Name: French Onion Soup
Ingredients: 1/4 c Butter or margarine; 4 lg Onions; sliced; 4 c Beef broth*; 1 ts Worcestershire sauce; Salt and pepper to taste; 1/2 c Grated Parmesan cheese toasted croutons

When the law was written on tablets of stone, there was a significant weakness. The weakness of the Old Covenant was not in the law. The weakness of the Old Covenant was the people’s hearts. They couldn’t keep the law because they lacked two basic ingredients. Both of them interestingly were mentioned in the Old Testament when God used His prophets to speak while under the Old Covenant of the coming New Covenant. First, as God said through Jeremiah, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it” (Jer. 31:34). The writing of the law went from tablets of stone to tablets of human hearts (2 Cor. 3:3). And second, as God said through Ezekiel, “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances” (Eze. 36:27). We by far have greater power to obey the law with the fullness of the Holy Spirit dwelling within us as God says, “causing” us to obey. So there should be a radical difference between us and Israel. It’s not in the God we serve. It’s not in the desire to obey Him. It’s not in the faith of a Messiah to take away our sins. It’s not in a law that is given from God to be obeyed. It’s not even in a delight in that law. The difference is simply this. The Old Covenant is characterized by people who were stiff-necked and rebellious (Dt. 9:6; 10:16; 31:27), whereas the New Covenant is characterized by people who have soft hearts and the ability to obey.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy	French	Microwave, Soups	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Butter or margarine
4	lg	Onions; sliced
4	c	Beef broth*
1	ts	Worcestershire sauce
		Salt and pepper to taste
1/2	c	Grated Parmesan cheese toasted croutons

INSTRUCTIONS

Place butter in a 3 quart casserole. Microwave at high (100%) until melted,
45 seconds to 1 minute. Stir in onions Microwave at high (100%) until
onions are opaque, 8 to 10 minutes, stirring twice during cooking time. Add
broth and Worcestershire sauce. Microwave at high (100%) until boiling, 8
to 10 minutes, stirring once during cooking time. Add salt and pepper to
taste. Sprinkle cheese on top. Microwave at high (100%) until cheese melts,
1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Serve with croutons. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
*NOTE: 4 cups water and 6 teaspoons beef bouillon base, or cubes, may be
used instead of broth (use less salt)
Recipe by: diane@keyway.net
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 217 by "Diane Geary"
<diane@keyway.net> on Nov 7, 1997

A Message from our Provider:

“A Clear Conscience Makes a Soft Pillow”

Here, then, is the crucial question which we have been leading up to. Have we ever opened our door to Christ? Have we ever invited Him in? This was exactly the question which I needed to have put to me. For, intellectually speaking, I had believed in Jesus all my life, on the other side of the door. I had regularly struggled to say my prayers through the key-hole. I had even pushed pennies under the door in a vain attempt to pacify Him. I had been baptized, yes and confirmed as well. I went to church, read my Bible, had high ideals, and tried to be good and do good. But all the time, often without realizing it, I was holding Christ at arm’s length, and keeping Him outside. I knew that to open the door might have momentous consequences. I am profoundly grateful to Him for enabling me to open the door. Looking back now over more than fifty years, I realize that that simple step has changed the entire direction, course and quality of my life.

John Stott