Awakening Official Trailer

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Have you ever seen a Jew for Jesus? These walking oxymorons have been rejected by their Jewish friends and families for their choice to follow Jesus. Directed by award winner Herb Kossover and narrated by actor Stephen Baldwin, Awakening captures their story and mission to convince other Jews that Jesus is the Messiah during the 2011 summer witnessing campaign on the streets of New York City.
The 30-minute DVD opens with beautiful nighttime panoramas of New York City landmarks and street life, accompanied by a rousing rendition of the song "Awakening" by Christian artist Casey Darnell. That is followed by spectacular footage of the city's Fourth of July fireworks, the event that kicked-off Jews for Jesus month-long evangelistic campaign. It provided the opportunity for their missionaries to hand out more than 40,000 gospel tracts, which they call broadsides, and a chance to tell New Yorkers about the most important freedom of all—freedom in the Messiah.
Jews for Jesus has been conducting summer campaigns in New York City every year since 1974. Although it is a tradition, the organization has not allowed it to stagnate, introducing new methods of reaching out to New Yorkers with the Good News. For example, social media played an important part in this campaign, with people following Jews for Jesus on Facebook (500,000 impressions during the campaign) and Twitter, and the missionaries staging a citywide flash mob. Some campaign T-shirts also have a QR code on the back, with the words "scan me." The code directs people to a welcome video on the Jews for Jesus website.
"I want people to know that evangelism is not passé," says Susan Perlman, associate executive director of Jews for Jesus. "It is vital."
The broadsides, which use humor to reflect contemporary themes, are the ministry's most tried-and-true method of evangelism. They contain short, punchy messages that can be read in less than a minute, designed to mirror this culture's even shorter attention span. Titles like "Beware of Religious Fanatics Handing Out Pamphlets" and "Leave it to Bieber" (about Justin Bieber) are hooks that get people thinking and talking about the gospel message. That's the ministry's mission statement: " . . . to make the messiahship of Jesus an unavoidable issue to our Jewish people worldwide."
The group also uses music and personal surveys on the street to draw people into conversations about spiritual issues and to obtain their contact information for follow up. One of the most common questions the campaigners ask is reflected by their T-shirts that read, in Hebrew, "Who is He?", the theme of the 2011 campaign. A question as simple as "Who do you think Jesus is?" elicits thoughtful responses from many New Yorkers on city sidewalks, subway stations, and in parks and other neighborhood gathering points.
Not all responses are positive, as the campaigners regularly experience rejection of their message. But, as Perlman notes, "If someone has something to say, positive or negative, it gives us an opportunity to respond. So I don't at all feel discouraged by that." The work is physically demanding, with campaigners hitting the streets four times a day, and emotionally draining. Yet, as campaigner Keilah Olberstein says, "What are sore feet? What is a sore heart? Pain is fuel for passion."

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[1023471965]

May God bless your work. Salvation is open to EVERYONE in the world. Jesus Christ teaches the foundation of the road to Heaven is to, "Love God above all things & love your neighbor as yourself."

Matthew25: 40> The Judgment of Nations, "Amen, I say to you , whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me." The Jews as a people are known for their acts of Godly Mercy towards the poor, the hungry & sick. The road to Heaven travels through the >Old & New Testaments.

[paduaprs]

great,

i like this theme.

greetings from brazil. A

[TruthOnTube]

@esantiago7 The Quran and never been changed, not one word of it. ONLY ONE COPY exactly the same, anywhere you go in the entire world, the Arabic, lettter to letter is exactly the same. It talks about Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, peace be upon all of them, as being messengers. It challenges mankind, this Qur'an it challenges you to produce even the smallest chapter like it. It has never been accomplished. The Bible talks about the coming of Prophet Muhammad, have you not read that part Brother ?

[TruthOnTube]

@esantiago7 Thanks Brother for your reply. Both Jesus and Muhammad are absolutely right, there is only ONE LORD, and the proof is in the Bible, the first commandment. The Bible you have today has been changed by man. There are so many different versions. The Qur'an proves that both the Bible and the Torah were revealed by The ONE TRUE GOD of all. The Qur'an is the last testament, the final revelation, which talks about all ten commandments. There can only be ONE GOD without a son.Pure MONOTHEISM

[AKKB15]

Nice

[1023471965]

@esantiago7 >Thank you. But to be honest the analogy is >NOT mine. All Glory to God: John15: 5, "I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing."

++In the Bible, the grapevine & the Olive tree is a picture of ALL of Israel & when we are ALL grafted to the Olive tree> "and thus ALL Israel will be saved..." Romans11: 26.

[1023471965]

#2 Pope Paul VI "The Credo of the People of God"> #23 We believe that the Church is necessary for salvation, because Christ ... renders himself present for us in His Body ... the Church. But the divine design of salvation embraces >ALL men; and those who WITHOUT >FAULT on their part do not know the Gospel of Christ and His Church, but seek God >sincerely, and under the influence of grace endeavor to do His will as recognized through ... their conscience, they ... can obtain salvation.

[1023471965]

Part 1 of 2 in response to Roman Catholics saying, you have to 'join' the Roman Catholic Church to get into Heaven, read Matthew 25, the Judgment of Nations.

When God Judges: thoughts, words, what you do & what you fail to do, God judges 1. Willfulness, 2. Full knowledge & 3. Serious matter. (God decides who gets into Heaven.)

Roman Catholics say: 'Our Church!' = A lot of Jews will mentally say: "That's Hitler's church." >Who is at >fault?

Please read all my posts to understand this one.

[esantiago7]

@1023471965 I agree with you 110%:-) Great analogy;-) I love this video as well and is truly inspiring. God bless you my brother:-)

[1023471965]

@esantiago7 >This video is about everyday people coming to God. My only >real subject is "Love God above all things & love your neighbor as yourself." God's Grace is available to ALL of us.

I'm a Christian. Jesus Christ witnesses to all people with scripture & their own human >heart (conscience). The Jews love God in their >hearts; it is revealed by their ACTS of Godly Mercy.

I love the grapevine & its fruit> grapes. = ACTS of Godly Mercy is the >fruit of loving God. [Good vines=grapes]:)

[BibleIsland]

Jews for Jesus! What a potent combination!

[esantiago7]

@TruthOnTube Jesus says D Following:He's both,D Son of God & Son of Man (Luke 22:66-70);D Christ,Son of God & EQUAL 2 D Father (Mark 14:61-62);NOT created but Glorious & in Heaven B4 D World began;Came from Heaven;Equal 2 the Father;Willingly submits;Doesn’t glorify Himself cause D Father WILL Glorify Him; ALL that's His belongs 2 D Father & ALL that belongs 2 D Father’s IS HIS;D Father & Him ARE ONE (John 17:3-12).Jesus & Mohamed can't be both right. One is lying.Who's telling D truth?Decide!