The people of the covenant in the Old Testament were made up of Israel according to the flesh – an ethnic, national, religious people containing “children of the flesh” and “children of God” [see Rom. 9:6-8; Gal. 4:22-28]. Therefore it was fitting that circumcision was given to all the children of the flesh. But the people of the new covenant, called the Church of Jesus Christ, is being built in a fundamentally different way. The church is not based on any ethnic, national distinctives but on the reality of faith alone, by grace alone in the power of the Holy Spirit. The Church is not a continuation of Israel as a whole; it is a continuation of the true Israel, the remnant – not the children of the flesh, but the children of promise. Therefore, it is not fitting that the children born merely according to the flesh receive the sign of the covenant, baptism.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Desserts	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3/4	oz	Box (cook and serve) chocolate pudding mix
2	oz	Semisweet chocolate; finely chopped
1 1/2	c	Milk plus 2 tablespoons
7	tb	Amaretto liqueur
1/2	c	Whipping cream; chilled
1	tb	Sugar
		Raspberries; optional
		Chocolate curls; optional

INSTRUCTIONS

Pour dry chocolate pudding mix into heavy saucepan. Add chopped semisweet
chocolate. Gradually mix in milk and 6 tablespoons amaretto liqueur. Stir
pudding over medium heat until chocolate melts and pudding comes to boil
and thickens. Divide pudding equally among four 3/4-cup ramekins or custard
cups. Refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour. (Can be prepared 1 day
ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.) Whip cream, sugar and remaining 1
tablespoon amaretto liqueur in small bowl until stiff peaks form. Top
chilled pudding with large dollop of whipped cream, then with raspberries
and chocolate curls, if desired.
Source:  Bon Appetit (4/95)
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "Robert Ellis" <rpearson@snowcrest.net> on
Nov 5, 1998

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