Consequences of legalism: 1. Keeps people distanced and alienated from God. Afraid of God, the taskmaster. Afraid of God’s rejection. No assurance or security. 2. Guilt, condemnation (Rom. 8:1), accusation, disapproval (both objective and subjective). 3. Defeat, despair, frustration, futility. “It’s a losing battle. I can never do enough, be good enough, do it right and perfect as expected.” Burned out! 4. Self-destructive behavior; self-belittling, sense of worthlessness, low personal concept of oneself. 5. Hypocrisy. Play-acting; role-playing; lip-service (Matt. 15:8, 9). Contrived piety, perfunctory performance, pretense, ostentation. 6. Minimalization. What do I have to do to get by, to side-step the rules? 7. Impersonalization; shallow personal relationships because they relate to law rather that to Person of Jesus Christ and other persons.

James Fowler

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Greek	Greek, Syrup	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Water
1/2	c	Sugar
1 1/2	tb	Lemon juice
1	ts	Rose water or rum extract

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine water and sugar in small saucepan. Bring to boil, then simmer
until syrupy, about 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and rose water.
Cool completely.
From Tuscon area newspapers, 1994, 3rd quarter, courtest Mike Orchekowski.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/tn-94q3.zip

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