God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Abuses of fasting:
1. Any attempt to earn God’s blessing through fasting is clearly in contradiction to the scriptural teaching that Jesus’ death and resurrection is the ground for every spiritual blessing. Fasting is the humble response that puts us in a place to receive the life and victory Jesus has won for us.
2. One should never view fasting as a substitute for repentance and obedience. To do so turns fasting into a form of penance (cf. Isaiah 59:1-22).
3. To use [fasting as a means] to impress others. This is clearly what Jesus forbids in Matthew 6:18. The question is not so much whether others know about our fast but rather why we want them to know about it. The Scriptures make reference to corporate fasts, and thus fasting is not always a private matter.
4. [When we use fasting] to belittle the kind gifts of God. While on the one hand we can fall in love with the gift of food and not the Giver, on the other hand we can fail to enjoy the food with the taste buds that He provided and glory in our will power.
We know our sin brings personal consequences, but let’s remember it also affects others. You are part of a body. You sin, others in the church are hurt. Yet most of all, it affects how other people think about Christ. The stakes cannot be higher regarding the need for your personal moral integrity. Our entire life must be seen in the light of the Gospel’s proclamation through Christlike personal transformation.
Finely chopped parsley, green peppers & green onions
Pita bread
INSTRUCTIONS
Wash eggplant & pierce at intervals with a fork. Set on a baking dish &
broil close to heat for 20 minutes. Peel & sprinkle quickly with half the
lemon juice. Cool & chop finely. Using a small bowl, combine the remaining
ingredients. Stir into eggplant & refrigerate. Can be frozen at this
point. Serve trimmed with parsley, green peppers & green onion with pita.
"The Hamilton Spectator", July 1993
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini
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