By making election conditional upon something that man does, even if what he does is simply to repent and believe the gospel, God’s grace is seriously compromised. To say that something is done by grace is simply to say it is done by God. If salvation is from beginning to end a manifestation of God’s grace then it is from beginning to end a work of God. To inject any human effort or contribution whatsoever is to reject divine grace. Either election is unconditional and altogether of God and His grace or it is conditional and therefore a cooperative venture in which God and man both contribute.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Sami	Digest, July, Mcdougall/c, Fatfree	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/3	c	Balsamic vinegar
1	tb	Soy sauce
2	tb	Water
2	tb	Fresh basil, chopped fine
2		Cloves garlic, chopped fine
1	tb	Onion, chopped fine
1/2	ts	Black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine in a jar, shake, and allow to sit, preferably overnight.  The salad
will also be improved if it is dressed and allowed to sit for several
hours, which is good, since there is a lot of it!
From:"Anne.Cox" <[email protected]>. Fatfree Digest [Volume 9 Issue 32] July
23, 1994. Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34, [email protected] using
MMCONV
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/fatfreex.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“Luke 1:44 – Life Begins at Conception.”

The properties of God's decrees: 1. They are eternal. God makes no decrees in time, but they were all from eternity. If the divine decrees were not eternal, God would not be most perfect and unchangeable, but, like weak man, should take new counsels, and would be unable to tell everything that were to come to pass (Eph. 1:4). 2. They are most wise. God cannot properly deliberate or take counsel, as men do; for He sees all things together and at once. Nothing is determined that could have been better determined (Rom. 11:33). 3. They are free. [They depend] on no other, but all flowing from the mere pleasure of His own will. He has made no decrees suspended on any condition without Himself (Rom. 11:34). 4. They are unchangeable. God's decrees are constant; and He by no means alters His purpose, as men do (Psm. 33:1). 5. They are most holy and pure (1 Jn. 1:5). 6. They are effectual. Whatsoever God decrees comes to pass infallibly (Isa. 46.10).

Thomas Boston