Seven-layer Cookie – We Love God!

The devil is relentless. No sooner have we resisted one temptation than his demons come after us with another. He is persistent. If we show the slightest sign of weakening, he will keep pressing us until we sin. He is crafty, gradually leading us down the road of destruction. He starts with a small temptation. When it succeeds, he presents us with a slightly greater temptation, slowly drawing us deeper and deeper into sin. He is subtle, so subtle that sometimes we find ourselves sinning before we are even aware of being tempted. Satan is also creative. He offers us a complete line of transgressions to choose from: greed, lust, hatred, despair, and anger.

Philip Graham Ryken

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Cookies	1	Recipe

INGREDIENTS

1		Stick margarine, melted
2		C graham cracker crumbs
1		Pk shredded coconut
6		Oz butterscotch chips
6		Oz semi-sweet chocolate
		chips
1		Cn Eagle Brand milk
1		C chopped pecans

INSTRUCTIONS

Melt the margarine in 9 x 13 pan.  Add graham cracker crumbs, stir and
press down. Add other ingredients as layers in order listed. Bake at
350 for 30 minutes.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“People disappoint. God doesn’t.”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1899 Calories From Fat: 1347 Total Fat: 159g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 1090.5mg Potassium: 47.5mg Carbohydrates: 144.8g Fiber: 13.4g Sugar: 0g Protein: 10.5g

Ascribing to and endorsing orthodox doctrines should never be confused with genuine faith. Demons can confess monotheism (Jas. 2:19), and yet their hearts are far from the one true God. Indeed, they hate Him and all of His ways. Consider the reactions of the demons when they encountered Jesus during His earthly ministry. They acknowledged that He was “the holy one of God” (Mk. 1:24), and in that sense, “they believed” in Him and knew more about Him at that stage in His ministry than most anyone, even Jesus own disciples. But they certainly didn't love Jesus, and they didn't believe in Him to the extent that they entrusted their lives to Him. This leads me to conclude that there is a kind of faith, and intellectual understanding, that is “bare” and “empty.” It subscribes to mental propositions but doesn't embrace and love Jesus, and in the final analysis it proves to be no faith at all.

Thomas Schreiner