When Jesus commands us to be perfect as our Father in heaven is perfect (Matt. 5:48), this simply shows that God’s own absolute moral purity is the standard toward which we are to aim and the standard for which God holds us accountable. The fact that we are unable to attain that standard does not mean that it will be lowered; rather, it means that we need God’s grace and forgiveness to overcome our remaining sin. Similarly, when Paul commands the Corinthians to make holiness perfect in the fear of the Lord (2 Cor. 7:1), or prays that God would sanctify the Thessalonians wholly (1 Thess. 5:23), he is pointing to the goal that he desires them to reach. He does not imply that any reach it, but only that this is the high moral standard toward which God wants all believers to aspire.

Wayne Grudem

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy			16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/3	c	Shortening
1 3/4	c	All-purpose flour*
2 1/2	ts	Baking powder
3/4	ts	Salt
3/4	c	Milk
1/3	c	Butter or margarine

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 450 F. Cut shortening into flour, baking powder and salt with
pastry blender until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in just enough
milk so dough leaves side of bowl and rounds up into a hail. (Too much milk
makes dough sticky; not enough milk makes biscuits dry.)
Heat 1/3 cup margarine or butter in baking pan, 9x9x2 inches, in oven until
melted; remove from oven. Roll dough into 8-inch square. Cut dough into
halves; cut each half into eight 1-inch strips. Dip strips into margarine,
coating all sides. Arrange strips in 2 rows in pan. Bake until golden
brown, about 15 minutes. 16 sticks.
*If using self-rising flour, omit baking powder and salt.
Recipe by: Betty Crocker's Best of Baking
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #984 by "M. Hicks" <nitro_ii@email.msn.com>
on Jan 4, 1998

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