18 December 2022
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Don't Let Others Stop You from Coming to Jesus (TMF:SE30)

Friday, December 23, 2022
Peace to Live By: Don't Let Others Stop You from Coming to Jesus (TMF:SE30) - Daniel Litton
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       Don’t let what others may think of Jesus, or of you coming into relationship with him, actually stop you from making the right choice today. It doesn’t matter what other people think. It’s okay to admit you have been wrong. That’s what I had to do when I accepted Jesus—I had to admit I had been living my life the wrong way. I had to admit that I hadn’t been following God. And sure, it cost me some relationships, some friendships in my life. But I have never regretted my choice, and I’m so glad I made the right choice some 16 years ago. Let’s review the Good News of Jesus. Many of you have heard it over and over. We know that Jesus came to earth, some 2,000 years ago, as an infant. He grew up, living a perfect life, and he died on the cross, bearing the penalty for your sins and my sins. God put all of our sin on him so we would not have to go Hell in the future. That’s why Jesus was born into the world in the first place. God made a way for us to be guilt-free of everything wrong we’ve ever done against him, every commandment of his we’ve broken.

Jesus is Really Why We Celebrate Christmas (TMF:SE29)

Thursday, December 22, 2022
Peace to Live By: Jesus is Really Why We Celebrate Christmas (TMF:SE29) - Daniel Litton
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       So Jesus is really why we celebrate Christmas. He is the reason we give gifts. And let us always remember to think of others and to bless them during this holiday time as we remember God’s ultimate and greatest gift to us of Jesus, in all his love and glory. In finishing today, I realize that there are many of you out there who are about to go through the motions of Christmas, or who have already gone through the motions, but you really don’t feel that you know Jesus; your not in personal relationship with God. Sure, you believe he exists, but you have never given your life over to him. A big part of the problem for many individuals is that they don’t want to be wrong. You might not want to accept God’s gift to you because that will mean you will have to admit you have been wrong, and have been doing wrong, for a long time. And you don’t feel you can do that. But, I want to plead with you today not to let pride stop you from coming to Jesus. Don’t let what others may think of Jesus, or of you coming into relationship with him, actually stop you from making the right choice today.

First the Birth of Christ, Then Comes the Kingdom (TMF:SE28)

Wednesday, December 21, 2022
Peace to Live By: First the Birth of Christ, Then Comes the Kingdom (TMF:SE28) - Daniel Litton
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       And it was some 1,000 years later that Christ was born into the world, and he was the fulfillment of the promise that God made to David. He is of the lineage of David, as both Matthew and Luke so clearly show us, and he is to reign on the earth as King (see Matthew 1 & Luke 3). You know the famous passage. You remember what Isaiah prophesied. Isaiah 9:6, 7 state: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this” (ESV). Now, only the first part of this passage has been fulfilled thus far in human history. We are still waiting for Christ to come again and to establish his kingdom for the Israelites here on the earth. And he is going to do this very soon.

The Real Roots of Christmas- It's All About Jesus (TMF:SE27)

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Peace to Live By: The Real Roots of Christmas- It's All About Jesus (TMF:SE27) - Daniel Litton
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       Getting at the real roots of Christmas, then, we know that Christmas is all about Jesus. It’s about his birth into our world, some 2,000 years ago, in a little Jewish town called Bethlehem, over in Israel. You see, God had promised King David in 2 Samuel chapter 7, in the Old Testament, that he would establish an everlasting kingdom for the Israelites. Let’s review what God said to King David. 2 Samuel 7:12-14 states: “When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son” (ESV). And it was some 1,000 years later that Christ was born into the world, and he was the fulfillment of the promise that God made to David. He is of the lineage of David, as both Matthew and Luke so clearly show us, and he is to reign on the earth as King (see Matthew 1 & Luke 3).

Should Everyone Be Celebrating Christmas? (TMF:SE26)

Monday, December 19, 2022
Peace to Live By: Should Everyone Be Celebrating Christmas? (TMF:SE26)- Daniel Litton
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       We see, then, how the gift giving was further developed by the character of Santa Claus, and, of course, we saw the commercialization of Christmas throughout the 1900s. What I find to be interesting, personally, is that so many businesses, stores, seek to profit off of the Christian holiday of Christmas and yet do not want to uphold Christian values and morality throughout the rest of the year. It’s like, Christianity is good during Christmastime, but for the rest of the year Christianity is bad. This is an unfortunate and yet hypocritical paradox among merchants today. But many people do the same thing. I personally don’t even know why so many people celebrate Christmas when it is a Christian holiday. There are so many non-Christians who want to take part in the Christmas festivities but who either don’t believe in Jesus Christ, or who deny him by there actions throughout the year. Really, if you stop and think about it, if a person doesn’t believe in Jesus, should that person be celebrating Christmas—the birth of Jesus? I would encourage everyone to examine themselves and think about that.