Here are eleven things expressly taught in the Word of God about election: 1. Election is “IN CHRIST.” No less than fourteen times in the first fourteen verses of Ephesians chapter one the Holy Spirit expressly tells us that every benefit and blessing of grace that comes to sinners from God is in Christ. 2. Election is UNTO SALVATION. Certainly, there is a sense in which it must be said that God's elect were saved from eternity (Rom. 8:29); but we must never be deceived into thinking that election is salvation. Election is unto salvation. Election is not, as some teach, unto 'Christian service.' Election is unto salvation. 3. Election is an act of pure, absolute, DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY. God has mercy on whom he will have mercy (Rom. 9:11-18). God was not moved by anything outside Himself to choose the people He chose to save. 4. Election took place in ETERNITY. God did not choose His people in time, but before time began, in eternity. He chose us before the foundation of the world, from the beginning, when nothing existed except God Himself in the tri-unity of the eternal Godhead. 5. The source and cause of election is God's eternal LOVE for His people. He loved us freely, from everlasting, before ever the earth was made. Our love to Him is not the cause of His love toward us, but the result (Jer. 31:3; 1 Jn. 4:19). 6. God’s election was an act of free, UNCONDITIONAL grace. Grace is always free and unconditional. The moment a condition is put to it, it ceases to be grace. To say that God chose us because of something He foresaw in us, or foresaw we would chose to do, is to frustrate the grace of God, making it the reward of our work (Rom. 11:6). 7. Election is God’s PERSONAL choice of specific sinners to eternal life in Christ. Here is a sweet cordial of grace which shall never cease to amaze and rejoice the hearts of believing sinners – The Lord God chose me to eternal salvation in Christ, because He loved me with an everlasting, unconditional love! 8. Election is IRREVERSIBLE. “The gifts and callings of God are without repentance” (Rom. 11:29). Those who were chosen to salvation in eternity shall not be unchosen in time! 9. Election is EFFECTUAL. There is no possibility that one of God’s elect shall perish (2 Tim. 2:19). 10. Election is DISTINGUISHING. To talk of universal love in God toward reprobate men is to talk nonsense. Read Isaiah 43:1-4! 11. Election is BLESSED, for it is the cause of all blessedness (Ps. 65:4; Eph. 1:3-6).

Don Fortner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains, Dairy	Kentucky	Chocolate	20	Servings

INGREDIENTS

6		Eggs, separated, plus 2 egg
		Yolks
1 1/2	c	Sugar, plus 1/3 cup
4	tb	Bourbon, plus 2 teaspoons
2 1/2	c	Pureed unsweetend chestnuts
3/4	c	Ground pecans, plus pecan
		Peices for garnish
2	ts	Instant coffee
6	tb	Chilled buter, cut into
		Pieces
1 1/2	oz	Bitter chocolate, chopped
3/4	lb	Bittersweet chocolate
3 1/2	c	Whipping cream
1/2	c	Confectioners' sugar
	2	tablespoons of bourbon.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Make the cake: heat ove to 350.degrees. Grease and flour 2 nine-inch
cake pans. Beat 6 egg yolks well. Stir in 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1 1/2
teaspoons bourbon, then blend in 2 cups chestnut puree. Stir in ground
pecans. Whip egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff. Fold whites inot
batter. Divide mixture between the two cake pans and bake for 25 minutes.
Cool on a cake rack, then remove from the pans.
2. Make the filling: Beat the 2 egg yolks with 1/2 cup of sugar. Add
instant coffee and 1 T hot water. Beat Chilled butter into mixture, then
add 1/2 teaspoon bourbon and stir in remaining 1/2 cup chestnut puree. Stir
in chopped bitter chocoalte. Cover bowl withplastic wrap and refirgerate.
3. Melt bittersweet chocoalte with heavy cream over low heat. Stir in 2
tablespoon bourbon, transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and
refirgerate.
4. To assembel cake, sperad the chilled chestnut filling atop one cake
layer and cover with the other. Cover the torte with the chocolate icing
and sprinklw with chopped pecan peices. Chill before serving. MEanwhile,
prepare a bourbon chantilly to pass at the table. Whip the 2 cups of cream
to soft peaks, gradually beat in the confectioners' sugar and then fold in
From Chicago Tribune Magazine (cooking section)11-14-93. Featured was -
Cathy Cary, who with her husband, Will, runs a catering business (La Peche)
and a 94 seat restaurant (Lilly's) in Louisville, KY. This issue's feature
centered around buffet items for holiday parties.
~- posted by Bud Cloyd

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