Ranchero Chili And Rice

This, then, is how Jesus made atonement – how He paid it all. The punishment which was due to us He voluntarily received. The death which was the wages of our sin He underwent. The stripes with which we deserved to be beaten fell upon His willing back. The chastisement which was owing us was borne by Him. The price we would have paid by endless suffering He paid by an infinite sacrifice. It should have been I who cried out, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” It should have been He who said: “I am persuaded that nothing shall separate me from the love of God.” Because Jesus paid it all, it was He who was forsaken and we who never shall be. Because He drank the full cup of divine wrath, we shall never taste it. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.”

John Gerstner

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Vegetables		Meat	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Ground beef or ground turkey
1		Onion, diced
2		10.5-oz condensed
		vegetable beef soup
2	T	Chili powder
3	c	Hot cooked brown rice

INSTRUCTIONS

Cook beef and onion in large skillet about 5 minutes or until beef is
browned, stirring to crumble beef. Add condensed soup and chili
powder; simmer about 10 minutes. Serve over hot rice.  ARKANSAS RICE
DEPOT, INC.  PO BOX 808, 825 W. THIRD STREET  LITTLE ROCK, AR 72203
From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which
contained lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc.  Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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“God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. #Augustine”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 689 Calories From Fat: 274 Total Fat: 30.9g Cholesterol: 56.7mg Sodium: 1544.6mg Potassium: 311.7mg Carbohydrates: 95g Fiber: 8g Sugar: 2.4g Protein: 16.7g

Suicide is a grave sin equivalent to murder (Exodus 20:13; 21:23), but it can be forgiven like any other sin. And Scripture says clearly that those redeemed by God have been forgiven for all their sins – past, present, and future (Colossians 2:13-14). Paul says in Romans 8:38-39 that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. So if a true Christian would commit suicide in a time of extreme weakness, he or she would be received into heaven (Jude 24). But we question the faith of those who take their lives or even consider it seriously – it may well be that they have never been truly saved. I say that because God’s children are defined repeatedly in Scripture as those who have hope (Acts 24:15; Romans 5:2-5, 8:24; 2 Corinthians 1:10, etc.) and purpose in life (Luke 9:23-25; Romans 8:28; Colossians 1:29). And those who think of committing suicide do so because they have neither hope nor purpose in their lives. Furthermore, one who repeatedly considers suicide is practicing sin in his heart (Proverbs 23:7), and 1 John 3:9 says that “no one who is born of God practices sin.” And finally, suicide is often the ultimate evidence of a heart that rejects the lordship of Jesus Christ, because it is an act where the sinner is taking his life into his own hands completely rather than submitting to God's will for it. Surely many of those who have taken their lives will hear those horrifying words from the Lord Jesus at the judgment – “I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness” (Matthew 7:23). So though it may be possible for a true believer to commit suicide, we believe that is an unusual occurrence. Someone considering suicide should be challenged above all to examine himself to see whether he is in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5).

John MacArthur