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BEING AN EFFICIENT & EFFECTIVE CHRISTIAN
Written by Loy D’Souza Mumbai   
Friday, 03 October 2008 07:40
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Throughout the Bible, God uses simple, everyday illustrations to communicate spiritual truth. Frequently these illustrations are taken from the agrarian lifestyle common in biblical times. Unfortunately, we live 2,000 years after the events of the Bible, and most of us are not involved in growing our own food. Even if we are farmers, the methods have changed dramatically over the centuries. We read Scripture through our own cultural eyeglasses, and often miss truths because we simply don’t understand the illustrations.  Le’ts go back a thousand years and understand life in Bible times.  Let’s take a closer look at the grapes and the grapevine, as they are one of God’s most often used illustrations.

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