God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
I was a sinner, less perfect than God. By conviction of the Holy Spirit I learned that my condition would incur the eternal condemnation of God if I did not submit to His grace. I acknowledged myself a sinner and threw myself on His mercy and grace, recognizing that He had brought salvation to earth through His Son Jesus Christ. After God the Father put God the Son to death on the cross, He could proclaim grace and pardon to all who would submit to Him. I came to the cross, believed His promise about His Son, and God declared me righteous even while I was ungodly and gave me authority to become His child. I ceased to be a child of wrath and became a child of God, justified from all things. Simultaneously, I was declared to be an heir of God, joint-heir with Jesus Christ. I received eternal life, and shall never perish. I was accepted in the Beloved; my body became the temple of the Holy Spirit; I was born of the Spirit into the family of God, baptized by the Holy Spirit into the body of Christ, and sealed by the Holy Spirit unto the day of redemption. I have an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fades not away, reserved in Heaven for me. Although I know myself to be a sinner, I am not concerned about the penalty for sin, since the Lord Jesus Christ bore the penalty and declared me righteous. The love of Christ becomes the constraining factor in my life, and I seek to glorify Him as Lord. I know Him as my Creator and so have peace of mind. I know Him as Savior and so have peace of conscience. In the measure that I enter into the second rest, I know Him as Lord and find the peace that passes all understanding.
We often hear the 'Savior' characteristics of God stressed – His love, mercy, goodness and so on – but the matter of His lordship is absent. The distortion is particularly clear in evangelism. In modern practice the call to repentance is usually called an 'invitation,' which one can obviously accept or refuse. It is offered politely. Seldom do we hear presented God's sovereign demand to repent or His demand for total submission to the authority of His appointed king, Christ Jesus.
Peel and dice potatoes. Add to onions, celery and water in top of 2 1/4
quart double boiler. Heat to boiling over direct heat, cover, reduce heat
and simmer for 10 minutes. Meanwhile pan-fry bacon. Drain on absorbent
paper. Saute the mushrooms and green pepper in 1/4 cup of the bacon
drippings for 5 minutes. Add this and remaining ingredients to the cooked
vegetables and thin liquid. Reheat over boiling water. Stir gently to mix
well. Serve piping hot garnished with bacon, broken in bits. Makes 8 cups.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 323 by ncanty@juno.com (Nadia I
Canty) on Nov 28, 1997
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