01 August 2021
Two-Minute Features | 08 August 2021

Demons Help Enhance Our Sin-Nature (TMF:1670)

Friday, August 06, 2021
Peace to Live By: Demons Help Enhance Our Sin-Nature (TMF:1670) - Daniel Litton
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       That doesn’t mean we aren’t responsible, that’s not what this section of Scripture in Romans chapter 7 is for. No, we are still responsible for bad choices that we make. Judas was still responsible for betraying Jesus, even though Satan had enter him. I mean that oftentimes I think that demons help enhance our sin-nature at the time it comes to making an incorrect choice. I think more often than not it’s not just our flesh making a bad choice, our sin-nature, but it’s our flesh working in cooperation with the influence of a demon. People at times want to let Satan and his demons off the hook for wrong decisions, and put all the blame on the flesh, on the sin-nature. Nonetheless, I genuinely believe that demons try to influence us greatly, and even get to the point where they bring influence within us (more on this some other time). Don’t be naive and think that Satan and his demons don’t play off of your flesh. You better believe they do.

Choosing Wrong Instead of Right (TMF:1669)

Thursday, August 05, 2021
Peace to Live By: Choosing Wrong Instead of Right (TMF:1669) - Daniel Litton
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        Sometimes Christians follow the wrong angel, the demonic one, and they find themselves going against God’s law. They find themselves in sin. Because of our sin-natures, and because the opposing option is available to us, occasionally we pick and choose that opposing option, the one that’s against what God has said. That’s our sin-nature. At times we follow that sin-nature reluctantly even though we know we shouldn’t. Other times we follow it deliberately even when we know what we are doing is wrong. I want to take a moment here and discuss the relationship between the wrong things we choose and how closely those are related to demonic activity. I personally believe, that more often than not, the bad choices we make, the sinful ones, are tied into influence from a demon. As I’ve lived my own life, I’ve come to believe this over time to be the case. That doesn’t mean we aren’t responsible, that’s not what this section of Scripture in Romans chapter 7 is for.

Our Beliefs Have Power Behind Them (TMF:1668)

Wednesday, August 04, 2021
Peace to Live By: Our Beliefs Have Power Behind Them (TMF:1668) - Daniel Litton
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       Our beliefs have power, whether they are good beliefs or bad beliefs, whether they are true or false. The kind of power will correspond to the validity of the belief. In reality, in Christ we are perfect in God’s eyes, and we have the power to overcome sin. It’s so very necessary for us to believe that truth, and thereby practice that truth. As Solomon told us and warned us, “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Proverbs 23:7, KJV). Regardless, we understand that at the moment we are making a choice, whatever it is, two opposing sides exist. It all plays out in our minds. It’s like the old cartoons where they were be an angel on one shoulder and a demon on the other. As Paul said, “So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.”

A Correct View of Ourselves in Christ (TMF:1667)

Tuesday, August 03, 2021
Peace to Live By: A Correct View of Ourselves in Christ (TMF:1667) - Daniel Litton
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       All this being said, as a final point in this area, we should not and cannot have a wrong view of ourselves in Christ if we want to be successful over sin in our lives. And this is a common problem for folks. It’s a common issue for the Christian deists I’ve been talking about throughout this series. After we have been born again, once we have come to the realization of our own, personal sinfulness, if we continue to see ourselves as pathetic sinners in Christ, then guess what? We are going to continue to struggle with sin. Sinful habits aren’t going to go away for us. And why is this? Because how we see ourselves in Christ is very significant and consequential. And notice I said “in Christ.” In other words, what we believe about ourselves is what we become. I talked about this in Romans chapter 6, remember? Our beliefs have power, whether they are good beliefs or bad beliefs, whether they are true or false.

The Folly of a Current Movement, Part 3 (TMF:1666)

Monday, August 02, 2021
Peace to Live By: The Folly of a Current Movement, Part 3 (TMF:1666) - Daniel Litton
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       But my point is that no one, man or woman, can act perfectly all the time, in every way. It’s just not possible. That’s Paul’s argument in our text here today. You can try all you want, you can try with all your might, you can create tons of rules and regulations for yourself to follow, but there is going to be a moment, and probably a moment you didn’t even see coming, when you have not measured up to perfection. You didn’t treat your boyfriend or your girlfriend right. You didn’t treat your wife or your husband correctly. You showed interest in a girl, and you got rejected. Or, you were on that date, went in for the kiss, and man, you got rejected. Does that now mean your a MeToo offender? Oh no! May it never be, as Paul likes to say. All this being said, as a final point in this area, we should not and cannot have a wrong view of ourselves in Christ if we want to be successful over sin in our lives.