Name: Acar (Indonesian Garden Salad)
Ingredients: 1/2 c Water; cold; 1/2 c White vinegar; 1 sl Ginger root; crushed; 3 1/2 tb Sugar; 3 ts Salt; 1 Yellow onion; thinly sliced; 5 c Cabbage; thinly sliced; 1 c Carrot; finely shredded; 2 c Cucumber; thinly sliced

To make converts, we are tempted to play down the difficulties and play up the peace of mind and worldly success enjoyed by those who accept Christ. We will never be completely honest with our hearers until we tell them the blunt truth that, as members of a race of moral rebels, they are in a serious jam, and one they will not get out of easily. If they refuse to repent and believe on Christ, they will most surely perish. If they do turn to Him, the same enemies that crucified Him will try to crucify them.

A.W. Tozer

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables	Indo	Cabbage, Salads, Vegetables	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Water; cold
1/2	c	White vinegar
1	sl	Ginger root; crushed
3 1/2	tb	Sugar
3	ts	Salt
1		Yellow onion; thinly sliced
5	c	Cabbage; thinly sliced
1	c	Carrot; finely shredded
2	c	Cucumber; thinly sliced

INSTRUCTIONS

In salad bowl combine first five ingredients. Add vegetables. Toss
thoroughly and refrigerate at least one hour.
NOTES : This is very easy and has an interesting flavor.  I last made it in
February 1998.  I used red and green cabbage and brought it to an
engagement party in an antique covered serving dish.
Recipe by: Craig Claiborne - The New New York Times Cookbook
Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by "Barbara Zack" <bzack@leading.net> on May
8, 1998

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Daryl Wingerd

The Bible teaches clearly that the evidence of God’s work in a life is the inevitable fruit of transformed behavior (1 John 3:10). Faith that does not result in righteous living is dead and cannot save (James 2:14-17). Professing Christians utterly lacking the fruit of true righteousness will find no biblical basis for assurance they are saved (1 John 2:4). Real salvation is not only justification. It cannot be isolated from regeneration, sanctification, and ultimately glorification. Salvation is an ongoing process as much as it is a past event. It is the work of God through which we are “conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29, cf. Romans 13:11). Genuine assurance comes from seeing the Holy Spirit’s transforming work in one’s life, not from clinging to the memory of some experience.

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