God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
There is a vast difference between such an affection and that selfish and unhallowed friendship to God which terminates on our own happiness as its supreme motive and end. If a man in his supposed love to God has no ultimate regard except to his own happiness, if he delights in God not for what He is but for what He is to him, in such a sentiment there is no moral virtue. There is indeed great love of self but no true love of God. But where the enmity of the carnal mind is slain, the soul is reconciled to the divine character as it is. God Himself in the fullness of His manifested glory becomes the object of devout and delighted contemplation. In his more favored hours, the views of a good man are in a great measure diverted from himself. As his thoughts glance toward the varied excellence of the deity, he scarcely stops to inquire whether the being whose character fills his mind and in comparison of whose dignity and beauty all things are atoms and vanity will extend his mercy to him. His soul cleaves to God and in the warmth and fervor of devout affection, he can often say, “Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none on the earth that I desire beside Thee, as the hart pants after the waterbrooks, so pants my soul after Thee, O God.”
Today, one of the greatest threats to evangelical preaching comes from the invasion of the church by Adler-Maslow, etc., self-image, self-worth dogmas. Passage after passage in the Bible has been distorted in order to conform to these teachings, with the result that you end up preaching man and his supposed worth rather than Christ. Sometimes that 'worth' has been seen as intrinsic, sometimes it has been considered to be the result of salvation.
Dried malagueta chiles, stems and seeds removed crushed, or substitute Piquin chiles
2
ts
Olive Oil
1
c
White rice
1/2
c
Boiling water
1 1/2
c
Coconut milk
INSTRUCTIONS
Saute the onion and chiles in the oil until the
onions are soft. Add the rice and continue to saute
until the rice turns opaque.
Combine the water and coconut milk and bring to a
boil. Add the rice mixture and bring back to a boil.
Lower the heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes or
until the rice is tender.
Remove the chiles and fluff the rice with a fork
before serving.
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