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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

When the law was written on tablets of stone, there was a significant weakness. The weakness of the Old Covenant was not in the law. The weakness of the Old Covenant was the people’s hearts. They couldn’t keep the law because they lacked two basic ingredients. Both of them interestingly were mentioned in the Old Testament when God used His prophets to speak while under the Old Covenant of the coming New Covenant. First, as God said through Jeremiah, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it” (Jer. 31:34). The writing of the law went from tablets of stone to tablets of human hearts (2 Cor. 3:3). And second, as God said through Ezekiel, “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances” (Eze. 36:27). We by far have greater power to obey the law with the fullness of the Holy Spirit dwelling within us as God says, “causing” us to obey. So there should be a radical difference between us and Israel. It’s not in the God we serve. It’s not in the desire to obey Him. It’s not in the faith of a Messiah to take away our sins. It’s not in a law that is given from God to be obeyed. It’s not even in a delight in that law. The difference is simply this. The Old Covenant is characterized by people who were stiff-necked and rebellious (Dt. 9:6; 10:16; 31:27), whereas the New Covenant is characterized by people who have soft hearts and the ability to obey.

Randy Smith

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Spaghetti Ice Cream

January 24, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Dairy		Cooper, Desserts, Fruits	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Vanilla ice cream
1/2	c	Strawberry topping
8		Whole strawberries

INSTRUCTIONS

Press ice cream through spatzle press, ricer, or colander into individual
bowls. Spoon or drizzle strawberry topping on top and add a couple of
strawberries to each serving. Looks like spaghetti - fun for kids to make.
Recipe by: Ramona Cooper
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1028 by Sewgoode <Sewgoode@aol.com> on Jan
21, 1998

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