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Name: Homemade Tomato Soup
Ingredients: 3 tb Melted butter; 2 tb Flour; 2 c Cooked tomatoes or juice; 1/4 ts Baking soda; 1 ts Salt; 1/8 ts Pepper; 2 c To 3 c cups milk; Your fellow servant,; Kathy_|_; |

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

I think we also learn from this to be charitable towards different views. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind, at least if you can be. But we must distinguish between central issues of the faith and issues which aren’t central. Some people have a hard time doing that. Everything for them is of equal importance in the Bible. But that’s not true. There are some things that are non-negotiable in our faith. The Trinity is non-negotiable. The authority of Scripture is non-negotiable. The substitutionary atonement, justification by faith alone, the deity of Christ, and, of course, I could mention other things. But there are less clear matters in the Bible as well; things like when the rapture will take place and what we’re looking at today regarding the millennium. We must beware of being divisive, and schismatic, and inflexible on matters that are less important. That really shows, I think, a character flaw in us - something that God wants to work on in us.

Thomas Schreiner

Now if you have a problem matching up that sovereignty of God with human responsibility, admit that you don't know everything and the problem is solved. Because I also know that the gospel extends to the end of the earth and Jesus was the one who said, 'Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I'll give you rest.' We understand the gospel invitation. We understand the call. We understand the tears of Jesus over those who wouldn't come. We understand the responsibility of the sinner who rejects the gospel and perishes and he is being punished for his own choice. We understand that. How that harmonizes with this doctrine, I do not understand. I may never understand it even in eternity because I will never be God. But I will let God be God and I will not redefine God on my terms… I also understand at the same time that God holds every sinner responsible for their own rejection and gives them the opportunity to receive Him. And it makes perfect sense to Him though it's apparently paradoxical to me. But I will not err on the severe side of diminishing the sovereignty of God by eliminating this glorious truth.

John MacArthur

We Love God!

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

Homemade Tomato Soup

January 23, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Soups	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	tb	Melted butter
2	tb	Flour
2	c	Cooked tomatoes or juice
1/4	ts	Baking soda
1	ts	Salt
1/8	ts	Pepper
2	c	To 3 c cups milk
		Your fellow servant,
		Kathy_\|_
		\|

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook the butter and flour together for a few minutes, then gradually add
tomatoes and cook a few more minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients and
heat through, but do not boil. It's a lot like making a thin white sauce
with tomatoes, if that helps.
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