The pre-sight view of election makes God seem absurd in His language if not somewhat dishonest. You see, God has gone to great lengths to say that some are elected, chosen, foreordained, predestined as part of His eternal purpose. For God to say that He saw those that would choose Him and then He calls them elect (select from a number) is linguistic trickery. It is like the Queen decreeing that the sun will rise in the morning, as others have said. God’s words about His action toward man would mean nothing but could only be construed as a way of presenting an authoritative front that God is in charge, whereas the decisions of eternal life and death are really within man alone. Apply this to prophecy. Much of prophecy is presented to us as that which God determines to do in the future. Is this the truth of it? Did God prophesy that John the Baptist would be the forerunner of the Messiah (Isa. 40:3-5; Luke 3:3-6) on the basis of pre-sight, and then declare that it would happen? Doesn’t language lose all meaning to say that? Does it not make sense of the language to say that the action predicted was based on God’s determined plan and not just what He saw happening?

Jim Elliff

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Poultry	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Butter or margarine; softened
2	tb	Chopped green onion
1	tb	Minced fresh garlic
1/4	ts	Salt
1	pn	Cracked pepper
4		Whole boneless; skinless breasts
1/4	c	Butter or margarine
2/3	c	Crushed buttery crackers
1/4	c	Chopped fresh parsley
1/4	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Thyme leaves
1	pn	Cracked pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

CHICKEN
From:    LD Goss <ldgoss@METRONET.COM>
Date:    Wed, 17 Jul 1996 10:19:45 -0500
Filling: Stir together all filling ingredients. Divide in four equal
portions.  Freeze portions at least 30 minutes. Heat oven to 350~. Flatten
each chicken breast to about 1/4". Place 1 portion of the butter onto each
flattened breast.  Roll and tuck in edges of chicken; secure with wooden
picks. In 9" square pan, melt 1/4 cup butter in oven. Combine remaining
chicken ingredients. Dip rolled chicken in melted butter, then coat with
crumb mixture. Bake 55-65 minutes or until fork tender. Remove wodden picks
before serving.
Source: Land O Lakes Treasury of Country Recipes Carolyn Shaw's Collection
11-1-94
EAT-L Digest 16 July 96
From the EAT-L recipe list.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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