In light of the profound reality of Jesus' full and uncompromised deity, His incarnation was the most profound possible humiliation. For Him to change in any way or to any degree, even temporarily by the divine decree of His Father, required descent. By definition, to forsake perfection requires taking on some form of imperfection. Yet without forsaking or in any way diminishing His perfect deity or His absolute holiness, in a way that is far beyond human comprehension, the Creator took on the form of the created. The Infinite became finite, the Sinless took sin upon Himself. The very heart of the gospel of redemption is that the Father “made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Cor. 5:21). Although that infinitely marvelous and cardinal gospel truth is impossible to understand it is necessary to believe.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Not, Sent	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Butter or margarine; softened
1	pk	(3 oz) cream cheese; softened
1	c	All-purpose flour
1		Egg
2/3	c	Packed light brown sugar
1	tb	Butter; melted
1	ts	Vanilla
1	ds	Salt
72		Hershey's Mini Kisses Baking Pieces; divided
1/2	c	Coarsely chopped pecans

INSTRUCTIONS

In a medium bowl, beat softened butter and cream cheese until blended. Add
flour; beat well. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm enough to handle.
In a small bowl, stir together egg, brown sugar, melted butter, vanilla and
salt until well blended. shape chilled dough into 24 balls (1-inch each);
press balls onto bottom and up sides of ungreased mini muffin cups. Place 2
mini kisses in each cup. Spoon about 1 tsp pecans over mini kisses. Fill
each cup with egg mixture. Bake at 325° for 25 minutes or until filling is
set. Lightly press 1 baking pieces in the center of each cookie. Cool in
pan on wire rack. Remove from pan.
Recipe by: Taste of Home Homemaker Schools - Spring 1998
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by The Taillons <taillon@ACCESS.MOUNTAIN.NET> on
Apr 11, 1998

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“Only with Jesus can you reach your full potential”

The kind of love that animates the inclusivist god is more akin to sentimentalism than God's holy affection. If love means God abandons all of His other attributes, then love itself is deified. The love of God does not dictate that He abandon His justice or holiness. In fact, the glory of the gospel is that God is both just and justifier of the ungodly. God does not allow unregenerate sinners to do as they will, worship what they wish, live as they please, and still go free. In the divine scheme of things, sin demands punishment. The rebellion of self-worship requires wrath. Yet, the God of wrath is no less than the God of mercy. He is the same God. Were God never to have offered salvation to any sinner, His love would still survive unblemished. The reality and riches of God's love is not measured in the number of person's saved, but in the magnificence of the attribute itself.

Ben Mitchell