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

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Mexican	Sauce	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	cn	(28-oz) whole tomatoes
1	cn	(6-oz) tomato paste (up to)
4		Onions; finely chopped
1/2	md	Bell pepper; diced
4		Jalapeno peppers from a can or bottle; finely chopped (use gloves!)
3	tb	Juice from Jalapeno can/bottle
1/2	oz	Tabasco sauce
1	tb	Crushed red pepper
3/4	c	Cold water

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Pour the can of whole tomatoes into a large bowl, along with their
juice. Chop the tomatoes into small pieces.
2. Add all the other ingredients, blending well.  Store in a glass
container in the refrigerator. You must use glass because the acid in the
peppers will react with metal or plastic. Makes about 6 cups. Serving size
(for nutritional analysis purposes only!): 1 Tablespoon Nutritional
analysis per serving:  4 calories, 0 cholesterol, 0 dietary fiber, 0 fat, 2
milligrams sodium My substitutions and alterations:
1.  Substitute equivalent amount of FRESH tomatoes for canned tomatoes.
Remove skin from tomato if you like.  I used beefsteak tomatoes from my
garden and they made this recipe simply delicious!
2.  Substitute fresh jalapenos for canned/bottled.  You will still need
juice from canned/bottled jalapenos though.
3.  Omit the 3/4 cup water, especially if using FRESH tomatoes.
4.  Give the salsa extra pizzazz by adding more jalapeno, crushed pepper
and/or tabasco. JLobdell@doc.gov
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