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The word “transformed” in 2 Corinthians 3:18 is from the Greek verb “metamorphoo.” It is where we derive our English word, “metamorphosis.” When I think of a metamorphosis, I think of a butterfly. Before Christ, you lived for self. You were a slave to sin and Satan and your spiritual state in the eyes of God was like an ugly caterpillar. But due to Christ’s work on the cross, you are now a beautiful butterfly in His eyes. And while that is your nature positionally before Him, you have the ability with Him to be transformed practically to be more like Him too. As God is the epitome of moral beauty, His children should (should I say “will”) be growing into that beauty as we behold our God and undergo an ongoing beautiful metamorphosis by the power of the Holy Spirit. Practically speaking, all Christians are moving from an ugly caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly as they mature in their faith.

Randy Smith

But why is faith the means of justification? Simply because it is the action of union with Jesus Christ. Faith is our coming to Him, our trusting Him, our resting in Him. The moment we are united to Him, we are immediately endowed with all that He has secured for us. We are immediately justified before we have done a single good deed, because we are His and He is God's. Just as a very poor woman is a very poor woman until the very moment that she marries a wealthy man. But at the moment that she becomes his wife, she becomes a wealthy woman. It is by means of her acceptance that she becomes a wealthy woman, but her acceptance does not make her a wealthy woman; it is her husband's wealth that makes her so. So faith does not justify; Christ justifies. But faith is the act of union with Christ.

John Gerstner

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

Baked Pineapple #4

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Dairy		Fruits	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Sugar
3/4	c	Flour
1	c	Grated cheese; (Cheddar)
1		Roll Ritz crackers; crushed
1		Stick margarine; melted
2	cn	Pineapple (1 tidbits and 1 crushed; 10 1/2 oz.)

INSTRUCTIONS

Pour both cans pineapple in 8 x 12-inch dish (one drained, one not
drained). Mix together flour and sugar; sprinkle over pineapple. Spread
shredded cheese over flour sugar mixture. Pour crushed crackers over all.
Pour melted margarine over crackers. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30
minutes.
Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary" <diane@keyway.net> on Feb 23,
1998

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