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

The Bible presupposes a love of self, a desire to experience pleasure and avoid pain, as inherent in the human makeup and as the ground of ethical imperatives. For example, loving ourselves is often used as a criterion in Scripture for the love of others (Mt. 19:19; Eph. 5:28). It is an assumed fact that we do love ourselves, and it is not evil to do so if it is done rightly… Thus Christianity, far from denigrating human worth, actually presupposes it in some of its fundamental teachings. Yet something has tragically blighted and twisted love of self into a gross perversion of God’s intent for His creatures. The fall of the human race into sin caused love of self to become mere selfishness. What was lost was a focus outside the self – that is, a love of God that gave it control and benevolence.

John Hannah

Since God made man like Himself, man’s dominion over the world and his filling the world is a display-an imaging forth-of God. God's aim, therefore, was that man would so act that he mirror forth God, who has ultimate dominion. Man is given the exalted status of image-bearer not so he would become arrogant and autonomous (as he tried to do in the fall), but so he would reflect the glory of His Maker whose image he bears. God's purpose in creation, therefore, was to fill the earth with his own glory. This is made clear, for example, in Numbers 14:21, where the Lord says, “All the earth shall be full of the glory of the Lord,” and in Isaiah 43:7, where the Lord refers to his people as those “whom I created for my glory.”

John Piper

We Love God!

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

Southwestern Marinated Beef With Spicy Salsa

January 29, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Barbeque, Beef	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Olive oil
1/2	c	Vinegar, malt
1/2	c	Red wine
1	T	Fresh rosemary, chopped
1 1/2	t	Fresh thyme, chopped
1	t	Fresh oregano, chopped
1	T	Crushed red pepper
1 1/2	t	Garlic, chopped
1/4	c	Dijon mustard

INSTRUCTIONS

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 981 Calories From Fat: 958 Total Fat: 108.8g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 193.4mg Potassium: 83.2mg Carbohydrates: 4g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: <1g