14 February 2021
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No Payment for Sin? (TMF:1550)

Friday, February 19, 2021
Peace to Live By: No Payment for Sin? (TMF:1550) - Daniel Litton
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       So, if we have been justified already, then it only makes sense that because we are counted as not guilty for all accounts of sin, then we will be saved by Jesus from any of God’s wrath to come. What is the aim of God’s wrath? Where is it targeted? It is targeted for sin, and unbelievers who have no forgiveness for their sin. Those who are on the wrong side. They don’t have a payment for sin. Anyone who doesn’t accept Jesus is going to end up bearing God’s wrath, both in this life, and in the life to come. Eternal fire waits anyone who doesn’t know Jesus. You can laugh at that, but that’s the reality of the situation. I’d prefer you not laugh, for your own sake, because I’d rather you accept Jesus than find out the hard way. Again, Paul re-emphasizes what he just said in the next verse. Anyone who isn’t in right relationship with God is an enemy of God.

Not Guilty for All Accounts of Sin (TMF:1549)

Thursday, February 18, 2021
Peace to Live By: Not Guilty for All Accounts of Sin (TMF:1549) - Daniel Litton
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       Finishing up our text for today. Verse 9: “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation” (Romans 5:9-11, ESV). For those who are always looking for another verse to add to your eternal security list, be sure not to miss this one. Notice how Paul used the past tense of the word ‘justify.’ He said, “we have now been justified.” So, our justification, as he previously argued, has already taken place from the moment we believed. That’s tremendously encouraging. So, if we have been justified already, then it only makes sense that because we are counted as not guilty for all accounts of sin, then we will be saved by Jesus from any of God’s wrath to come.

Enemies of God in the Past (TMF:1548)

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Peace to Live By: Enemies of God in the Past (TMF:1548) - Daniel Litton
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       Jesus didn’t come to the earth and die for us because we were good people. We don’t come to Jesus in our goodness in order to make us better. Jesus so loved us that he died for us because we were sinners, which is a pretty amazing thing. Really, if you stop and think about it, he died for his enemies in a way. Jesus tells us to love our enemies and do good to them, and that’s exactly what he did. Before we knew God, we were enemies of God. And yet, John stated, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16, ESV). That had to be a hard thing to do, to die for your enemies. Would you or I be willing to die for our enemies? I would venture to say most definitely not.

Are You Ungodly? (TMF:1547)

Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Peace to Live By: Are You Ungodly? (TMF:1547) - Daniel Litton
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       Anyhow, we are told “Christ died for the ungodly.” That’s you, that’s me, that’s everyone. We are all weak. All of us, before we come into personal relationship with God, are ungodly. We are separated from God because we have not been obedient to him. Remember, take away sin and there is no point for Christ dying on the cross. Anyone who wants to say, “I’m not ungodly” cannot come to Christ. There has to be that inner sense of being ungodly, of being in need of a Savior. One needs to feel that he or she needs forgiven of their sins. If you take away sin, you take away the Gospel. No sin equals no Gospel. If your preaching takes away sin, then what is the need for the cross? You have become just a self-help guru at that point. A guru is a Hindu spiritual teacher.

God Doing Things At the Right Time (TMF:1546)

Monday, February 15, 2021
Peace to Live By: God Doing Things At the Right Time (TMF:1546) - Daniel Litton
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       Continuing on in Romans 5. Verse 6: “For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:6-8, ESV). Paul says, “at the right time Christ died.” That is something we need to consider and learn. God always does things at the right time. The right time. The right time is his time, which at times isn’t our time. We just talked about our endurance and how that produces character. We need to learn to develop the endurance to wait on God’s timing. When we wait on God’s timing, all will go well. And we don’t want to have the habit of not waiting on his time, and trying to do things in our own power, which will not get us what we want.