God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Reasons Why People Lack Assurance:
1. People often lack assurance because they cannot remember or point to a specific time when they received Christ. Some doubt or wonder if they were ever really saved. There is a specific point in time when salvation occurs – the point when regeneration takes place. The issue for people is to know if they now really trust in the person and work of Christ.
2. People often lack assurance because they question the procedure they went through when they accepted Christ. Many evangelists and preachers emphasize the need for some form of public confession of faith like going forward at the end of a service or raising your hand. If people receive Christ privately, they may wonder if they should have made a public confession or prayed a different prayer.
3. People often lack assurance because of struggles they have with certain sins. They wonder if a true believer would have these kinds of problems. The real problem is ignorance of man’s sinful nature, the spiritual warfare we are in, God’s means of deliverance, and the need to grow and mature in Christ.
4. The primary reason behind a lack of assurance is doctrinal misunderstanding and the consequent lack of faith in the finished work of Christ. This means a failure to understand the Word and its teaching regarding mankind, his sin and inability to work for or maintain his salvation, God’s perfect holiness, and the finished nature and sufficiency of the work of Christ.
5. Finally, people often lack assurance because they have erroneously been taught that they should look to themselves and their works as the primary proof of their salvation. This is a major issue today.
Shame was originally viewed as the result of a problem between God and ourselves. Now it is reduced to whatever prevents us from feeling good about ourselves.
(10-oz) frozen chopped broccoli; cooked according to package directions and drained
Pastry for double crust 9-inch pie (up to)
6
oz
Monterey Jack cheese; sliced
INSTRUCTIONS
Brown beef and onion in a 10 inch skillet. Drain off fat. Add flour, salt
and garlic salt. Stir. Add milk and cream cheese. Cook and stir until
smooth and bubbly. Add some of hot cream cheese mixture to beaten egg.
Return mixture to skillet and cook and stir over medium heat until
thickened (1 to 2 minutes). Stir in broccoli. Divide pastry into 2 balls.
Roll 2 pie crusts on floured board and place bottom crust in a 9 inch pie
pan. Spoon broccoli mixture into pie pan and top with slices of Monterey
Jack cheese. Cover with the top pie crust and seal. Bake at 350° for 40 to
45 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Yield: 6 servings
MARGARET KELLY BALCH
(MRS. FRED III)
From <Traditions: A Taste of the Good Life>, by the Little Rock (AR) Junior
League. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.
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