Misery and Other Stuff May 22, 2008
Posted by carpebanana in : Ramblings , add a commentI get daily e-mails with crock pot recipes from some sort of alternative health care thingy. My favorites are the ones that start with an ad for a diet book with this header:
You Don’t Have to Be Fat and Miserable
“No,” I always think, “you can also be thin and miserable.” Anyone who has been raised knowing the Westminster standards knows that. Question 17: Into what estate did the fall bring mankind? Answer: The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
And then you get to the good stuff, in question 20: Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? Answer: God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.
And that does not even mention the common grace we all get, too, exemplified in this photo:
