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The Westminster Shorter Catechism answers the fourteenth question, “What is sin?” by the response, “Sin is any want of conformity to, or transgression of, the law of God.” Here we see sin described both in terms of passive and active disobedience. We speak of sins of commission and sins of omission. When we fail to do what God requires, we see this lack of conformity to His will. But not only are we guilty of failing to do what God requires, we also actively do what God prohibits. Thus, sin is a transgression against the law of God.

R.C. Sproul

Unbeknownst to the people of Moses’ day (it was a ‘mystery’), marriage was designed by God from the beginning to be a picture or parable of the relationship between Christ and the church. Back when God was planning what marriage would be like, He planned it for this great purpose: it would give a beautiful earthly picture of the relationship that would someday come about between Christ and His church. This was not known to people for many generations, and that is why Paul can call it a ‘mystery.’ But now in the New Testament age Paul reveals this mystery, and it is amazing. This means that when Paul wanted to tell the Ephesians about marriage, he did not just hunt around for a helpful analogy and suddenly think that “Christ and the church” might be a good teaching illustration. No, it was much more fundamental than that: Paul saw that when God designed the original marriage, He already had Christ and the church in mind. This is one of God’s great purposes in marriage: to picture the relationship between Christ and His redeemed people forever! (George Knight)

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Larb (savory Chopped Pork Salad)

January 29, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Seafood	Thai		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Ground lean pork, you could
		substitute ground chicken
		or beef
1/2	c	Water
2	T	Lime juice
2	T	Pan-roasted rice of dry
		crumbs or bread crumbs
1/2		Ground chili pepper
2	T	Thinly sliced shallots
2		Spring onions, cut thin
1		Coriander plant, chopped
		can use stems
2	T	Fish sauce
1/2	c	Mint leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

Stir the pork in boiled water until done. (This keeps it from
burning.) Remove the pork from water.  Mix the pan-roasted rice or
bread crumbs, ground chili, shallot,  spring onions and coriander stems
or root. Season to taste with the  fish sauce and the lime juice.
Sprinkle with mint leaves and serve  with yard-long beans, cabbage,
shallots and spring onions. You can  fold the larb salad into a little
cabbage package and serve as a  mini-sandwich or tiny Thai taco.
Posted to FOODWINE Digest 25 Jan 97 by "Ted D. Conley"
<tedconley@EARTHLINK.NET> on Jan 25, 1997.

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