God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Let us not be deceived by outward appearances. Satan “disguises himself as an angel of light” (2 Cor. 11:14). He keeps his deadliest diseases most sanitary. He clothes his captains in religious garments and houses his weapons in temples. Legalism is a more dangerous disease than alcoholism because it doesn't look like one. Alcoholism makes men fail; legalism helps them succeed in the world. Alcoholism makes men depend on the bottle; legalism makes them self-sufficient, depending on no one. Alcoholism destroys moral resolve; legalism gives it strength. Alcoholics don't feel welcome in the church; legalists love to hear their morality extolled in church.
Calvinists insist that the sole cause of regeneration or being born again is the will of God. God first sovereignly and efficaciously regenerates, and only in consequence of that do we act. Therefore, the individual is passive in regeneration, neither preparing himself nor making himself receptive to what God will do. Regeneration is a change wrought in us by God, not an autonomous act performed by us for ourselves. Man’s status in regard to regeneration is that of a recipient, not a contributor. Man is spiritually, in relation to regeneration, what Lazarus was physically, in relation to resurrection: dead, passive, unable to do anything at all, wholly subject to the will of Him who gives life and breath to whomever He desires.
Slice cepes into 3/4 inch thick slices. Heat duck fat in a 12inch saute pan
until smoking. Add cepes and cook until light golden brown, about 4 to 5
minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute. Add lemon juice and zest, parsley
and season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
Yield: 6 servings
NOTES : Recipes Copyright Mario Batali 1997. All rights reserved.
Recipe by: MEDITERRANEAN MARIO #ME1A23
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Sue <suechef@sover.net> on Feb 12, 1998
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