All people freely and voluntarily and willingly reject the gospel because it is their heart’s desire to do so. A person’s freedom consists in the ability to act according to one’s desires and inclinations without being compelled to do otherwise by something or someone external to himself. So long as one’s choice is the voluntary fruit of one’s desire, the will is free. This is what I mean when I say, “Yes, all people are free moral agents.” On the other hand, to say that a person has free will is to say that he has equal ability or power to accept or reject the gospel. It is to say that he is as able to believe as to disbelieve, and that this ability springs from his own making and is native to him notwithstanding his fallen and sinful state. If this is what you mean when you ask me, “Is man free?” my answer, or rather, the answer of the Bible, is “No.” A man’s will is the extension and invariable expression of his nature. As he is, so he wills. A man is no more free to act or to will or to choose contrary to his nature than an apple tree is free to produce acorns.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Mexican	Vegetables, Relish, Mexican	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

15	oz	Black Beans; Canned, *
3/4	c	Tomato; Finely Chopped,1 med
1		Serrano Chile; **
1/2	c	Red Bell Pepper; Chopped
1/4	c	Red Onion; Finely Chopped
2	tb	White Wine Vinegar
1	tb	Vegetable Oil
1/4	ts	Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

*    Black beans should be canned and they should be rinsed and drained. **
Serrano chile should be seeded and finely chopped.
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Mix all ingredients.  Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
Makes about 2 1/2 cups relish.
Miscellaneous recipes from the collection of Mike Orchekowski.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mo-misc.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.”

That none of you can be pastors without the loving consent of the flock; and therefore this will be to you a practical indicator if not a correct one. If your call from the Lord be a real one you will not long be silent. As surely as the man wants his hour, so surely the hour wants its man. The church of God is always urgently in need of living ministers; to her a man is always more precious than the gold of Ophir. Formal officials do lack and suffer hunger, but the anointed of the Lord need never be without a charge, for there are quick ears which will know them by their speech, and ready hearts to welcome them to their appointed place. Be fit for your work, and you will never be out of it. Do not run about inviting yourselves to preach here and there; be more concerned about your ability than your opportunity, and more earnest about your walk with God than about either. The sheep will know the God-sent shepherd; the porter of the fold will open to you, and the flock will know your voice.

C.H. Spurgeon