14 March 2021
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Not Everyone is Going to be Saved (TMF:1570)

Friday, March 19, 2021
Peace to Live By: Not Everyone is Going to be Saved (TMF:1570) - Daniel Litton
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       “Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men” (Romans 5:18, ESV. This, again, is not saying that all people will be saved. Many other places in the Bible tell us that won’t be the case. Jesus told us that on multiple occasions, and the Book of Revelation clearly states that. We know that Paul was a Jewish man, and in the Jewish language, this comparison in the sentence by Paul is called a parallelism. This was common in Hebrew writings. The one act of righteousness, by Jesus, leads to the possibility of all being saved. “For God so loved the world,” John states, “that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16, KJV). As John recorded, “whosoever” includes anybody and everybody. The requirement is “whosoever” believes; that’s all there is to it. But one has to believe. It’s not a default setting, but you have to make it your default setting.

What Does it Mean to Reign in Life? Part 5 (TMF:1569)

Thursday, March 18, 2021
Peace to Live By: What Does it Mean to Reign in Life? Part 5 (TMF:1569) - Daniel Litton
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       Even Jesus made this argument. He said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?” Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!” (“Matthew 7:7-11, ESV). This isn’t a free-for-all, though. Let’s bear in mind what James has told us, “You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions” (James 4:3, ESV). So, let’s keep watch on our motives, but God definitely does give us, prosper us, with good things. He causes us, again, to reign in life.

What Does it Mean to Reign in Life? Part 4 (TMF:1568)

Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Peace to Live By: What Does it Mean to Reign in Life? Part 4 (TMF:1568) - Daniel Litton
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       I mean, you have personal successes as a result of your relationship with God through Jesus. God may have helped you get a better position at work. He has helped people have favor when buying that house, so that they were the ones who ended up getting it in the bidding war. God has given people prosperity in finding a mate. He’s given us more money. There are all kinds of ways that God prospers his people. You ask for things in prayer, and you expect God to answer those requests, and a lot of times it is for worldly successes. So, you do believe in God’s prosperity for this life; you surely do. After all, what earthly father wouldn’t want to help their children, to give them good things in life? Even Jesus made this argument. He said, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?” (Matthew 7:7-9, ESV).

What Does it Mean to Reign in Life? Part 3 (TMF:1567)

Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Peace to Live By: What Does it Mean to Reign in Life? Part 3 (TMF:1567) - Daniel Litton
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       It says in Psalm 119, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalms 119:105, ESV). Or, as Solomon put it in Proverbs: “For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life” (Proverbs 6:23, ESV). Yes, we have to have discipline; we need correction. Does reigning in life give us prosperity, as Christians? There’s that word, again, “Prosperity.” Man, this is heavy. Is prosperity a bad thing? No, I don’t think prosperity is a bad thing. How did we define prosperity several weeks ago? Prosperity is being able to accomplish what the Lord wants us to accomplish primarily. It is God enabling us to live out our calls, whatever those calls may be; we each have different calls. Reigning in life, though, also includes successes on this earth undoubtedly. It just does. I mean, you have personal successes as a result of your relationship with God through Jesus.

What Does it Mean to Reign in Life? Part 2 (TMF:1566)

Monday, March 15, 2021
Peace to Live By: What Does it Mean to Reign in Life? Part 2 (TMF:1566) - Daniel Litton
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       Jesus certainly reigned in life. He didn’t worry about anything. I’ve stated this is the past, but sometimes it is just good to clear your mind by only thinking about now, and not allowing your mind to think about anything but what your eyes see. Try this for twenty or thirty minutes. By doing things like this, by practicing techniques like this, it can allow us to gain more and more control over our minds, to strengthen our self-discipline, our self-control. Another reason we reign in life is because we have the truth. We have reality. Recall what Jesus said in John chapter 8. He said, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 8:31-32, ESV). Knowing the truth does what? It sets us free. It causes us to reign in life. We can exercise our peace, we can keep calm, because we have God’s truth. And we live by that truth.