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Nine serious errors of teaching affirming a “carnal Christian”: 1. The “carnal Christian” doctrine depends upon a wrong interpretation and application of 1 Corinthians 3:1-4. 2. The “carnal Christian” teaching divides the two basic blessings of the new covenant [forgiveness of sins and a new heart] because it denies that one of them is experienced by all true Christians. 3. This teaching does not distinguish between true, saving faith and the spurious belief mentioned in John 2:23-24; 12:42-43; Luke 8:13 and Acts 8:12-23. 4. The “carnal Christian” teaching lies in its virtual exclusion of repentance from the conversion experience. This is implied by the suggestion that the “carnal Christian” has not changed in practice but lives and acts just like the natural man. 5. The three-class theory is prone to give assurance to those who were never really converted. 6. The fruits of this teaching are not new to Christianity even though the teaching appears on the present scene under a new mask (see Romans 6:1-2). 7. “Carnal Christian” teaching is the mother of many second work-of-grace errors in that it depreciates the biblical conversion experience by implying that the change in the converted sinner may amount to little or nothing. 8. The “carnal Christian” teaching is also the mother of one of the most soul-destroying teaching of our day. It suggests that you can take Jesus as your Savior and yet treat obedience to His lordship as optional. 9. This teaching breeds Pharisaism in the so-called “spiritual Christians” who have measured up to some man-made standard of spirituality. There ought to be no professed “spiritual Christians,” much less “super-spiritual” ones!
Ernest Reisinger

Use self-control! Here are two pitfalls that most of us fall into in this regard. One is we let the individual take us off the main point. Maybe it's the scoffer: “What about those who never heard the Gospel?” “Where did Cain get his wife?” Maybe it’s the person that just wants to share unrelated stories. You need self-control to prevent yourself from going down rabbit trails that will take you away from the four core elements of the Gospel (God-Man-Christ-Response). Second, you will need self-control to avoid getting emotional, angry, discouraged, frustrated or offended. Oftentimes these conversations can get very sensitive. You need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and produce the fruit of self-control even if the other person has lost his. Don’t let their spirit dictate your spirit.
Randy Smith

    • Eggplant With Tomato-Mint Sauce And Goat Cheese

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    Vegetables, Eggs, Dairy Georgian Ethnic, Georgian, Vegetable 4 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    2 Eggplants lg, trimmed cut 1/2"-thick rounds
    1 1/2 tb Olive oil
    Non-stick veg. oil spray
    1/2 c Chopped onion
    2 Garlic cloves, minced
    4 Italian-style tomatoes stewed & peeled
    3 tb Chopped fresh mint
    1/2 ts Dried oregano
    1/2 c Crumbled soft fresh goat cheese(feta)
    8 Fresh basil leaves, chopped

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Preheat oven to 500°F. Spray 2 large baking sheets with oil spray.
Arrange eggplant rounds on prepared sheets; brush lightly with 1
tablespoon oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake 10 minutes. Turn
rounds over and bake until tender and golden, about 10 minutes
longer. Remove from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Heat
remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil in medium nonstick skillet over medium
heat. Add onion; saut. until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and
stir 1 minute. Season with salt & pepper. Add tomatoes with their
juices, mint & oregano and simmer until sauce thickens & is reduced
to 1 3/4 cups, breaking up tomatoes with back of spoon, about
20    minutes. Spoon half of tomato sauce into shallow 2-quart
baking dish. Arrange eggplant rounds atop sauce, overlapping
slightly. Spoon remaining sauce over. Sprinkle cheese over. Bake
until heated through, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with basil. ORIGIN:
Irina Kavelenkova, Tbilisi-Georgia, circa 1997 From: Dr. Donald R.
Houston
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #16 by docdonald@worldnet.att.net on May 17,
1999

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