Stir-fried Asparagus – We Love God!

When the solemn and blessed subject of Divine foreordination is expounded, when God’s eternal choice of certain ones to be conformed to the image of His Son is set forth, the Enemy sends along some man to argue that election is based upon the foreknowledge of God, and this “foreknowledge” is interpreted to mean that God foresaw certain ones would be more pliable than others, that they would respond more readily to the strivings of the Spirit, and that because God knew they would believe, He, accordingly, predestinated them unto salvation. But such a statement is radically wrong. It repudiates the truth of total depravity, for it argues that there is something good in some men It takes away the independency of God, for it makes His decrees rest upon what He discovers in the creature It completely turns things upside down, for in saying God foresaw certain sinners would believe in Christ, and that because of this, He predestinated them unto salvation, is the very reverse of the truth. Scripture affirms that God, in His high sovereignty, singled out certain ones to be recipients of His distinguishing favors (Acts 13:48), and therefore He determined to bestow upon them the gift of faith. False theology makes God’s foreknowledge of our believing the cause of His election to salvation; whereas, God’s election is the cause, and our believing in Christ is the effect.

A.W. Pink

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats		Low-cal, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Asparagus
1/2	c	Water
1/2	t	Instant chicken boullion
1	T	Cornstarch
1	T	Water, cold
2	T	Vegetable oil
1 1/2	c	Mushrooms, fresh sliced
1/8	t	Pepper, fresh ground blk

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut asparagus into 1" pieces and steam lightly. Mix 1/2 c water and
the dry boullion; reserve. Mix cornstarch and 1T water; reserve. Heat
oil in wok or 12 inch skillet over medium heat. Add asparagus,
mushrooms, salt & pepper. Stir fry about 1 minute. Stir in bouillion
mixture and heat to boiling. Stir in cornstarch mixture. Cook and  stir
until thickened, about 10 seconds. Serve as a side dish or  entree. 90
calories per serving.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
www.synapse.com/~gemini

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“WARNING: Exposure to the Son may prevent burning.”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 92 Calories From Fat: 64 Total Fat: 7.3g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 324.4mg Potassium: 278.9mg Carbohydrates: 5.5g Fiber: 1.4g Sugar: <1g Protein: 2.9g

The only hope there is of standing righteous and acceptable before God is by receiving by faith what another has done for you. All self-attainment, self-accomplishment, self-righteousness must be abandoned realizing the vanity and hopelessness of bringing to pass our own right standing before God. We must humble ourselves before a holy God, recognize our sin, acknowledge our complete inability to remove that sin. Then we must embrace what Christ has done for us, instead of us, paying the penalty of our sin in our place in order to bring to us, by faith, a credited righteousness by which God may rightly justify us as ungodly sinners. Look to Christ and Christ alone.

Bruce Ware