Fruit

The Vineyard of The Lord Destroyed

Isaiah composed a song comparing Israel and Judah to a vineyard (vv. 1-7). Jesus may have been thinking of this passage when he confronted the Pharisees in the temple (Matt. 21:33-41). God refers to His people as a vineyard in other passages as well (Jer. 2:21; Ezek. 15:6-8; Hosea 10:1) …

Jesus Puts a Curse on a Fig Tree

Jesus began to drive the money changers out of the temple and the blind and lame came to him to be healed (vv. 12-14) The priests and religious leaders saw His miracles and were indignant (vv. 15-16). God desires that His name be honored and that His people be treated well (v. 12). He then …

IllustrationDon’t Bruise the Fruit

To pick an avocado off a tree, you attach a coffee can to a long pole and raise it up under the avocado and then you jiggle the fruit. If it is ripe it will come off the tree easily. If it is not yet ripe, don’t be rough with it because you don’t want to bruise the fruit. S …

IllustrationYoung Boy Healed of Snake Bite at Kijabe

At the Sudan Interior Mission Kijabe Medical Center, SIM medical missionaries Bob and Marion Bowers treated a young man with a paralyzing snake bite and saw him live long enough to accept Christ as his Savior. In many Third World countries, snake bites are common-and fatal. For f …