Now if you have a problem matching up that sovereignty of God with human responsibility, admit that you don't know everything and the problem is solved. Because I also know that the gospel extends to the end of the earth and Jesus was the one who said, 'Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I'll give you rest.' We understand the gospel invitation. We understand the call. We understand the tears of Jesus over those who wouldn't come. We understand the responsibility of the sinner who rejects the gospel and perishes and he is being punished for his own choice. We understand that. How that harmonizes with this doctrine, I do not understand. I may never understand it even in eternity because I will never be God. But I will let God be God and I will not redefine God on my terms… I also understand at the same time that God holds every sinner responsible for their own rejection and gives them the opportunity to receive Him. And it makes perfect sense to Him though it's apparently paradoxical to me. But I will not err on the severe side of diminishing the sovereignty of God by eliminating this glorious truth.

John MacArthur

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	Italian	Poultry, Bbq/grill	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Barbecue sauce
1/2	c	Italian dressing
2 1/2	lb	Fryer-broiler chicken

INSTRUCTIONS

Mix sauce and dressing. Place chicken, skin-side down, on greased grill
over low coals. Grill uncovered 50 to 60 minutes or untilk tender, brushing
frequently with sauce during last 30 minutes, turning occasionally.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #654 by Diana Stephens
<mdstephe@ix.netcom.com> on Jul 1, 1997

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“The Wages of Sin is Death. Repent Before Payday”

Many of us would agree with Peter when he says that parts of Paul’s letters are hard to understand! And there are difficulties and apparent discrepancies in other parts of the Bible too. On this matter of discrepancies, I remember reading something written by an old seventeenth-century Puritan named William Bridge. He said that harping on discrepancies shows a very bad heart, adding: “For a godly man, it should be as it was with Moses. When a godly man sees the Bible and secular data apparently at odds, well, he does as Moses did when he saw an Egyptian fighting an Israelite: he kills the Egyptian. He discounts the secular testimony, knowing God’s Word to be true. But when he sees an apparent inconsistency between two passages of Scripture, he does as Moses did when he found two Israelites quarreling: he tries to reconcile them. He says, ‘Aha, these are brethren, I must make peace between them.’ And that’s what the godly man does.”

J.I. Packer