02 May 2021
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Believing You Can Win vs Unbelief (TMF:1605)

Friday, May 07, 2021
Peace to Live By: Believing You Can Win vs Unbelief (TMF:1605) - Daniel Litton
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       When is the last time you saw an athlete win a competition, and when being interviewed afterward, the athlete said, “Oh, I didn’t believe I would win, but somehow, someway, I won.” You usually don’t hear an athlete say that. Of course the athlete believes he or she will win, that’s why they try. Their belief works in cooperation with their physical activity. Sometimes we flat out don’t believe it is possible to have victory. And what’s that called? That’s called unbelief. That’s a worser form of doubt in our minds. It’s completely giving up. Even fear of failure can prevent us from trying. If we’re too afraid, we won’t try. So, we must not be too afraid either. In order to overcome sin, in order to present ourselves to obedience, we have to rid ourselves of these wrong mindsets, these wrong thinking patterns, and replace them all with a good, sincere, working faith.

The Christian Can Overcome the World (TMF:1604)

Thursday, May 06, 2021
Peace to Live By: The Christian Can Overcome the World (TMF:1604) - Daniel Litton
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       We, as Christians, are the only ones who have that ability. We are the only ones who can truly overcome the world. And how do we overcome the world? How do we overcome sin in our lives, in our flesh? Paul tells us, “but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.” This is just as John just told us. We have to have faith, as John said, in order to present ourselves to obedience, to doing what is right. We talked about this last week. If we doubt, we what? We believe that victory is probably not going to be ours. That line of thinking, that we probably won’t win, is doubt. When is the last time you saw an athlete win a competition, and when being interviewed afterward, the athlete said, “Oh, I didn’t believe I would win, but somehow, someway, I won.” You usually don’t hear an athlete say that.

The Christian Can Choose Righteousness (TMF:1603)

Wednesday, May 05, 2021
Peace to Live By: The Christian Can Choose Righteousness (TMF:1603) - Daniel Litton
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       And that’s the difference between the Christian and non-Christian. The Christian has the choice to present his members for righteousness and goodness because why? Because as we learned last week, the Christian is dead to sin and alive to God. You see, unbelievers don’t have the choice of whether or not they want to serve sin. Unbelievers are slaves to sin. They are born into this world that way, just as we originally were, but they still remain in that state. John notes the difference between the unbeliever and the believer. He said in one of his epistles: “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:3-5, ESV).

Obeying Sin's Passions Within Us (TMF:1602)

Tuesday, May 04, 2021
Peace to Live By: Obeying Sin's Passions Within Us (TMF:1602) - Daniel Litton
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       Paul said, “Let not.” Let not what? “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.” So if we are to let not, that means that we could ‘let.’ It means that if we allow ourselves, we can let sin reign in our mortal bodies. And what will happen if we do this? Well, that sin will take control of us and make us obey its passions. See, even as Christians, as born again followers of God, we can still let sin reign in our bodies if we are not careful. If we are undisciplined in our thoughts, our words, and our behaviors, if we are not consistently seeking to align those with Christ, we can find ourselves involved in sin in no moment's notice. We can “present our members” either to sin or to God. We have the choice. And that’s the difference between the Christian and non-Christian. The Christian has the choice to present his members for righteousness.

The New Desires from Within Us (TMF:1601)

Monday, May 03, 2021
Peace to Live By: The New Desires from Within Us (TMF:1601) - Daniel Litton
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       Here in Paul’s words is the presentation of how to deal with sin in our bodies, in our members, how to crucify our flesh. It is a step by step Keynote if you will. When we become a Christian, God implants in us the desire to conform our thoughts, our words, and our actions to be in line with those of Christ. That’s one way we know we have been born again, when we see and feel these new desires within us. If we read this passage carefully, we see the different verbs in action of what we ourselves are to do in regard to our sin natures. Let’s look at them. Paul says, “Let not” “Do not present” and “present yourselves” “present... your members.” We see the fluctuation in what Paul is saying to us. These are clear instructions with clear implications. Paul said, “Let not.” Let not what? “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.” So if we are to let not, that means that we could ‘let.’