No matter how pious legalism appears on the outside, it dishonors God by revealing a deep-seated distrust of God. Stop and think about it for a minute. Why do men insist upon putting agreements in writing? Why are legal contracts necessary? For only one reason – men are fallible. At best, we tend to forget the things we have committed to do. At worst, we never intended to do them in the first place. A legal contract gives one man a basis for forcing another to do what he has promised. Do you really believe God is so unreliable that we must create a contract which binds Him? All of the biblical covenants are those which were initiated by God, not man. And most of these covenants are unconditional; that is, they are not conditioned by any action on man’s part, but only on the faithfulness of God Himself. Legalism by its very nature implies that God is so untrustworthy that we must be sure to get it down in contractual form. Far better it is to leave blessings in the hand of the One who is gracious.

Bob Deffinbaugh

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables		Appetizers, Vegetables	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8	tb	Deviled ham
3	tb	Mayonnaise
1/2	ts	Minced onion
4	lg	Tomatoes
		Parsley

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine the ham, mayonnaise and onion.  Rinse, dry and cut each tomato into
four 1/4 inch crosswise slices. Spread deviled ham mixture on half the
tomato slices and top each with a second tomato slice to make sandwiches.
Garnish with mayonnaise and a sprig of parsley and serve as a first course.
Serves 8  Typed in MMFormat by cjhartlin@msn.com Source: The Culinary Arts
Cookbook.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "Cindy Hartlin" <cjhartlin@email.msn.com>
on Apr 19, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“People ignore God and then blame him for the chaos that results”