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he Lord said to Ezekiel: “‘Son of man, eat
what is before you, eat this scroll; then go
and speak to the people of Israel.’ So I opened
my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
Then he said to me, ‘Son of man, eat this
scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach
with it.’ So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as
honey in my mouth.” There is a sense in this
account that something, that is at first sight
inedible, becomes the most beautiful taste in
the life of the person who eats it.
Sue and Steve Gretton write: “We have been
rather slow to get started, and perhaps reluc-
tant to take the gospel to those who call for
it, yet now that we have ‘taken the plunge’
we have been filled with a joy that makes
other holiday trips seem rather tasteless in
comparison. Instead of merely enjoying the
beauties of nature, or great human construc-
tions, or exotic foods and cultures or exer-
cising our bodies in pleasant surroundings, we
have found the joy of bringing the gospel and
the waters of baptism to those who hunger
and thirst for something of real value. I met
P and his wife F last August in Northern Cyprus
where they were on holiday with a group who
were baptised. After their return to Iran, the
government became suspicious of their
interest in Christianity and they fled the
country. Since then their house was raided
and computers and literature seized as
incriminating evidence of their interest in
Christianity. We asked them whether or not
the laws on conversion to Christianity were
implemented, or whether it was just a threat.
They told us that despite what you might read
on Wikipedia on the internet, there are secret
courts and after arrest, people just ‘disap-
pear’. They personally know people to whom
this has happened. This is the expected
outcome of conversion. And coming to the
west has not been without great difficulties
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