My brother became a Jewish Believer in Jesus about one and a half years before me. Because of my curiosity, I began to research his new faith. I had a Christian friend in college who was able to enlighten me somewhat. My Christian friend suggested I talk with someone who had a strong grasp of the Scriptures. I decided that I wanted to speak with an educated Jewish man who believed in Jesus. Early in October 1987, I received a telephone call from that friend, who knew of a Jewish man that could answer a lot of my questions. His name was Jess Pincus and he represented The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry.

I researched messianic prophecies and the origin of Jesus Christ. I learned the meaning of His name: Jesus means "salvation" or "saves us from our sins," and Christ means, "anointed One" or "Messiah." I did more cross-referencing between the Old and New Testaments and came across another pattern – a disturbing one. It seemed that many Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled verbatim in the New Testament. For example, I saw from the Old Testament Prophet Micah that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, where King David had been born (Mic. 5:2). I then turned to the Book of Matthew in the New Testament and saw that Jesus had been born in Bethlehem (Mt. 2.1). This was alarming.

On October 18, 1987, I decided to attend the church Jess Pincus attended, although he was not present that day. At that time, intellectually I knew that it was true – Jesus was the Messiah – so what was stopping me from accepting Him in my heart? Thank God, nothing stopped me. After a long, persistent, agonizing search, I had finally found the Messiah. I accepted Jesus into my life that day – my soul was saved from eternal death, and I received eternal life.

Marc lives in Pittsburgh, PA and works in the Information Technology field. His testimony has positively impacted his Gentile brethren at his church. You can read more about his testimony at http://mhandels.home.comcast.net/testimony.htm.

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