12 September 2021
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People's Problem Under the Old Testament (TMF:1700)

Friday, September 17, 2021
Peace to Live By: People's Problem Under the Old Testament (TMF:1700) - Daniel Litton
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       Moving on. Verse 2: “For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit” (Romans 8:2-4, ESV). People who lived under the Old Testament Law had no ability to live free from sin. Under the Old Testament system, the Law could not do that. It just showed people where their sin was, and what they weren’t supposed to do. The problem is that without being a new creation, without the old self passing away, one could only live by trying to keep the rules. And there were certain sins, that if a person committed them, there was no way to really get away from the guilt and condemnation that came from that sin. A think a good example of this is David’s sin with Bathsheba.

Not Moving On Can Cost us Our Future (TMF:1699)

Thursday, September 16, 2021
Peace to Live By: Not Moving On Can Cost us Our Future (TMF:1699) - Daniel Litton
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       Peter could have shut down his life because he had done that, because he had let Jesus down in these ways. But did he do that? No, of course he didn’t. He received Jesus’ forgiveness and went to start the first church, and really to be the leader of the church of all times. What if he would have caved to Satan’s condemnation? There wouldn’t have been a leader for the first church. All the times he witnessed Jesus’ name would have been lost. All his rewards stored up in Heaven for his ministering would have been forfeited. It wasn’t even Jesus’ will that Peter go to the cross with him. He never had to swear he’d die with him. Now, I don’t say that to excuse Peter’s sin, but simply to make the point that God wasn’t asking Peter to do what he thought he was. Peter often gets a bad wrap here, but that’s not the reality of it. So, let us take Peter’s positive example here and move on from sins and not wallow in the mud.

Ruminating on Past Sins & Its Effect (TMF:1698)

Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Peace to Live By: Ruminating on Past Sins & Its Effect (TMF:1698) - Daniel Litton
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       A problem for us with condemnation from Satan or from others is that if we let it get to us, if we think about it and ruminate on it, it can prevent us from actually moving forward in a successful way in life. People can get stuck in their sin. I’ve seen it so many times in my own life, people wallowing in condemnation for sins done in the past. Just think, what if the Apostle Peter had wallowed in his sin of denying Jesus three times, and not going to death with him, like he said he would. Peter could have shut down his life because he had done that, because he had let Jesus down in these ways. But did he do that? No, of course he didn’t. He received Jesus’ forgiveness and went to start the first church, and really to be the leader of the church of all times. What if he would have caved to Satan’s condemnation? There wouldn’t have been a leader for the first church. All the times he witnessed Jesus’ name would have been lost.

Seeking Other's Approval or Not (TMF:1697)

Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Peace to Live By: Seeking Other's Approval or Not (TMF:1697) - Daniel Litton
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       Even if other people still think of any sin we’ve committed and of which they know about at the time they think about us or see us, that’s their problem. Frequently people who are quick to bring to mind the sin of others are those who are either full of pride in themselves, in their ability to perform, and think highly of themselves, or they are of those of which the opposite is true, they hate themselves and are trying to bring everyone down to what they feel is their level. It is important that we accept ourselves, by the way. When we accept ourselves it is so much easier to give grace to others. It is not our job to be constantly seeking for others to like us, to be happy with us in life. During our lives, no matter who we are, we are not always going to be approved by everyone all the time. That’s just not going to happen. It’s not wrong to want to be liked by people, but to always be liked all the time is just a burden no one needs to try to bear. We have to give God this area of our lives.

Who's Ability Do We Depend On? (TMF:1696)

Monday, September 13, 2021
Peace to Live By: Who's Ability Do We Depend On? (TMF:1696) - Daniel Litton
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       Paul said we are not to walk after the flesh. In walking after the flesh (we learned about this in the fall), when we walk after the flesh we are depending on our own ability to be right before God. We are depending on our own flesh in order to not sin and try to be perfect before God. The problem with this is, God hates this. He hates it when we try to make ourselves good in his sight by our own performance. This is what Christians do who are not Spirit-filled, the ones who are stern and lifeless. No friends, we have to depend on God for our righteousness before him, and for our ability to walk in that righteousness (to do what is right in his sight). This is walking according to the Spirit. It is depending on God’s grace so that we no longer feel condemnation when we don’t measure up. It is God’s responsibility to do the work for us. It is our responsibility to place our faith in God’s ability to do that work on our behalf.