 In this presentation we have tried sincerely and respectfully to explain the Jewish point of view concerning Jews who have embraced or are thinking of embracing Christianity. In the final analysis it is you who must make the decision. In the course of our discussions we have concentrated on the major theological issues. Good Jesus have been the Messiah. What is the Jewish conception of God? Does the Hebrew Bible demonstrate the truth of Christianity? How does God forgive sins? Is devotion to Jewish Christianity consistent with the commitment to the survival of the Jewish people? We have tried to show that the arguments for your conversion are not persuasive on an intellectual level. In the decision of this magnitude, however, there are emotional factors involved as well and there is nothing wrong with that. You may have felt them in the form of a sense of fellowship and genuine religious concern on the part of your Christian friends. But you have also felt the instinctive opposition of many Jews that are prospect of your conversion. And it is worth considering the reasons for that opposition. You were born a Jew because your ancestors clung to their faith. Often they had to give their very lives when misguided Christians forced the choice of baptism or death on them. You were born a Jew because your ancestors had the supreme courage to choose death. Had they chosen baptism you would not have been born a Jew. Their readiness to make the ultimate sacrifice creates a special obligation for their descendants not to render that sacrifice meaningless. Before abandoning Judaism of your ancestors you have to make an all out effort to study it, to know it, to live it. In the early part of this century a Jewish philosopher named Franz Rosenzweig was on the verge of converting to Christianity. He had been brought up in a fairly assimilated Jewish home in which Judaism played a very small part, but feeling he should convert as a Jew and not as a pagan he decided to attend the Yom Kippur service in a small traditional synagogue in Berlin. The spirit and liturgy of the day transformed his life. He came to know that God wanted Jews to remain Jews, to be faithful to the covenant God made with the patriarchs. Franz Rosenzweig became one of the great Jewish thinkers of our time. The people of Israel is chosen by God to be a quote a nation of priests and holy people. Exodus chapter 19 verse 6 by remaining loyal to your people you can help it live up to its divine calling by considering the devotion of its martyrs through the ages and by remembering the fate of the six million who were murdered in our own time because they were Jews you can come to live a life worthy of their sacrifice you're facing a critically important decision your choice will determine not only your own religious destiny but the identity of your descendants as well study intensively consider carefully and with the help of God choose wisely