Who has Believed Our Message?

Who has Believed Our Message? by Russell A. Roberts

We, the church, find ourselves in the same position as that of Caleb and Joshua as they wandered through the desert after their report was soundly rejected by the people. The cluster of grapes borne between two of the spies had served as a foretaste of things to come if only they would believe the message. Like the cluster of grapes, the Holy Spirit, the new wine that bursts the old wineskins has been poured out and serves as a foretaste, a witness of things to come. The land is good, flowing with milk and honey. Like their ancestors in the desert, ethnic Israel soundly rejected the message announced by the one crying forth in the wilderness and by Yeshua Himself, just as Isaiah had said she would. Yet the Kingdom has come and the promise remains open to those who will simply believe.

This stubborn and obstinate generation is not just a historical people, nor are they limited to the modern State of Israel. They are the cashier at McDonald's, the garbage man, your first cousin. Will you, like Joshua and Caleb, bear the fruit?

Thanks Russell for the permission to post this. I pray that we will bear much fruit as we remain in the "vine", of Christ.