God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
In what, then, are justification and sanctification alike? (a) Both proceed originally from the free grace of God. It is of His gift alone that believers are justified or sanctified at all. (b) Both are part of that great work of salvation which Christ, in the eternal covenant, has undertaken on behalf of His people. Christ is the fountain of life, from which pardon and holiness both flow. The root of each is Christ. (c) Both are to be found in the same persons. Those who are justified are always sanctified, and those who are sanctified are always justified. God has joined them together, and they cannot be put asunder. (d) Both begin at the same time. The moment a person begins to be a justified person, he also begins to be a sanctified person. He may not feel it, but it is a fact. (e) Both are alike necessary to salvation. No one ever reached heaven without a renewed heart as well as forgiveness, without the Spirit’s grace as well as the blood of Christ, without a meetness for eternal glory as well as a title. The one is just as necessary as the other.
The desired result of church discipline is always repentance and the restoration of the offender. Our private and public disciplinary measures should always be undertaken in a spirit of love, gentleness, and humility as we seek to bring about this positive end (Galatians 6:1-2). When restoration does not occur and expulsion becomes necessary, we are glad to see the purity of Christ and the church upheld, but we should be grieved, individually and corporately, that someone we loved as an apparent brother or sister in Christ is now understood to be an unbeliever (Jim Elliff and Daryl Wingerd).
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Film the inside of a 9 x 9 x 2 inch baking
pan with nonstick cooking spary. Stir together the flour, baking powder,
salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice in a large mixing bowl. Toss
the raisins with 1 teaspoon of the flour mixture and set aside. In a small
bowl, whisk together the butter shortening mixture when cooled with brown
sugar, eggs, vanilla and applesauce. Pour the liquid ingredients over the
flour mixture, add the raisins and dates, stir to form a batter. Spoon the
batter into the prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 22 to 24
minutes, or until set. Place on a cooling rack and cool completely. Cut
into 16 squares. For serving, sift a little confectioner's sugar over the
top of the squares, if you wish.
NOTES : The butter and shortening is to be melted together and then cooled
before using.
Recipe by: Unknown
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 301 by "Marie Smith"
<craftee@sprynet.com> on Nov 24, 1997
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