According to the Bible, baptism is fundamentally a physical sign of a spiritual reality. Matthew 28:18-20 indicates that it is for believers only, the initial step of obedience in our new life of discipleship to Christ. Romans 6:1-4 is even more specific, indicating that baptism symbolizes our death and burial with Christ as our representative head, and our spiritual resurrection with Him from the symbolic grave. Colossians 2:11-13 indicates even more specifically still that baptism is the physical representation of the spiritual circumcision of our hearts (Mark Dever and Paul Alexander).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Vegetarian	Special, Low-cal, Vegetarian, Genie	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Olive oil
3		Cloves garlic
1/4	c	Tamari
1/2	c	Bread crumbs
1	lb	Tofu (firm or x-firm)

INSTRUCTIONS

preheat a 400 degree oven
slice tofu in .25 to .5 inch slices.  Put first three ingredients in
blender and run for a bit on high speed. Marinate tofu sliced in ixture for
about 15 minutes on a side. Dredge slices in bread crumbs. Bake on cookie
sheet for 15 minutes per side.
white sauce :make roux of 2 Tbs flour and 2 Tbs butter or margaine. Cook
for a couple of minutes. Add 1 cup of hot, scalded milk. Bring to boil.
Reduce heat, add salt and two dashes tobasco.
suggested: Serve with rice
Posted by P.MCCANN1 [Doug] on Apr 12, 1992 MM by Cathy Svitek
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: right way, only truth, best life.”

Jacob is about to enter the Promised Land. He will be one of the venerated Patriarchs of the faith. But before Jacob can become Israel, the man must be broken. Jacob needs to learn that his life is to be one of continual striving with God, but doing it with full dependence on God. He will learn that with God there is a continual heat from the refiner’s fire, but through the adversity there is an unspeakable joy in the journey. And though God probably won’t be wrestling with any of us physically like He did with Jacob, there is a continual tension of finding our greatest peace when we are most intimate in close communion with God. At times we struggle, but in the pain we learn to submit to His will, allow Him to expose our defects, yield to the wounds He creates and then trust Him that the pain is for our greatest good as the “old man” is further put to death. If we act in the flesh and run away or defend ourselves or blame others or whine and complain, we’ll never experience this. As creatures so prone to follow our selfish instincts, there is a serenity that comes when God wrestles us to the ground, breaks us further of our pride and reminds us that our sufficiency is only in Him.

Randy Smith