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According to the opening chapters of 2 Corinthians we see the progression from trials to the resultant joy. Consider how Paul’s life was filled with hardship: “Affliction” (1:4), “abundant…suffering” (1:5), “burdened excessively, beyond...strength” (1:8), “sentence of death within ourselves” (1:9), “sorrowful” (2:1), “affliction and anguish of heart” (2:4), “afflicted [and] perplexed” (4:8), “persecuted [and] struck down (4:9), “constantly being delivered over to death” (4:11), “beatings...imprisonments...tumults...labors...sleeplessness...hunger” (6:5), “dishonor [and] evil report” (6:8), “dying [and] punished (6:9) and “having nothing (6:10). And that only takes us through chapter 6! And might I add that most if not all of this was related to his faithful service to Christ. So how can you go from this agony to praise to God? Answer: It was Paul knowing that Christians need to “walk by faith [and] not by sight” (5:7). And it’s this faith that recalls that every promise of God is fulfilled to us in Christ (1:20). We know we are “established…and anointed…in Christ” (1:21). We are “sealed” and given “the [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as a pledge” (1:22). We are “reconciled to God” (5:20). As a result of these truths, we “do not lose heart” (4:1) because we are [controlled by] the love of Christ” (5:14)and through our trials we are learning in those trials to “trust [more]...in God who raises the dead” (1:9). So therefore while we are “sorrowful” as a result of trials, we are because of God's promises 'always rejoicing' (6:10).
Randy Smith

Masturbation, although not identified by name in the Bible, must be viewed as sinful for at least three reasons. First, masturbation is a perversion of the intent of sex. It’s selfish rather than loving – it’s taking rather than giving. God did not give you your sexual organs so that you could please yourself with them, but rather so that you could bring pleasure to your wife, and so that she can express her love to you by giving you sexual pleasure. Second, masturbation almost always involves sinful lust. Jesus made it absolutely clear that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart (Matt. 5:28). Third, masturbation is an activity that causes Christians who practice it to experience guilt. The Bible is also very clear about the sinfulness of Christians who willingly participate in any activity for which their consciences condemn them (Rom. 14:22-23).
Lou Priolo

    • Porked Cabbage Dinner

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    Meats, Grains Polish Maindish 6 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    3 Pork center loin chops; fat trimmed
    1/2 lb Reduced fat Polish Kielbasa; sliced
    1 Carrot; shredded
    16 oz Sauerkraut; rinse and drained
    3/4 c Apple cider
    2 tb Light brown sugar
    1/2 ts Caraway seed
    1/2 ts Ground allspice
    1 lb Red potatoes; quartered

    INSTRUCTIONS

    From:    Barbara Schmidt <smgin2@SPRYNET.COM>
Date:    Wed, 17 Jul 1996 13:57:52 -0700
Recipe By: bjs
Stir together the cabbage, carrot, sauerkraut, cider, sugar, caraway seeds
and allspice. Shove the pork chops in the cabbage mixture, pressing down to
compact.  Top with kielbasa and potatoes. Can be cooked in 7 hours on low,
or 3 1/2 hours on high in slow cooker. Or in 325F oven for 2 hours or until
potatoes are tender. Serves 6. Calories 284.1, Fat 13.4
EAT-L Digest 16 July 96
From the EAT-L recipe list.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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