God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
The ultimate cause of all spiritual depression is unbelief. For if it were not for unbelief even the devil could do nothing. It is because we listen to the devil instead of listening to God that we go down before him and fall before his attacks. That is why this psalmist keeps on saying to himself: “Hope thou in God for I shall yet praise Him…” He reminds himself of God. Why? Because he was depressed and had forgotten God, so that his faith and his unbelief in God and in God’s power, and in his relationship to God, were not what they ought to be. We can indeed sum it all up by saying that the final and ultimate cause is just sheer unbelief.
The invitation system harmonizes with certain features in our psychological make-up leaves it open to serious objections. These critics argue that the way conversions are produced under this system by a pressure on the will is little different from the way in which “conversions” which make no claim to be Christian at all often take place. The “conditioning” of a large crowd of people in a controlled environment, with methods of persuasive suggestion leading to a demand for a public response – an emotional release – is psychologically certain, they say, to provide results regardless of whether the crowd meets in the name of religion, entertainment or politics.
Combine all ingredients in container of an electric blender; cover and
process until smooth. Serve immediately. Yield: 2-1/2 cups (serving size:
1-1/4 cups).
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #132 by Sarah Gruenwald <sitm@ekx.infi.net>
on May 12, 1997
A Message from our Provider:
“Do not look to your hope, but to Christ, the source of your hope. #Charles Spurgeon”
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