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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

But it is far more common for the evangelical preacher to edit God’s Word: 1. By removing the text from its context, and using it to say what-ever the preacher likes, 2. By moralizing the text, so that it is reduced to an ethical maxim that ﬁts any religion, 3. By using the text to promote hobby-horses, and 4. By dogmatic insistence that the text says things it does not truly say. This homiletical hocus-pocus has subtle roots such as the desire to be clever and popular or synthetically relevant or intellectually respectable or to make the gospel more acceptable. But most often God’s Word gets watered down by the preacher’s laziness. He simply will not do the hard work to engage and preach a text in its context.

Kent Hughes

Consider how our Lord Himself resisted Satan when He was tempted in the wilderness (see Matthew 4 and Luke 4.) Jesus did not "bind" Satan. In all three instances of Satan's temptations, our Lord quoted Scripture, and the devil was repelled ("he left Him for a season.") We should follow our Lord's example when attacked or tempted. And let's not forget that if we are going to quote Scripture, we must know Scripture! Our Lord quoted three times from the book of Deuteronomy. How many of us can quote three verses from the book of Deuteronomy? Knowledge of the Word of God is important for repelling Satan, and is crucial for Christian growth and living as well. As He was growing up, the Lord Jesus must have spent a lot of time memorizing the Word of God (see Luke 2:52). What an example for us to follow!

David Reid

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Biscochos (very Special Cookies)

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Vegetables, Grains	Jewish		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Eggs
1	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Vegetable oil
4 1/2	c	Flour
4	t	Baking powder
1	c	Sesame seed

INSTRUCTIONS

Beat eggs with a fork (reserve 4 tblsp. for later use). Add sugar,
beating well, then oil. Beat well. Add flour and the baking powder, a
little at a time, until it forms a smooth dough.  Cut 2 1/2 inch
circles of pastry, 1/4 inch thick, and shape with  fingers to form a
cup shaped base or basket for large end of hard  boiled egg. Roll
strips 1/4 inch thick abd cut two strips long enough  to cross over the
top of the egg and attach to the base. Decorate the  top of arch with a
little extra pastry to depict something of the  Purim story or an
animal or flower. Use your imagination.  Add 1 tsp. sugar to the
reserved egg, brush on the pastry and  sprinkle with sesame seed.
Arrange all the pastry trimmed eggs on a cookie sheet and bake at
350oF approximately 20 minutes or until just barely golden.  Posted to
JEWISH-FOOD digest by wajnberg <wajnberg@ccard.com.br> on  Feb 19, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 4906 Calories From Fat: 1780 Total Fat: 205.1g Cholesterol: 744mg Sodium: 2263.5mg Potassium: 1559.5mg Carbohydrates: 669.5g Fiber: 32.2g Sugar: 202.3g Protein: 108.8g