God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
God's sovereign election and man's exercise of responsibility in choosing Jesus Christ seem opposite and irreconcilable truths - and from our limited perspective they are opposite and irreconcilable. That is why so many earnest, well-meaning Christians throughout the history of the church have floundered trying to reconcile them. Since the problem cannot be resolved by our finite minds, the result is always to compromise one truth in favor of the other or to weaken both by trying to take a position somewhere between them. We should let the antimony remain, believing both truths completely and leaving the harmonizing of them to God.
As a philosophical idea, God’s decreeing of a thing has dominance over His seeing a thing beforehand. Even though…the word foreknowledge is more than pre-sight, we nonetheless cannot disregard the verity that God sees all things beforehand. Thus God’s seeing all things has forever been a reality to Him, and God’s determining all things has also been forever. These two have had eternal origins. As long as He has decreed, He has known; and as long as He has known, He has decreed. So, in one sense, we cannot put one philosophical idea ahead of the other in terms of time. Yet we can put one above the other in terms of dominance. If God has seen and determined at the same time, we cannot make His decreeing subservient to His knowing. The reason one is preceding the other in terms of force (not time) is that determination is a willful act of God, whereas seeing is a passive act. God cannot help but see all, but He wills to decree. Therefore what He determines, He sees; and what He sees, is determined. The force of decreeing a thing dominates the seeing.
SUNSET MAG
DRESSING
*Note: You can prepare your own rice sticks for this recipe, but a can of
these makes it quicker to fix. In wide pan toast sesame seeds until golden
(about 2 minutes, shaking pan frequently to avoid burning). Set aside. **
Note: I have often used leftover shredded cooked chicken (especially
poached without oil), but you can stir-fry in the following manner: Mix
together flour, cornstarch and salt. Dredge chicken in flour mixture; shake
off excess. Pour oil in pan. Add chicken and stir-fry (about 5 minutes, or
until pink is gone. Drain and cool. Meanwhile prepare dressing and set
aside. Shred lettuce. Place lettuce, chicken, green onion, and cilantro
leaves in large bowl. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, drizzle with dressing and
toss. Sprinkle rice noodles on top of each serving AFTER applying dressing.
Adapted from a Sunset recipe. Judy Garnett,Raleigh,NC If desired,
substitute honey for the sugar. Leftover grilled chicken in strips is good
in this also.
Posted to MealMaster Recipes List, Digest #151
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 11:47:26 -0700
From: Dan Schamber <dansch@haven.ios.com>
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