As a philosophical idea, God’s decreeing of a thing has dominance over His seeing a thing beforehand. Even though…the word foreknowledge is more than pre-sight, we nonetheless cannot disregard the verity that God sees all things beforehand. Thus God’s seeing all things has forever been a reality to Him, and God’s determining all things has also been forever. These two have had eternal origins. As long as He has decreed, He has known; and as long as He has known, He has decreed. So, in one sense, we cannot put one philosophical idea ahead of the other in terms of time. Yet we can put one above the other in terms of dominance. If God has seen and determined at the same time, we cannot make His decreeing subservient to His knowing. The reason one is preceding the other in terms of force (not time) is that determination is a willful act of God, whereas seeing is a passive act. God cannot help but see all, but He wills to decree. Therefore what He determines, He sees; and what He sees, is determined. The force of decreeing a thing dominates the seeing.

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Cream Cheese
1	pk	Ranch Party Dip(Dry mix)
		Black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Soften cheese at room temp. Mix in party dip mix until very well blended.
Shape into a ball and roll in black pepper to coat. Chill until firm. Serve
with crakers.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #306 by Bill & Nancy Read
<BNRead@Worldnet.att.net> on Nov 26, 1997

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