03 October 2021
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The Spirit of God Permanently Lives Inside Us (TMF:1715)

Friday, October 08, 2021
Peace to Live By: The Spirit of God Permanently Lives Inside Us (TMF:1715) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 9: “You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you” (Romans 8:9-11, ESV). Again, we as Christians are not like Old Testament believers in God. The Spirit of God now permanently lives inside of us. This happened at the moment of our conversation, the moment we believed in God, accepted Jesus. We are not either like unbelievers who are not in right relationship with God. We have advantages over both groups of people, to understate it dramatically. Mainly, the two things are that we are new creations and indwelled by the Spirit of God, as I’ve been talking about. But Paul says here that anyone of which the Holy Spirit does not abide in their bodies does not even know God.

How God Sees the Good Done by Outsiders (TMF:1714)

Thursday, October 07, 2021
Peace to Live By: How God Sees the Good Done by Outsiders (TMF:1714) - Daniel Litton
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       Since he or she has not been transformed, he or she is not indwelled by the Holy Spirit. And since this is the case, it is impossible for the person to live by the things of God—to practice truth, to follow the Spirit, etc. And this being the case, ultimately the person cannot please God. Even if the person appears to be doing good things externally, in reality some other motive exists behind those good things. They are not being done out a person’s love for God because the person doesn’t know God. So, God doesn’t see these actions by these people as good, even if they may seem good to us outwardly. They’re not counted in God’s eyes toward their credit. In the same way, Christians also can live in the flesh versus the Spirit, as I’ve mentioned, and this also is equally displeasing to God. I already talked about this in Romans chapter 7. A lot of legalistic and heartless Christians do this, and they don’t even realize it. We will discuss this a little more on down the road here in the book of Romans. Yes, a lot can be said on this subject.

Combating the Mental Sins, Part 5 (TMF:1713)

Wednesday, October 06, 2021
Peace to Live By: Combating the Mental Sins, Part 5 (TMF:1713) - Daniel Litton
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       Don’t brush this of as a sinful theory on the power of positive thinking. The only sin that’s really going on here is the fact you just brushed it off in your unbelief. If you want to brush it off, go for it, and have a miserable life. The rest of us will have good, faith-filled, positive lives. If you stop and think about it, you know how you currently think isn’t working. Things never get better for you; they're always the same boring, mundane, powerless way. So, leave the dark side and come to the faith-filled side, and watch your life change. It’s not just for Charismatics, but it’s for Evangelicals also. Paul said, “Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” This is because, as we’ve been saying, one who is alive without being regenerated, one who has not accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior, is not in personal relationship with God. Since he or she has not been transformed, he or she is not indwelled by the Holy Spirit.

Combating the Mental Sins, Part 4 (TMF:1712)

Tuesday, October 05, 2021
Peace to Live By: Combating the Mental Sins, Part 4 (TMF:1712) - Daniel Litton
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       If the enemy is telling us we’re not going to get our package, we need to say something like, “The Scripture says that God is on my side. I believe he will help me to get it. That’s a lie. Everything is going to be fine.” And then we need to stand firm on our faith. This is how, as Paul talks about here in Romans 8, we experience life and peace. You and I cannot experience life and peace if we are always thinking about and considering bad things, thinking about all the things that could go wrong for us and those around us. That’s not life, and that’s not peace. We have to discipline our minds and control what we think about on a day to day, moment by moment basis. By doing this, we will end up being happy in our lives. Even if we are presented with a problem, we need to immediately be hopeful that our problem is going to resolved soon, and that what we want to happen is what is going to happen. Don’t brush this of as a sinful theory on the power of positive thinking. The only sin that’s really going on here is the fact you just brushed it off in your unbelief. If you want to brush it off, go for it, and have a miserable life.

Combating the Mental Sins, Part 3 (TMF:1711)

Monday, October 04, 2021
Peace to Live By: Combating the Mental Sins, Part 3 (TMF:1711) - Daniel Litton
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       In thinking about our current circumstances, whatever they are, we are hopeful that things are going to turn out in our favor, that everything is going to work out for our good. We don’t think about all the possibilities of things that could go wrong. Even if they come to our minds, we quickly let them pass right by us. We don’t speak to others mostly negative things. We don’t talk about in conversations things that could go wrong. See see things with faith that God is on our side and that things will work out for the good. If we are waiting on an important package, we don’t think things like, “I bet they’ll deliver it to the wrong address. I probably be gone when it comes and miss it. Even if I do get, what if the items damaged.” We don’t have mindsets like this. It’s not sinful to expect the best and think about the best outcome. Whoever said that is flat out wrong. It’s actually sinful to expect the worst and to think about the bad. That’s an insult to God’s character. We must combat lies that come to us from the enemy by countering with faith-filled words from Scripture.