(
Steve Martin with Danny Boy in Jerusalem April 2023)
We Bless by Steve Martin
"Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they
are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual
things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things.” Romans
15:27, NASU
Every time the Lord gives me the opportunity to
go to Israel as part of our Love For His People Ministry, I greatly
enjoy spending time with our good friends among the Jewish people. Some we have
known for 15 years now. Blessing them, as the good Lord has instructed us as
Christians, has been on my heart now for over 46 years, beginning when I was first
given the understanding of our debt to Israel and the Jewish people. Because of
their faithfulness to the living God of Israel in spiritual things, we now have
an indebtedness to them in material things.
Because of His faithfulness to them above all, the
Jews, we Gentiles, now believers, have been grafted into the olive tree as
well.
“And if some of the branches were broken off,
and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them
became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18 do not boast
against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the
root, but the root supports you.” Romans 11:17-18, NKJV
Standing with the Messianic believers in the Land
and befriending the “pre-believers” has enriched my spiritual life for many
years. These connections the Lord has made continue to grow, as we see the days
becoming darker and His light shining even more.
Being friends with Nissim and Hadassah, Nouri,
Avraham, Uri, Danny Boy, Chaim and Deanna, Richard and Carolyn, Koken and
Menalu, Tuly and staff, and the several ministries we have stood with and
supported over the years allows the Holy Spirit to do what He has given us to
do as our part in the restoration and salvation of Israel and His people
re-gathered there once again, as He prophesied centuries ago.
I have written previous messages of the debt
Christians owe the Jews, as I first heard and learned from the great Bible
teacher Derek Prince. Because of the Lord’s granting them as a people the
knowledge of Him and His Word, the Torah, through whom our Messiah Jesus has
come, Yeshua HaMashiach, we are now too grafted into the olive tree, and can
partake of their salvation and inheritance, among all Who call upon the Name of
the Lord.
Understanding this basic, vital foundation in
the life of believers is necessary for further unity in His Body, as He joins
Jew and Gentile into the One New Man, the Bride that is being prepared for the return
of the Son of God, Yeshua (Jesus).
Thank You, Father, for Your great plan of
salvation, which has been laid out in completion through the Word of God, from
Genesis through Revelation. Seeing Your fulfillment of prophecies and plans
from Your heart encourages us to press on as we now do our part through faith
and obedience.
Bless the people of Israel, Lord, and may those
be blessed who realize the debt we owe them and seek to bless them also.
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin (with Avraham Saiden of Jerusalem)
Founder, Love For His People
Message #147 in this series – in the year of our Lord 09.01.23
– “We Bless” – Friday, 9:00 am
in Charlotte, North Carolina
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