Question: "What is the difference
between Christianity and Judaism?"

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Answer: Of the major world religions,
Christianity and Judaism are likely the
most similar. Christianity and Judaism
both believe in one God who is
almighty, omniscient, omnipresent,
eternal, and infinite.
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Both religions
believe in a God who is holy, righteous,
and just, while at the same time loving,
forgiving, and merciful. Christianity and
Judaism share the Hebrew Scriptures
(the Old Testament) as the
authoritative Word of God, although
Christianity includes the New Testament
as well. Both Christianity and Judaism
believe in the existence of heaven, the
eternal dwelling place of the righteous,
and hell, the eternal dwelling place of
the wicked (although not all Christians
and not all Jews believe in the eternality
of hell).
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Christianity and Judaism have
basically the same ethical code,
commonly known today as Judeo-
Christian. Both Judaism and Christianity
teach that God has a special plan for the
nation of Israel and the Jewish people.

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The all-important difference between
Christianity and Judaism is the Person
of Jesus Christ. Christianity teaches that
Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the Old
Testament prophecies of a coming
Messiah / Savior ( Isaiah 7:14; 9:6-7;
Micah 5:2). Judaism often recognizes
Jesus as a good teacher, and perhaps
even a prophet of God. Judaism does
not believe that Jesus was the Messiah.

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Taking it a step further, Christianity
teaches that Jesus was God in the flesh
( John 1:1,14; Hebrews 1:. Christianity
teaches that God became a human
being in the Person of Jesus Christ so He
could lay down His life to pay the price
for our sins ( Romans 5:8; 2 Corinthians
5:21). Judaism strongly denies that
Jesus was God or that such a sacrifice
was necessary.

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Jesus Christ is the all-important
distinction between Christianity and
Judaism. The Person and work of Jesus
Christ is the one primary issue that
Christianity and Judaism cannot agree
upon. In Matthew 15:24, Jesus declared,
"I was sent only to the lost sheep of
Israel.” The religious leaders of Israel
in Jesus' time asked Him, “Are you the
Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
Jesus replied, 'I am,' ... And you will see
the Son of Man sitting at the right hand
of the Mighty One and coming on the
clouds of heaven" ( Mark 14:61-62). But
they didn’t believe His words or
accept Him as the Messiah.

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Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of the
Hebrew prophecies of a coming
Messiah. Psalm 22:14-18 describes an
event undeniably similar to Jesus'
crucifixion, "I am poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint. My
heart has turned to wax; it has melted
away within me. My strength is dried up
like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to
the roof of my mouth; you lay me in
the dust of death. Dogs have
surrounded me; a band of evil men has
encircled me, they have pierced my
hands and my feet. I can count all my
bones; people stare and gloat over me.
They divide my garments among them
and cast lots for my clothing." Clearly
this messianic prophecy can be none
other than Jesus Christ whose
crucifixion fulfilled each of these details
( Luke 23; John 19).

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There is no more accurate description
of Jesus than Isaiah 53:3-6, "He was
despised and rejected by men, a man of
sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their
faces he was despised, and we
esteemed him not. Surely he took up
our infirmities and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted. But he
was pierced for our transgressions, he
was crushed for our iniquities; the
punishment that brought us peace was
upon him, and by his wounds we are
healed. We all, like sheep, have gone
astray, each of us has turned to his own
way; and the LORD has laid on him the
iniquity of us all."
The Apostle Paul, a Jew and a strict
adherent of Judaism, encountered Jesus
Christ in a vision ( Acts 9:1-9) and
proceeded to become the greatest
witness for Christ and the author of
almost half of the New Testament. Paul
understood the difference between
Christianity and Judaism more than
anyone else. What was Paul's message?
"I am not ashamed of the gospel (of
Jesus Christ), because it is the power of
God for the salvation of everyone who
believes: first for the Jew, then for the
Gentile" ( Romans 1:16).

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Recommended Resource: Faith of Israel,
2d ed.: A Theological Survey of the Old
Testament by William Dumbrell

Christians believe in God of the father, son and holy spirit, Christians believe in three Gods in one

Jesus Christ is the messiah that has come to lead us to God as believed by Christians. Judaism don't believe in Jesus Christ