God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Where there is no sanctification of life, there is no real faith in Christ. True faith works by love. It constrains a man to live unto the Lord from a deep sense of gratitude for redemption. It makes him feel that he can never do too much for Him that died for him. Being much forgiven, he loves much. He whom the blood cleanses, walks in the light. He who has real lively hope in Christ, purifies himself even as He is pure… The faith which has not a sanctifying influence on the character is no better than the faith of devils.
Why is the wife in marriage required to be the one who submits (Eph. 5, Col. 3, Tit. 2, 1 Pet. 3)? Because God set it up this way, based on the order of creation (1 Timothy 2) and ultimately to show the primary purpose on marriage. Marriage is to be a visual picture of the Gospel. Sex before marriage is wrong because we do not have intimacy with Christ until covenant. Adultery is wrong because we are to be entirely devoted to Christ and not other idols. Divorce is wrong because God would never leave us nor would we ever want to leave Him. We are one flesh in marriage to show the oneness we have with Christ – Him in us, us in Him. We leave our parents and cleave to our spouse to show how we leave the world and cleave to Christ. Marriage is between one man and one woman to show the marriage between Christ and His bride. And we have God designed roles in marriage whereby the husband would show Christ by leading through example and sacrificial love and the wife would show the bride of Christ (the church) by trusting her husband’s spiritual leadership for her well-being. After a lengthy discourse on the marital roles, Paul in Ephesians 5 makes the point clear in verse 32. “This mystery is great [marriage]; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. It’s all Gospel-centered.
For crust: mix flour, pecans and margarine. Press into 9x13 pan and bake at
350 for 15-20 minutes. For filling: Cream pkg of cream cheese adding
powdered sugar. In another bowl, mix 2 envelopes Dream whip according to
direction on box. Fold in cream cheese mixture. Spread on cooled crust. Top
with Blueberry Pie Filling. Chill.
Copied from the files of Dianne Waller.
Recipe by: Willodeane Davis Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange
Newsletter by Dianne Waller <dwaller@frontier.gulf.net> on Aug 18, 1997
A Message from our Provider:
“Faith without works is empty – and vica versa.”
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