Sweet And Sour Battered Fish

Regard the Mosaic endorsement of capital punishment. Can this be justified on New Covenant grounds? Yes, in two ways. First, in Romans 13:4, Paul speaks of our governmental leaders who do not “bear the sword in vain.” Obviously the sword is not used for correction but for execution, and Paul acknowledges this right. Paul does not bother to provide an extensive list of what crimes are rightly punishable by death, but the right itself is assumed. Also, there is the pre-Mosaic stipulation that murder is an attack on God’s image and, therefore, worthy of death (Gen. 9:6). Murder as a personal attack on God is a notion that is not confined to the Old Covenant alone; it remain a capital offense in every age.

Fred Zaspel

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	T	Oil
1		Onion, peeled & chopped
1		Carrot, cut into thin strips
1/4	pt	Pineapple juice
1		Cucumber unpeeled cut into
		strips
4	T	Vinegar
1	T	Worcestershire sauce
2	oz	Brown sugar
4		Battered frozen fish steaks
1	T	level cornflour
4	T	Water blended with cornflour

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oil in a pan and add the onion, carrots and cucumber. Fry for 5
mins. Pour in the fruit juice, vinegar, worcestershire sauce and
sugar. Simmer for 10 mins. stirring occasionally. Meanwhile, cook  fish
in mod. oven (turning them over half way through) for about 20  mins.
Add the cornflour and water mixture to the sauce and bring back  to the
boil, stirring constantly. Simmer for 1-2 mins. Serve with  long-grain
or basmati rice.  Posted to rec.food.recipes by
ynnuf@yetti.amigans.gen.nz (Doreen  Randal) on Feb 18, 94.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 824 Calories From Fat: 189 Total Fat: 21.5g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 1249mg Potassium: 1357.9mg Carbohydrates: 112.9g Fiber: 9g Sugar: 88.6g Protein: 49.8g

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