12 July 2020
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Resistance in Telling the Truth, Part 3 (TMF:1415)

Friday, July 17, 2020
Peace to Live By: Resistance in Telling the Truth, Part 3 (TMF:1415) - Daniel Litton
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       See, a lot of people don’t understand this. Many people just think, “You keep your beliefs to yourself, and I’ll keep mine to myself.” And indeed, some folks live by this principle. They just want to live by the principles set forth, I guess, by American society, and if a person’s beliefs differs from that, they want people to keep those beliefs personal, to themselves. Of course, that doesn’t work for the Christian. For the reasons I already stated, and because we are supposed to share the Gospel, God’s truth with people, we cannot do that. To do so would not allow ourselves to shine our lights before others. It would be putting our lamps under our stands. And besides, a lot of people who don’t follow Christianity are spreading forth their own values, and they’re trying to get us to agree with them and believe on those things. The problem is that those anti-God positions they are proclaiming and fighting for actually come from our arch enemy, Satan himself.

Resistance in Telling the Truth, Part 2 (TMF:1414)

Thursday, July 16, 2020
Peace to Live By: Resistance in Telling the Truth, Part 2 (TMF:1414) - Daniel Litton
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       Some preachers don’t want to say anything that offends, or very little and only when absolutely necessary to appease the more devoted folks. If we’re never saying anything that rocks the boat with some, then we’re not explaining God and the Scriptures in an honest way. Certainly, the truth will offend because it comes in opposition with Satan’s counterfeit truth. Unquestionable absolutes exist when it comes to things pertaining to what is right and what is wrong, what behaviors are acceptable and what behaviors are not, and this comes to us from God himself. It is what God thinks. And when we say we believe these things, and tell people what the Bible says, offense is surely to come. That doesn’t mean, though, we shouldn’t say them, or just keep them to ourselves. No, God’s truth encompasses everyone. God is going to judge everyone in world on what he has said to be right and wrong, and since he’s God, what he says is what really matters.

Resistance in Telling the Truth, Part 1 (TMF:1413)

Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Peace to Live By: Resistance in Telling the Truth, Part 1 (TMF:1413) - Daniel Litton
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       We may tell someone, who we are witnessing to, that the Bible says this or that about a particular thing. And the person may not like what the Bible says. And this can be true also for preachers and teachers of the Word of God, who stand before many and talk about a great number of things. There could be someone listening who doesn’t believe and doesn’t like what the preacher has said. They may come against the preacher personally, say face-to-face, or in the form of a letter, email, or Facebook message, or they may just speak bad about the person to others. Whether it is personal witness or preaching the Bible, there are going to be times we say things that people don’t approve of, and if you never find yourself caught in that type of situation, then perhaps you not being as bold or as forthcoming as you ought to be. Jesus said we are blessed as Christians “when” these things happen to us, not “if” they happen. Some preachers don’t want to say anything that offends, or very little and only when absolutely necessary to appease the more devoted folks.

Not Everyone is Going to Like Us, Part 3 (TMF:1412)

Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Peace to Live By: Not Everyone is Going to Like Us, Part 3 (TMF:1412) - Daniel Litton
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       Many surely will in fact respect us for the good behavior they see in us. However, some are really bothered by it. And those who don’t like it will likely speak out against us, as Jesus said. They can persecute us, to use a strong word, by what they say or the actions they take against us. They can even make up things about us and tell other people because they don’t like us. This can happen to famous Christians, and it can happen to ordinary, everyday Christians. It happens in the media, or at school and the workplace. This can be particularly apparent and true when we have said things that certain people don’t like. Again, if we are followers of Jesus, we are going to be talking about Biblical things with people, sometimes on purpose or sometimes just through the natural flow of our Christian character. And if we talk about things that people don’t like, sometimes they are going to get upset. Usually, it has to do with sin. We may tell someone, who we are witnessing to, that the Bible says this or that about a particular thing.

Not Everyone is Going to Like Us, Part 2 (TMF:1411)

Monday, July 13, 2020
Peace to Live By: Not Everyone is Going to Like Us, Part 2 (TMF:1411) - Daniel Litton
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       People want others to like them. A number of people want to be friends with everyone they come into contact with, those they meet in life. I personally know people who are like this in my own life. But Jesus says here, in pulling out the pin to pop the balloon, that not everyone is going to like us, as Christians. Now why is this the case, that not everyone will like us when we are a Christian? Well, it’s simply because we show people around us where they are wrong by how we act—or least, we should be. If we are conducting our lives, our attitudes, our words, our behaviors in a way that represents Christ, then some people aren’t going to feel comfortable with that. They want us to be acting like they act—full of fear, worry, animosity, immorality, sensuality, covetousness—whatever it is—and not have control of ourselves because when we do it shows they are in the wrong. Some folks, though, appreciate this, and want what we have. Many surely will in fact respect us for the good behavior they see in us.