Jack-o-lantern Candy – We Love God!

Here are eleven things expressly taught in the Word of God about election: 1. Election is “IN CHRIST.” No less than fourteen times in the first fourteen verses of Ephesians chapter one the Holy Spirit expressly tells us that every benefit and blessing of grace that comes to sinners from God is in Christ. 2. Election is UNTO SALVATION. Certainly, there is a sense in which it must be said that God's elect were saved from eternity (Rom. 8:29); but we must never be deceived into thinking that election is salvation. Election is unto salvation. Election is not, as some teach, unto 'Christian service.' Election is unto salvation. 3. Election is an act of pure, absolute, DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY. God has mercy on whom he will have mercy (Rom. 9:11-18). God was not moved by anything outside Himself to choose the people He chose to save. 4. Election took place in ETERNITY. God did not choose His people in time, but before time began, in eternity. He chose us before the foundation of the world, from the beginning, when nothing existed except God Himself in the tri-unity of the eternal Godhead. 5. The source and cause of election is God's eternal LOVE for His people. He loved us freely, from everlasting, before ever the earth was made. Our love to Him is not the cause of His love toward us, but the result (Jer. 31:3; 1 Jn. 4:19). 6. God’s election was an act of free, UNCONDITIONAL grace. Grace is always free and unconditional. The moment a condition is put to it, it ceases to be grace. To say that God chose us because of something He foresaw in us, or foresaw we would chose to do, is to frustrate the grace of God, making it the reward of our work (Rom. 11:6). 7. Election is God’s PERSONAL choice of specific sinners to eternal life in Christ. Here is a sweet cordial of grace which shall never cease to amaze and rejoice the hearts of believing sinners – The Lord God chose me to eternal salvation in Christ, because He loved me with an everlasting, unconditional love! 8. Election is IRREVERSIBLE. “The gifts and callings of God are without repentance” (Rom. 11:29). Those who were chosen to salvation in eternity shall not be unchosen in time! 9. Election is EFFECTUAL. There is no possibility that one of God’s elect shall perish (2 Tim. 2:19). 10. Election is DISTINGUISHING. To talk of universal love in God toward reprobate men is to talk nonsense. Read Isaiah 43:1-4! 11. Election is BLESSED, for it is the cause of all blessedness (Ps. 65:4; Eph. 1:3-6).

Don Fortner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Dairy	Toronto	Candies, Microwave	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Peanut butter
2	T	Butter
1 1/4	c	Icong sugar – sifted
1	c	Cocoa, unsweetened – sifted
1/2	c	Milk, Evaporated
1	c	Peanuts, chopped
2/3	c	Coconut, dessicated
		Red & yellow food colouring
		Pretzel sticks or-
		Licorice whips

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine peanut butter and butter in medium bowl. Micrwave at High
45-60 seconds till melted. Stir till blended. Gradually add icing
sugar and cocoa alternaternately with evaporated milk till smoothly
blended. Stir in peanut. Chill till firm enough to shape into balls.
Colour coconut with red and yellow food colouring to desired shade of
orange. (Shake coconut and food coluring together in jar with tight
lid.) Form spoonfuls (about 1 Tbsp) of chocolate mixture into balls.
Roll into coconut and insert small piece of pretzel or licorice into
top for stem. Chill well before servimg. Store, covered in
refrigerator. Make about 2 dozen. Source: The Toronto Sun  From
Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 2181 Calories From Fat: 1535 Total Fat: 181.9g Cholesterol: 97.6mg Sodium: 755.6mg Potassium: 3497.2mg Carbohydrates: 119.1g Fiber: 48g Sugar: 32.2g Protein: 92.6g