God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Works that are the outflowing of our salvation are never, then, the root or the basis of our right standing before God, but rather they are the fruit or the demonstration of our true salvation. They testify to the genuineness and reality that we are now His children, that His Spirit lives within, and that the faith that brought us justification continues as a living faith now to bring us ongoing sanctification.
For the Christian to be driven or motivated toward personal resolution by a change of the calendar frankly seems a little superstitious… To say that January 1st is somehow the best day to make personal resolutions is to pattern ourselves after two societies that were completely steeped in paganism… For us to then say that we are most significantly convicted of the need for change in the days or weeks leading up to January 1st is to say that the Holy Spirit is somehow constrained or motivated by the same pagan system of days that motivated the Romans and the Babylonians… As Christians we know that we are to live in a continual state of repentance, always being sensitive to the necessity for change, always pursuing holiness, and always seeking to obey Christ. To wait until January 1st, viewing it as the one time each year when we make what we hope will be the most significant of these changes is to say that they were not just as necessary on May 7th, or August 19th, or any other day of the year.
Beat together butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Blend in
extracts. Mix in flour and almonds. Using about 1 T of dough for each,
shape into logs and bend into crecents. Place on greased cookie sheet.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes at 350 degrees F until light brown. While warm, roll
crecents in confectioners' sugar. Cool on racks and store in a tightly
sealed container. Makes 3 dozen cookies.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 12 Sep 96
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 08:39:12 -0400
From: Eileen & Bob Holze <beck4@ASAN.COM>
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