Consequences of legalism: 1. Keeps people distanced and alienated from God. Afraid of God, the taskmaster. Afraid of God’s rejection. No assurance or security. 2. Guilt, condemnation (Rom. 8:1), accusation, disapproval (both objective and subjective). 3. Defeat, despair, frustration, futility. “It’s a losing battle. I can never do enough, be good enough, do it right and perfect as expected.” Burned out! 4. Self-destructive behavior; self-belittling, sense of worthlessness, low personal concept of oneself. 5. Hypocrisy. Play-acting; role-playing; lip-service (Matt. 15:8, 9). Contrived piety, perfunctory performance, pretense, ostentation. 6. Minimalization. What do I have to do to get by, to side-step the rules? 7. Impersonalization; shallow personal relationships because they relate to law rather that to Person of Jesus Christ and other persons.

James Fowler

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Meats	Cajun	Cajun, Appetizers	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Stick butter or margarine
1/2	c	Parsley, finely chopped
1	cn	(small) mushrooms, drained
2	c	Light cream
1/2	c	Sherry or vermouth, dry
		Salt, to taste
1		Sm bunch chopped green onion
1/2	c	Celery, finely chopped
3	tb	Flour
2	c	Swiss cheese, grated
		Cayenne pepper
1	lb	White crab meat (or shrimp)

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt butter in heavy saucepot.  Saute vegetables until soft. Blend in flour
and add cream.  Heat until thickened.  Add cheese and heat until it has
melted.  Add wine, cayenne pepper, and salt.  Fold in crab meat or shrimp.
Heat gently for 8 to 10 minutes
Serve with french bread or in patty shells
"Alma is a good cook and also a fine, good friend, who has a terrific
sense of humor, I garontee!"  From Justin Wilsons Outdoor Cooking With
Inside Help
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/cajun.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“Do you only BELIEVE in God? How about loving him!”

Their god is something which they created themselves, a being who is always prepared to oblige and excuse them. They do not worship him with awe and respect, indeed they do not worship him at all. They reveal that their so-called god is no god at all in their talk. For they are forever saying that 'they simply cannot believe that God will punish the unrepentant sinner to all eternity, and this and that.' They cannot believe that God will do so, therefore, they draw the conclusion that God does not and will not. In other words, God does what they believe he ought to do or not do. What a false and blasphemous conception of God! How utterly untrue and unworthy! Such is the new paganism of today.

Martyn Lloyd-Jones