The invisibility of God is a great problem. It was already a problem to God’s people in Old Testament days. Their pagan neighbors would taunt them, saying, “Where Is now your God?” Their gods were visible and tangible, but Israel’s God was neither. Today in our scientific culture young people are taught not to believe in anything which is not open to empirical investigation. How then has God solved the problem of His own invisibility? The first answer is of course “in Christ.” Jesus Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. John 1:18: “No one has ever seen God, but God the only Son has made him known.” “That’s wonderful,” people say, “but it was 2,000 years ago. Is there no way by which the invisible God makes Himself visible today?” There is. We return to 1 John 4:12: “No one has ever seen God.” It is precisely the same introductory statement. But instead of continuing with reference to the Son of God, it continues: “If we love one another, God dwells in us.” In other words, the invisible God, who once made Himself visible in Christ, now makes Himself visible in Christians, if we love one another. It is a breathtaking claim. The local church cannot evangelize, proclaiming the gospel of love, if it is not itself a community of love.

John Stott

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Sweet & sour sauce
1/4	c	Orange juice
1	tb	Brown sugar
2		Green chilies; thinly sliced, (wear rubber gloves)
2	tb	All purpose flour
8		Skinless chicken thighs; rinsed and patted dry
1/2	ts	Salt
		Nonstick cooking spray
1		Clove garlic; minced
1		Onion; cut into wedges

INSTRUCTIONS

Prep: 10 min, Cook: 35 min. Combine first 4 ingredients in a bowl and set
aside. Combine flour and salt in a shallow plate. Coat chicken with flour
mixture. Coat a heavy nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat over
medium high heat. Saut. chicken and garlic 1-2 minutes, until browned.
Remove chicken from pan. Stir-fry onion 2 minutes. Arrange chicken in pan
and pour over sweet & sour sauce mixture. Cover pan and simmer 30 minutes,
or until chicken is no longer pink in center, turning chicken occasionally.
Posted to recipelu-digest by molony <molony@scsn.net> on Feb 05, 1998

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