‘I will bring my people Israel back from exile … They will make gardens and eat their fruit’ (Amos 9:14).
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The tender love of Jesus
‘… Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me’ (Song of Solomon 2:13).
Stinky fruit
‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and take his inheritance’ (Matthew 21:38).
Grafted into the vine
‘Restore us God Almighty … that we may be saved’ (Psalm 80:7).
Seeking and saving the lost
‘What are you waiting for? Get up, be baptised and wash your sins away’ (Acts 22:16).
Salvation for all – a story worth sharing
Years ago, when I was a young pastor, I said in a Sunday sermon that the Bible verses I was speaking about were a ‘story’. Later, an older pastor took me aside to tell me I was wrong. He thought a ‘story’ meant something made up and therefore not true. I disagreed with him then and I still do now.
