God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Arminianism is thus guilty of confusing doctrines and of acting as an obstruction to a clear and lucid grasp of the Scripture; because it mis-states or ignores the eternal purpose of God, it dislocates the meaning of the whole plan of redemption. Indeed confusion is inevitable apart from this foundational truth.
The redemption of an eternal soul is one sale that I, in my own strength, cannot accomplish. I need to know that, not so that I won’t preach the Gospel, but so that I won’t allow my presentation of the Gospel to be molded by what I think will finally get a response and close a sale. Instead of using all my powers to convict and change the sinner, while God stands back as a gentleman quietly waiting for the spiritual corpse, His declared spiritual enemy, to invite Him into his heart, I’m going to preach the Gospel like a gentleman, trying to persuade but knowing that I can’t convict and convert and change the sinner. Then we’ll see clearly just who can really call the dead to life.
By way of thanks, I'm including a really popular recipe from here in Medina
County, Texas, for Parisa (kind of a steak tartar variation).
Parisa is an Alsatian dish brought over by the Europeans who settled my
adopted part of the world in the 1840's. It's very popular as a cracker
spread (just regular saltines), and no party or gathering around these
parts is complete without dried sausage slices, bastada (sour pork meat
pie), parisa, cheese, crackers and lots of cold frosty beer to wash it all
down!
Parisa was an acquired taste for me, but my children, who have grown up on
it, will eat it with a fork minus crackers almost anytime of day (but not
with beer ;-))
Mix beef, cheese, onion and peppers. Add salt, pepper and lime juice to
taste; mix again. Keep covered in refrigerator until ready to serve, about
3-4 hours. (The oldtimers around here say that the lime juice "cooks" the
meat. I've never known anyone to get ill from eating parisa -- unless they
drank too much beer!!!)
*some people leave out the peppers entirely, but most around here
(especially my husband and his family) like it really "hot" -- makes the
cold beer just that much more important! I guess it's the strong Hispanic
influence (we're only 50 miles from Mexico). Posted to EAT-L Digest 11 Mar
97 by Cheryl Zinsmeyer <MaeWestern@AOL.COM> on Mar 12, 1997
A Message from our Provider:
“Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts. #Andrew Murray”
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