09 April 2017
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Satan Tried to Kill the Child Jesus, Part 1 (TMF:625)

Friday, April 14, 2017
Peace to Live By: Satan Tried to Kill the Child Jesus, Part 1 (TMF:625) - Daniel Litton
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       We don’t have to go very far into the life of Jesus to see Satan trying to stop God’s plan in action. To get started, if we go to Matthew chapter 2 we can see Satan working through King Herod. Remember, King Herod was very concerned about the birth of the Christ, for he was afraid the King of the Jews would be born, grow up, and try to overtake him. We find in Matthew chapter 2 that Herod was asking the chief priests of Israel and the scribes where the Christ would be born, and of course they told him Bethlehem. And he tried to get in on the good side with the wise men who had seen the great star in the sky, which was to lead them to Jesus. Herod wanted the wise men to tell them where the Christ was, because really, in reality, Satan was working through him to try to kill the child. We understand that after the wise men had visited with Jesus, giving him their gifts, that they were warned in a dream not to return to King Herod, and they obey the Lord and did not. Then we read in Matthew chapter 2, in verse 16, “Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men” (Matthew 2:16, ESV).

Intro to The Failure of Satan to Thwart God's Plan (TMF:624)

Thursday, April 13, 2017
Peace to Live By: Intro to The Failure of Satan to Thwart God's Plan (TMF:624) - Daniel Litton
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       All the way throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry, and up to the point where he went to the cross, Satan was constantly trying to foil God’s plan. He wanted to stop God’s plan of saving humans through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross for us, so that no one would have any hope of every being saved from their sins. Well, as we know, God always wins. His plans cannot be stopped, and even though Satan can seemingly try to give God a run for his money, God will always accomplish what he sets out to and intends to accomplish. God always wins. Indeed, Satan was always active on the sidelines, and then on the front lines, hoping to have grand success at foiling God’s plan. But what Satan doesn’t understand is that God’s Word must be accomplished in all aspects, and it is and will be accomplished. Remember what Jesus has told us, “For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished” (Matthew 5:18, ESV).

God Sent His Son Jesus to Die for All Sin (TMF:623)

Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Peace to Live By: God Sent His Son Jesus to Die for All Sin (TMF:623) - Daniel Litton
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       God guarantees he will come into your life, making you born-again, so that you can live life to its fullest extent, becoming like his Son, Jesus. Don't think that God couldn't possibly love you, because God does love you. Remember what the Apostle John penned, “For God so loved the world” and that was why he sent his Son Jesus to die for all sin (ESV). If you would like to be set free from the weight of your sin and believe in Jesus, all you have to do is pray a simple prayer like this: “God, you are right about me. I have done things that are offensive to you, and I have not been in right relationship with you. God, please come into my life and forgive me of my sins, the things that I have done that were wrong against you. I believe that Jesus is Lord of the universe, and that he came to earth as a human 2,000 years ago and died on the cross for my sins, shedding his blood as a complete payment for everything I have ever done wrong, or will do wrong. I believe that Jesus rose from the dead three days after his death, and that now he sits in heaven above with you at your right hand. Please Father, transform my life and make me like Jesus. In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.”

God Has Provided a Way for Us to Reconnect (TMF:622)

Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Peace to Live By: God Has Provided a Way for Us to Reconnect (TMF:622) - Daniel Litton
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       Therefore, in conclusion today, it should be noted that God's desire for mankind, for people, is that everyone come to accept His Truth through believing in his Son, Jesus Christ, whom God sent into the world to die for the sins of the people of the world. God wants to be in a personal relationship with everyone, and even though all of us have sinned against God, He has provided a way for us to reconnect, to regain that communication with Him. Jesus bore all sins of all time when he died on the cross, some 2,000 years ago, and was a perfect sacrifice for our sins in God's sight. Therefore, anyone who believes that Jesus' blood atones for his or her sins will be saved from any of God's wrath to come in the future. This invitation I am giving today is open to anyone who would believe in God. There is no sin, or series of sins, that you could commit that would disqualify you from receiving God's free gift of salvation. Any sin you have committed, no matter how heinous, is forgivable.

The Words We Believe Affects Our Lives (TMF:621)

Monday, April 10, 2017
Peace to Live By: The Words We Believe Affects Our Lives (TMF:621) - Daniel Litton
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       I want to close with the fact of what Jesus told us at the end of his great sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, and I think it brings some good insight into what I have talked about today with God’s Word. Jesus said in Matthew chapter 7, starting in verse 24: ““Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it” (Matthew 7:24-27, ESV). The words we are putting into our lives matter. If we will follow Jesus’ Words, the things he says to us, our lives will be built upon a firm foundation. When trouble comes in our lives, we won’t have to worry because our house is built on the rock. We have God on our side, and we are anchored in the Truth.