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=45201"},"modified":"2022-03-14T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T16:21:00","slug":"can-messianic-jews-go-to-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-messianic-jews-go-to-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Messianic Jews go to heaven?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Can Messianic Jews go to heaven?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>The question is can anyone go to heaven while denying portions of God&#8217;s teachings that they disagree with.\u00a0 Since Jesus said we must do all that he commanded, the answer would be no. &#8220;<em>And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, &#8220;All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. &#8220;Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, &#8220;teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.&#8221; Amen<\/em>&#8221; (Matthew 28:18-20). It would require leaving this system of belief to become true followers of Christ.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Can Messianic Jews go to heaven? Answer: The question is can anyone go to heaven while denying portions of God&#8217;s teachings that they disagree with.\u00a0 Since Jesus said we must do all that he commanded, the answer would be no. &#8220;And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, &#8220;All authority has been given to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[851],"class_list":["post-45201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-messianic-judaism"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26992,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/can-a-jew-go-to-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":45201,"position":0},"title":"Can a Jew go to heaven?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 30, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Can a Jew go to heaven? 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