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We Have Both Sides of the Coin (TMF:1920)

Friday, August 19, 2022
Peace to Live By: We Have Both Sides of the Coin (TMF:1920) - Daniel Litton
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       Yes, every individual created in God’s image bears God’s likeness, and with that likeness comes a capacity for good. The only problem is, is that there’s this thing called sin that has messed everything up. Now, after Adam and Eve fell, everyone also has the capacity for evil, really, the bend for evil. Thus begets the need for the problem to be rectified. We know this has been corrected in God giving his own Son to us, for us. He bestows upon us the transformation that each of us need. The only thing we have to do is accept the gift, and then the transformation occurs. This get us back to what James is talking about here. James said that God “brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.” You see, we are the firstfruits of all his creatures. That’s because we have both sides of the coin. Those who aren’t in personal relationship with God, who haven’t yet accepted the gift, they have the ‘created in the image of God’ side.

Made in God's Image, Part 2 (TMF:1919)

Thursday, August 18, 2022
Peace to Live By: Made in God's Image, Part 2 (TMF:1919) - Daniel Litton
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       So, when God created people, he created life in them, for God, for Jesus, they are life. This life within in them then, let’s call it the image of God, was the light of people—it was what was particularly good about them. As far as I know, nothing has changed with people today. We see, therefore, that men and women, whether regenerated or not, were created in the image of God and definitely have a capacity for good. It reminds me of what Jor-eL told Superman in the original Superman: The Movie (1978) and in Superman Returns (2006). He said, “They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son.” This isn’t too far off for the Christian message, really, the message of reality. Yes, every individual created in God’s image bears God’s likeness, and with that likeness comes a capacity for good. The only problem is, is that there’s this thing called sin that has messed everything up.

Made in God's Image, Part 1 (TMF:1918)

Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Peace to Live By: Made in God's Image, Part 1 (TMF:1918) - Daniel Litton
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       If God has brought us forth by words he has spoken, that means we use to be something that we aren’t any longer. This reminds us of the famous passage, indeed, the one at the beginning of the Scriptures, namely Genesis chapter 1 where it talks about God bringing Adam forth by words he had spoken. There, it says, “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Genesis 1:26, ESV). This was something God spoke out loud, apparently to God the Son, to Jesus Christ, when he was creating Adam and Eve. John gives us a different camera angle, remember, when he said, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:1-3, ESV). There is something more to this, though, that I want us to see. And, namely, that’s verse 4 of John chapter 1. It continues, “In him [in Jesus] was life, and the life was the light of men” (ESV).

God's Desire to Give Us Good Things (TMF:1917)

Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Peace to Live By: God's Desire to Give Us Good Things (TMF:1917) - Daniel Litton
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       James chapter 1, verse 18: “Of his own will [the Father’s own will] he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures” (ESV). Today we come to the reasoning behind why God gives us good things. It’s so easy we could miss it if we looked too hard. The reason God gives us good is because he wants to. It’s as simple as that. James said we receive good gifts from the Father’s “own will.” Yes, the good and perfect things from God are great. Yet, we still have a couple more presents to open here, and there is a greater picture at hand. James said that God “brought us forth by the word of truth” and he also said this is so “that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.” So, here are two more important points. If God has brought us forth by words he has spoken, that means we use to be something that we aren’t any longer. This reminds us of the famous passage, indeed, the one at the beginning of the Scriptures, namely Genesis chapter 1 where it talks about God bringing Adam forth by words he had spoken.

Changing Our 'Wantingness' Attitude (TMF:1916)

Monday, August 15, 2022
Peace to Live By: Changing Our 'Wantingness' Attitude (TMF:1916) - Daniel Litton
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       We don’t want to be like the Moon during a Solar Eclipse, and move in front of the Sun and block God’s light. The Moon for a moment of time desires to be star of the show, and in doing so, blocks light coming down to the earth. God doesn’t change. It’s not that we have to manipulate God to get what we want. If God doesn’t change, and we’re not getting what we want out of life, then what must change? The only possibility then is that we have to change. It is us who have the problem. It is us who have the too strong of desires, both for big things and for small things. We must change our attitude about the things we want, and give up control of them, and only then will we experience fulfilling life. God is really all that matters. Yes, when we think like that, when we have that attitude, then can be fulfilled in us the familiar statement from Jesus: “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33, KJV).