Jesus is THE Faithful Jew

In a recent article, Philip Primeau argued that Jesus should not be considered a “faithful Jew.” Primeau has a very rightful concern that this turn of phrase feeds religious indifferentism and thereby discourages evangelism. Primeau is a good friend of mine, and I think he has nothing but good intentions in his article. Indeed, from our conversations about this, I think we agree with much of the substance of the matter. Nonetheless, I disagree entirely with his framing of the question. Not only was Jesus a faithful Jew, He was the most faithful Jew to ever live. This is important to make clear when we evangelize to Jews.