The issue is not the skill of the one proclaiming the message, the packaging of the message, or the technique used in proclaiming it. The issue is the condition of the hearer. Jesus illustrated that principle in the parable of the sower. The same message (the seed) is proclaimed by the same individual (the sower); the only variable is the condition of the four soils. What is essential for the messengers of the gospel is not cleverness but clarity. Only God can open the sin-blinded eyes of those who are “dead in [their] trespasses and sins” (Eph. 2:1; cf. v. 5; Matt. 8:22; Eph. 4:18).

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
			100	Servings

INGREDIENTS

100

SYRUP; MAPLE 1-1/2 OZ

INSTRUCTIONS

Recipe Number: X60407
SERVING SIZE: 1 PACKAGE
From the <Army Master Recipe Index File> (actually used today!).
Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

A Message from our Provider:

“God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless. #Chester W. Nimitz”