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The pre-sight view of election makes God seem absurd in His language if not somewhat dishonest. You see, God has gone to great lengths to say that some are elected, chosen, foreordained, predestined as part of His eternal purpose. For God to say that He saw those that would choose Him and then He calls them elect (select from a number) is linguistic trickery. It is like the Queen decreeing that the sun will rise in the morning, as others have said. God’s words about His action toward man would mean nothing but could only be construed as a way of presenting an authoritative front that God is in charge, whereas the decisions of eternal life and death are really within man alone. Apply this to prophecy. Much of prophecy is presented to us as that which God determines to do in the future. Is this the truth of it? Did God prophesy that John the Baptist would be the forerunner of the Messiah (Isa. 40:3-5; Luke 3:3-6) on the basis of pre-sight, and then declare that it would happen? Doesn’t language lose all meaning to say that? Does it not make sense of the language to say that the action predicted was based on God’s determined plan and not just what He saw happening?

Jim Elliff

We Love God!

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

Quick Blueberry-walnut Muffins

January 30, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Bnr	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/3	c	Butter, divided
2/3	c	Chopped diamond walnuts
1		Blueberry muffin mix 13 oz
1/3	c	Granulated sugar
3/4	t	Pumpkin pie spice

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small skillet. Add walnuts and saute
lightly a few minutes; set aside.  Prepare muffin mix according to
package, adding the sauteed walnuts.  Spoon into small greased muffin
pans; bake as directed. Remove from  pans and dip each muffin in
remaining melted butter, then roll in  mixture of sugar and pumpkin pie
spice.  Serve hot.  Makes 1 to 2 dozen muffins. Posted to
brand-name-recipes by Beach  Princess<barbra@pipeline.com> on Jan 24,
1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 805 Calories From Fat: 541 Total Fat: 61.5g Cholesterol: 162.7mg Sodium: 9.7mg Potassium: 27.9mg Carbohydrates: 67.6g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 66.7g Protein: <1g