God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
The Apostle [Paul] is asking in Philippians 1 which is most worthwhile for him, to live or to die. Often has that question presented itself to us, and perhaps we like the Apostle, have answered that “we are in a strait.” But I fear we may have used the words in a sense far different from Paul's. When we have wished for death, we meant to say, “I know not which alternative I ought most to dread, the afflictions of life, from which death would release me, or the terrors of death, from which life protects me.” In other words, life and death look to us like two evils of which we know not which is the less. As for the Apostle, they look to him like two immense blessings of which he knows not which is the better (Adolphe Monod).
Biblical significance of the blood of Jesus: 1. Redemption. a. Acts 20:28 – “church of God purchased with His own blood.” b. Eph. 1:7 – “we have redemption through His blood.” c. 1 Pet. 1:9 – “redeemed...with precious blood.” d. Rev. 5:9 – “purchased for God with His blood, men from every tribe.” 2. Propitiation. a. Rom. 3:25 – “God displayed Jesus as a propitiation in His blood.” 3. Cleansing. a. Heb. 9:14 – “blood of Christ...will cleanse your conscience.” b. 1 John 1:7 – “blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.” c. Rev. 7:14 – “washed their robes in the blood of the Lamb.” 4. Forgiveness. a. Eph. 1:7 – “redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses.” b. Heb. 9:22 – “without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” c. Rev. 1:5 – “released us from our sins by His blood.” 5. Access to God. a. Eph. 2:13 – “brought near to God by the blood of Christ.” b. Heb. 10:19 – “confidence to enter Holy Place by blood of Jesus.” 6. Reconciliation. a. Col. 1:20 – “reconciled, made pace through the blood of the cross.” 7. Justification. a. Rom. 5:9 – “having been justified by his blood.” 8. Sanctification. a. Heb. 13:12 – “that He might sanctify the people through His blood.” 9. Conquest of evil. a. Rev. 12:11 – “overcame...because of the blood of the Lamb.” 10. Basis of new covenant. a. Heb. 13:20 – “through the blood of the eternal covenant.” 11. Lord's Supper. a. Matt. 26:28 – “This is the new covenant in My blood.” b. I Cor. 10:16 – “the cup of blessing...a sharing in the blood of Christ.”
Clean cast-iron skillet with soap and water. To prevent rusting, place in a
warm oven or on stove top over medium heat till water evaporates.
Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet. Remove from heat,
and sprinkle with brown sugar and ginger.
Toss apple slices with lemon juice, and arrange over brown sugar mixture;
set aside.
Beat 1/2 cup softened butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until
creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing
after each addition.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately
with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla. Spoon
evenly over apples.
Bake at 350° for 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center
comes out clean. Cool in skillet on a wire rack 5 minutes; invert onto
serving plate. Makes 1 (10-inch) cake.
Notes: Select tart, green-skinned Granny Smiths for cakes and pies.
Recipe by: Southern Living
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1031 by Suzy Wert <SuzyWert@aol.com> on Jan
22, 1998
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