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All that the old covenant was ever intended to do was to drive men to despair and then the despair to plead for mercy and grace from a kind and loving God... When an Old Testament person saw the Law for what it really was, a ministry of condemnation, a ministry of death, and when they were slain, as it were, and when they feared hell, and when they realized their sinfulness, and when the Law had done its work and they had a repentant heart and they came to God and pleaded for mercy and pleaded for grace and pleaded for forgiveness which they didn't deserve but which they pled for, and God in grace looked at them and forgave them, that work of transformation that occurred there was the Spirit of God's work. And He was applying the new covenant work of Christ retroactively to that penitent sinner. But it was the Spirit's work. Salvation any time whether in the Old Testament or the New Testament under the old covenant or the new covenant was, is, always will be the work of the Spirit who is none other than the Lord. And isn't it marvelous, the same God who wrote the Law is the same God who liberates the repentant sinner from the bondage of the Law?

John MacArthur

A question frequently asked in Christian relationships is, How far can we go physically? This question is really asking, How close can we get to the line without crossing over into sin? By contrast, the chastity principle asks, How pure and holy can I be? Sex is God's wedding gift, and He does not want it to be opened early! Avoid behavior you would one day regret if your relationship were to be broken off. The safest approach is to treat the person you are dating as if he or she might be someone else's spouse (cf. 1Thes. 4:3-7) (Rick Holland).

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Karen Butler’s Pumpkin Walnut Bread

January 28, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Breads, Cakes, Desserts	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

cups sifted flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp
grated nutmeg 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 cup chopped walnuts 2 eggs well  beaten
1/2 cup milk 1 cup sugar 1 cup canned pumpkin 1/4 cup (1/2  stick)
butter or margerine, melted  Sift flour, baking powder, soda, salt,
nutmeg, cinnamon onto wax  paper 2. Beat eggs, milk, sugar, pumpkin &
butter in large bowl. 3.  Stir in dry ingredients 4. Fold in walnuts 5.
Spoon onto greased 9 x  3 x 3 loaf pan 6. Bake in 350 oven for 55
minutes or until toothpick  comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes & remove.
Cool completely & wrap in  foil.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster
collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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