God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Masturbation, although not identified by name in the Bible, must be viewed as sinful for at least three reasons. First, masturbation is a perversion of the intent of sex. It’s selfish rather than loving – it’s taking rather than giving. God did not give you your sexual organs so that you could please yourself with them, but rather so that you could bring pleasure to your wife, and so that she can express her love to you by giving you sexual pleasure. Second, masturbation almost always involves sinful lust. Jesus made it absolutely clear that everyone who looks on a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her already in his heart (Matt. 5:28). Third, masturbation is an activity that causes Christians who practice it to experience guilt. The Bible is also very clear about the sinfulness of Christians who willingly participate in any activity for which their consciences condemn them (Rom. 14:22-23).
In seeking after holiness we are not so much seeking after a thing as we are seeking a Person. The blessings of the gospel – election, justification, sanctification, glorification, and all the rest – have been deposited in no other treasury but Christ. We don’t just want holiness. We want the Holy One in whom we have been counted holy and are now being made holy. To run hard after holiness is another way of running hard after God.
MEASURE prepared fruit, vegetables, vinegar and spices into a large
saucepan. MEASURE sugar and set aside. COMBINE fruit pectin crystals with
1/4 cup of measured sugar. STIR pectin mixture into fruit and vegetable
mixture. PLACE saucepan over high heat and stir until mixture comes to a
full boil. STIR in remaining sugar. Continue to cook and stir over high
heat until mixture comes to a full rolling boil. Boil hard 1 minute,
stirring constantly. Remove from heat. STIR and skim foam for 5 minutes to
prevent floating fruit. POUR quickly into warm, sterilized jars filling up
to 1/4 inch from rim. SEAL while hot with sterilized 2-piece lids with new
centres. Makes 6 cups Prep. time: 20 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Recipe by: Certo Newsletter Volume 3, Issue 3/Carole Walberg
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 194 by Bob & Carole Walberg
<walbergr@mb.sympatico.ca> on Nov 04, 1997
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“You can spurn God’s love for only so long”
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