The government is called by God to punish evil, protect the innocent and reward good. But we all know there have been many regimes throughout history that have done just the opposite. They have punished good, hurt the innocent and rewarded evil. What God intended for good actually becomes the enemy of the people and often the church. Jesus in speaking of world leaders in the finals days said, “Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name” (Matt. 24:9). So is the institution of government bad? How do we view bad governments? This is a dilemma. The great theologian Augustine said that government is a necessary evil and that it is necessary because of evil. And most theologians in the history of the church have said that human evil is the reason even corrupt government is better than no government at all. Because it is run by sinful man, government will never ultimately be what God commands. Even the Kings in Israel and Judah barely got it right. However, because we are sinful, if government was removed there would be little restraining us from total anarchy. James Madison put it this way, “If men were angels there would be no need for government.”

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables		Bread machi, Breads	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Yeast
3/8	c	Buckwheat flour
2 5/8		Bread flour
3/4	c	Applesauce
1 1/2		Tblsp vegetable oil
1 1/2	ts	Salt
3/4	c	Water; Adjust To Your Needs

INSTRUCTIONS

throw in and bake
for 2 cup bread makers - but I've adjusted them for 3 cups.
From "Blue Ribbon Breads", by May Ward and Carol Stine, published by
Hodgson Mill.
Jan From: tessi!uunet!mailrus!uflorida!rm1!jan (Jan Cranny)
From: Bread-Bakers Archives: ftp.best.com/pub/reggie/archives/bread/recipe

A Message from our Provider:

“Gratitude is our ability to see the grace of GOD, morning by morning, no matter what else greets us in the course of the day.”

Do you believe the Bible? Then depend upon it, hell is eternal. It must be eternal, or words have no meaning at all. “Forever and ever,” “everlasting,” “unquenchable,” “never-dying” all these are expressions used about hell, and expressions that cannot be explained away. It must be eternal, or the very foundations of heaven are cast down. If hell has an end, heaven has an end too. They both stand or fall together. It must be eternal, or every doctrine of the gospel is undermined. If a man may escape hell at length without faith in Christ, or sanctification of the Spirit, sin is no longer an infinite evil, and there was no such great need of Christ’s making an atonement. And where is the warrant for saying that hell can ever change a heart, or make it fit for heaven? It must be eternal, or hell would cease to be hell altogether. Give a man hope, and he will bear anything. Grant a hope of deliverance, however distant, and hell is but a drop of water.

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