God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Are there dangers in mutual confession [of sin]? Yes, and they are substantial. Psychologically needy persons sometimes use confession to get attention for themselves. Through the apparently spiritual medium of “confession” they can handcuff a captive audience as they relate the details of their sin with deluded or feigned contrition. Confession can also foster spiritual exhibitionism, a perverted moral pleasure in airing one’s laundry. The overly morbid can bend confession to become an excuse for unhealthy hyper-introspection. Ostensibly humble confession can also be used as a vehicle for spiritual aggression: “I want to ask your forgiveness for being bitter toward you over the years” – but what follows is not a confession, but an egregious assault… Confession turned into religious routine is deadly!
It is sometimes said that the doctrine of predestination exposes God to the charge of injustice. But this is hardly correct. We could speak of injustice only if man had a claim on God, and God owed man eternal salvation. But the situation is entirely different if all men have forfeited the blessings of God, as they have. No one has the right to call God to account for electing some and rejecting others. He would have been perfectly just, if He had not saved any, Matt. 20:14, 15; Rom. 9:14, 15.
FOR 1-1/2 LB LOAF
Load ingredients into breadmachine pan according to manufacturer's
directions. Bake on white bread setting unless otherwise indicated. "Yeast"
refers to active dry yeast. Bake on RapidBake/Whole Wheat or on Basic/Whole
Wheat. From the Files of Alice in Houston <A.BROADDUS@genie.geis.com>.
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