04 October 2026
The Benefits of Jesus's Appearing (TMF:2980)
Friday, October 09, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
It wasn’t the establishment of a new way or a new religion. It wasn’t that the Jewish Law no longer had any relevance. The Old Testament pointed to the appearing of the Christ, and appear he did. God was faithful to what he had promised. The end result wasn’t just the benefit for the Jewish people, but also the benefit for the whole world, as God actually told Abraham would happen. Remember? He told Abraham, “In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed (Genesis 12:3, ESV). From a collective standpoint, that certainly has happened by this point in time. Thus, the true portrait of God’s actual character is displayed in Jesus Christ. God the helper; God the healer. God the One with compassion. Indeed, his character is often thought of in the scope of Old Testament violence, for instance, but that really isn’t the true picture of God. Back then, often God acquiesced to what the Israelites desired—even when those desires weren’t great.
Nobody Lives a Completely Righteous Life (TMF:2979)
Thursday, October 08, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
Previously was mentioned the fact that the Jewish Law could not make, or cause, a person to be, or become, righteous before God. And why is that? It’s because no one can keep that law perfectly. And no one did, as all sinned at one point or another. Even today, all of us are flawed, and perfection cannot be attained in our current lives. The Jewish Law showed truth. It displayed what was right and wrong, and even had extra laws and rituals that are no longer practiced, things that made a person ceremonially pure before God. Practices that were necessary at that time since the Christ hadn’t come yet. The full manifestation of grace reached its height by what Christ stated, by the fulfillment of the Jewish Law, and not by the abolition of it. Jesus noted in Matthew’s account: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them” (Matthew 5:17, ESV).
What Jesus's Miracles & Truth Showed (TMF:2978)
Wednesday, October 07, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
Our knowledge also recalls the fact that Jesus performed many miracles while he was walking the earth. Another aspect, then, of his glory. And the entirety of this—the entirety showed his grace and his truth toward us. It demonstrates grace because he comes to a people in desperate need of help. First and foremost, the Jewish people, the Nation of Israel. That’s what the miracles show. Physical ailments plagued a lot of people and they were in need of help. God demonstrated his care and love by healing them of various kinds of diseases. Persons were stricken by problems the heart of God didn’t desire them to be stricken with. We also are aware, as Jesus went around, he spoke truth. Truth in volumes. Sayings that are still relevant and spoken of today, almost 2,000 years after the fact. The incredibleness of it. Truth to guide lives down the right path. Truth to bring us closer to God. Truth to build societies and governments upon. Absolute truth from the Creator, from the Father.
Everyone is Affected by the Sin-Nature (TMF:2977)
Tuesday, October 06, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
Even though Jesus was in a human body, he proved that the righteous requirements of the Jewish Law could be fulfilled by living a perfectly righteous life. No one before him had done that, and no one since has done it. The rest of us, no matter who we consider, no matter who we are, no matter what time period, have been affected by the sin-nature inherited back to Adam. There’s no way around that. God the Son was born of the Spirit by the Virgin Mary, and didn’t inherit the sin-nature. The emphasis, then, is placed on the glory of the Son, and there are multiple aspects to cite that proclaim Jesus’ glory. A couple of those were just touched upon: the fact that he lived a perfect life and that he rose to the occasion of the cross to die for our sins. The obedience to the Father was exemplified to the point of death, and he even died for people who did not deserve it. Our knowledge also recalls the fact that Jesus performed many miracles while he was walking the earth. Another aspect, then, of his glory.
Jesus Comes to Dwell Among Us, Part 2 (TMF:2976)
Monday, October 05, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
He said, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” That’s significant. By John’s time, there were some who proclaimed that Jesus was not in a human body after all. These pre-Gnostic persons, the forerunners of the later Gnostics, wished to say that Jesus was some kind of spirit being. In truth, Jesus dwelling in human flesh is necessary in order to become our high priest, as prescribed under the Old Testament Law (see Hebrews 2:17). A sin-free experience had to be lived in order for him to be a perfect sacrifice before God on our behalf, to make us sin-free. Coming as a spirit instead, he couldn’t have been an offering for sin. If he had sinned, again, he wouldn’t have been an acceptable offering before God for sin. Both coming in human flesh, as well as being sin-free were necessary. Even though Jesus was in a human body, he proved that the righteous requirements of the Jewish Law could be fulfilled by living a perfectly righteous life.