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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

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

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Clam And Olive Dip

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood, Dairy		Dips, Seafood	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Black olives, drained
1		Chopped or minced clams
		drained
1	pt	Sour cream
		Salt
		Powdered garlic
		Cayenne pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Open can of olives.  Eat a handful, just to make sure. Eat a few  more.
As long as you leave at least half the can, you've got enough.  Chop
them up. Add the chopped olives to the rest of the ingredients,  stir,
and chill for 2    hours before serving.  Quantities on the spices are
left to you.  Btw, if you have never tried cream cheese and chopped
olive  sandwiches, let me recommend them.  Soften a package of cream
cheese,  add small can chopped olives and a teaspoon or so of lemon
juice.  Stir well and spread. Gutsy eaters add turkey.  From Gemini's
MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 185 Calories From Fat: 153 Total Fat: 17.6g Cholesterol: 39.9mg Sodium: 404.1mg Potassium: 225.1mg Carbohydrates: 5.6g Fiber: 2g Sugar: 2.4g Protein: 3.3g