Peanut Butter Candy Cake

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
Eggs, Grains, Dairy	Jewish	Cake	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 3/4	c	Boiling Water
1	c	Quick-Cooking Oats
1/2	c	Butter
1	c	Light Brown Sugar
1	c	Sugar
1	t	Vanilla
2		Eggs
1 1/2	c	Unsifted Flour
1	t	Baking Soda
1/2	t	Baking Powder
1/4	t	Cinnamon
1/4	t	Salt
5		Reece's Peanut Butter Cups
		0.6-Oz Size
3	T	Butter
3	oz	Unsweetened Chocolate
3	c	Confectioner's Sugar
1/2	c	Milk

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine water and oats; cool to room temperature. Cream butter, brown
sugar, sugar and vanilla; beat in eggs. Blend in oatmeals mix. Combine
flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add to creamed
mix. Beat 1 minute on medium speed. Pour batter into a greased and
floured 13x9 pan. Chop peanut butter cups and sprinkloe on top of
batter (DO NOT STIR). Bake at 350 degrees 40-45 minutes.  Frosting:
melt butter. Add chocolate and stir constantly over low heat  until
melted. Pour into a bowl and add remaining ingredients; beat  until
well blended. Chill to spreading consistency and frost cake.  Recipe
by: Taste of Home Country Cooking, 1996  Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest
by boxersrock@juno.com (Sheryl Donner)  on Aug 31, 1998, converted by
MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 220 Calories From Fat: 103 Total Fat: 11.9g Cholesterol: 44.8mg Sodium: 146.5mg Potassium: 97.7mg Carbohydrates: 27g Fiber: 1.7g Sugar: 13.1g Protein: 3.7g