God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
If the will were able to make decisions contrary to reason, and to the likes and desires of the heart, it would be a monster… This is most profoundly true in the moral and religious realms. When the mind is at war with God, denying His truth; when the emotions hate Christ His Son; when the desires wish God's law and gospel were exterminated from the earth; the will cannot be in a position to choose Christ. If it were, a man would not be truly free to be himself. Here is the tragic truth about man's will. While free from outward coercion, it is in a state of bondage. It is not in a stated neutrality. It is not a lever with which to move a man's personality from sin to righteousness, from unbelief to faith.
Brief history of Christian interpretation of sanctification:
1. Early church fathers (Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp) – though noting the grace of God, they emphasized a striving toward holiness.
2. Gnosticism – converts are perfect, set apart from the world.
3. Montanism – demanded separatism from unholy body of believers.
4. Clement of Alexandria – necessity for denial of world and bodily needs.
5. Pelagianism – holiness is result of self-willed moral effort.
6. Augustine – sanctification is God’s activity; not by human effort.
7. Bernard of Clairvaux – mystical personal piety by imitation of Jesus.
8. Peter Lombard – sanctifying grace by infusion of Spirit in believer.
9. Thomas Aquinas – no distinction between justification and sanctification; just infusion of God’s grace in man.
10. Council of Trent – grace inheres in soul of believer by Holy Spirit, and becomes permanent condition or attribute of believer.
11. Roman Catholic doctrine – misstated and overstated subjective implications of infused sanctifying grace, providing a boost of human ability toward perfectibility and divinization.
12. Reformers (Luther, Calvin, et al) – justification emphasized and separated from sanctification; insistence on absence of human merit.
13. Protestant doctrine – over-reacted and overstated objective implications of forensic, legal and extrinsic factors of justification and sanctification.
14. Pietists – reverted to moralistic behavioral standards of holy living, in reaction to epistemological emphasis on doctrine.
15. John Wesley – “entire sanctification,” perfect holiness possible in this life; necessity of “second blessing” experience; Holiness Movement.
16. Karl Barth – reemphasized subjective implications of Christocentric and ontological dynamic of holiness. Evangelical Protestants for the most part resisted; Catholic theologians recognized and appreciated.
BASIC STEW
THIS VARIATION
You may substitute lamb or pork shoulder for the beef. Use beef stock for
beef, chicken stock for pork or lamb.
Basic stew: Trim meat of fat and cut into 1-1/2" chunks. Bring all
ingredients to boil in 4-qt pot, cover tightly, reduce heat, and simmer
2-1/2 hours, until meat is tender. Crockpot directions: pile all
ingredients into crockpot and cook all day on LOW. When done: skim off and
discard fat.
It takes less than 8 minutes to assemble this stew. Then you can pay it
little or no attention as it simmers for about 2-1/2 hours. Make multiples
of the basic stew, then divide stew into 4-serving portions; refrigerate or
in airtight containers for up to 5 days, or freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw
in microwave-safe container on defrost or in refrigerator for 24 hours.
To assemble: heat basic stew, stock, water, and oyster sauce in 4-qt pot
over medium heat until boiling gently. Stir in vegetables. Coo9k 5
minutes, until thawed and hot. Add pasta and, stirring almost constantly,
cook 3 minutes, until pasta is firm but tender and stock is thickened.
Lamb and pork would be good here, too. Oyster sauce and black bean sauce
are available in the Asian-food section of your market. Keep in mind that
noodles will continue to absorb liquid, so this stew should be served
immediately. If you're not sure how soon it will be eaten, cook noodles
separately, thicken stock with 2 tb cornstarch stirred into 1/2 c cold
water, and then add cooked noodles just before serving.
Nutritional information per serving: 548 calories, 47 g protein, 54 g
carbohydrate, 15 g fat, 25% of calories from fat, 111 mg cholesterol, 1701
mg sodium. Exchanges: 2-3/4 starch/bread, 2-1/2 vegetable, 5 lean meat
MM tyops by Sylvia Steiger, GEnie THE.STEIGERS, CI$ 71511,2253, Internet
sylvia.steiger@lunatic.com, moderator of GT Cookbook and PlanoNet Lowfat &
Luscious echoes Submitted By THE LOS ANGELES TIMES FOOD SECTION, MARCH 31,
1994
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V5 #024 by lena36@juno.com (Lena P Mitchell) on
Jan 23, 1998
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