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Only the Christian gospel presents….a way in which justice and mercy kiss each other… First, Christianity confirms the fact that justice must be satisfied. Sin must be condemned according to its demerit. This means eternal doom. The sinner must be damned because God must be inexorably holy and just. His all-powerful Being must vindicate His all-holy Being. Christianity never compromises the ever-blessed purity and excellency of the divine nature. Second, Christianity alone finds a way to satisfy infinite justice and provide infinite mercy at the same time. What no other religion has dreamed of, Jesus Christ has accomplished. He underwent the infinite wrath of God against sin and lived to bestow His mercy on the damned sinners for whom He died. The infinite Son of God took upon Himself a human nature in which He underwent the full fury of the divine wrath. The omnipotent God satisfied His violated holiness by punishing sin completely in His blessed Son, who “became sin” for His people. The justice of God was vindicated in full in the substitute, His own Son, our Saviour dear. He survived that awful vengeance and rose victor over the grave by the power of His own divinity. Now He offers to every sin-sick and “pleasure” – burdened soul an everlasting mercy. Perfect mercy and perfect justice in the gospel of the crucified.

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God’s emotional life is infinitely complex beyond our ability to fully comprehend. For example, who can comprehend that the Lord hears in one moment of time the prayers of ten million Christians around the world, and sympathizes with each one personally and individually like a caring Father (as Hebrews 4:15 says He will), even though among those ten million prayers some are broken-hearted and some are bursting with joy? How can God weep with those who weep and rejoice with those who rejoice when they are both coming to Him at the same time – in fact are always coming to Him with no break at all? Or who can comprehend that God is angry at the sin of the world every day (Psalm 7:11), and yet every day, every moment, He is rejoicing with tremendous joy because somewhere in the world a sinner is repenting (Luke 15:7, 10, 23)? Who can comprehend that God continually burns with hot anger at the rebellion of the wicked, grieves over the unholy speech of his people (Ephesians 4:29-30), yet takes pleasure in them daily (Psalm 149:4), and ceaselessly makes merry over penitent prodigals who come home?

John Piper

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Double Choco-Cherry Rum Balls

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Cookies	54	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6	oz	Semisweet chocolate chips
3	tb	Light corn syrup
1/4	c	Rum
1/4	c	Ginger ale
8 1/2	oz	Chocolate wafers; crushed
1	c	Nuts; finely chopped
1/2	c	Powdered sugar
1/4	c	Maraschino cherries; chopped
		Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt chocolate. Stir in corn syrup, rum and ginger ale. In large bowl, mix
together the crumbs, nuts, powdered sugar and cherries. Add hocolate
mixture. Stir until well blended. Let stand 30 minutes. Shape into 1" balls
and roll in sugar.
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #953 by Nancy Berry <nlberry@prodigy.net> on
Dec 11, 1997

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