Obedience is the fruit of the new birth. When a person has accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior, then God expects something of that person who is now His son. He expects us to be surrendered. He expects us to abide in His love. He expects us to constantly abide in His love. As we do, God changes us. Christianity is a lifelong process of growing from glory to glory into the image of Christ. We are never going to be finished, until we get to Heaven. Until then, when we yield, when we surrender, when we abide, the natural result of that is going to be fruit. The natural result of a branch yielded to the Vine is a changed life, a fruitful life.

J. Delany

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Eggs		Vegetables, Dressing	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Grits
4	c	;water
2		Garlic clove; pressed
1/4	lb	Butter
1/2	lb	Cheddar; grated
3		Egg
		Salt; to taste
		Pepper; to taste
		Parmesan
		Paprika
		Jalapeno pepper; (opt)

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook grits in water seasoned with garlic and salt according to package.
Remove from heat.  Add butter and stir to dissolve. Add Cheddar chese,
holding back a good handful to garnish. Now add eggs and mix completely.
Salt and pepper to taste.  Place in a buttered 2-quart baking pan. Sprinkle
remaining Cheddar on top. Sprinkle top with a generous amount of Parmesan,
dust with paprika, garnish with jalapenos and bake, uncovered, in a 300
degree oven for 45 minutes.
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When the law was written on tablets of stone, there was a significant weakness. The weakness of the Old Covenant was not in the law. The weakness of the Old Covenant was the people’s hearts. They couldn’t keep the law because they lacked two basic ingredients. Both of them interestingly were mentioned in the Old Testament when God used His prophets to speak while under the Old Covenant of the coming New Covenant. First, as God said through Jeremiah, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it” (Jer. 31:34). The writing of the law went from tablets of stone to tablets of human hearts (2 Cor. 3:3). And second, as God said through Ezekiel, “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances” (Eze. 36:27). We by far have greater power to obey the law with the fullness of the Holy Spirit dwelling within us as God says, “causing” us to obey. So there should be a radical difference between us and Israel. It’s not in the God we serve. It’s not in the desire to obey Him. It’s not in the faith of a Messiah to take away our sins. It’s not in a law that is given from God to be obeyed. It’s not even in a delight in that law. The difference is simply this. The Old Covenant is characterized by people who were stiff-necked and rebellious (Dt. 9:6; 10:16; 31:27), whereas the New Covenant is characterized by people who have soft hearts and the ability to obey.

Randy Smith