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Do you want to go to heaven? I mean, do you really want to go to heaven? Let’s remember that heaven is a place of perfect holiness. That means as we delight in beholding God’s glory now, it is as if we are, 2 Corinthians 3:18, “beholding [Him] as if in a mirror.” Heaven will be direct exposure to the fullness of His glory. Why there and not here? Because we still have sin. Yet the split second Christians die, they are instantly transformed to be as righteous as Christ. Now we are declared as perfectly righteous as Christ. Then we will be made as perfectly righteous as Christ. If you are in Christ, this will be your state into all of eternity. Therefore I have to make the two following conclusions: One, we can think of our time here on earth as we are being made more holy like God only as preparation for our future existence with Him. And two, if you really want to go to heaven and be as holy as God throughout all of eternity, isn’t it safe to assume you’d desire it right now as well?

Randy Smith

We Love God!

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Trout Temptation

January 25, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Trout fillets; (up to 2)
1	tb	Lemon juice
2	tb	Tarragon vinegar
2	tb	Chicken bouillon
1	sl	White toast; cubed
1/4	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Pepper
1	ts	Dehydrated onion flakes

INSTRUCTIONS

(Friends and Neighbors Cookbook)
Place trout in baking dish. Cover with lemon juice and vinegar. Marinate
for 2 to 3 hours. Mix together bouillon, toast, salt and pepper. Pour over
fish. Sprinkle onion flakes on top of the fish and garnish with lemon
slices. Bake in 400 degree oven for about 20-30 minutes or until fish
flakes.
Posted to EAT-L Digest  by Diane Mansfield <dianelm@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> on Feb
4, 1998

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