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Feeling Guilty Too Much, Part 2 (TMF:1990)

Friday, November 25, 2022
Peace to Live By: Feeling Guilty Too Much, Part 2 (TMF:1990) - Daniel Litton
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       I believe guilt to be a serious problem, and a lot of it is tied to the doctrine of the total depravity of mankind. So what happens is that because people believe they are totally depraved, they think that living in freedom (the Law of Liberty) is impossible in their lives. Since they think it is impossible, life just becomes like a series of football games and the team playing is bad. There are mostly losses because of what the team believes about themselves and their ability. As self-confidence and motivation have been declared sin, there is no way the person can move higher up the ladder, achieve more wins. They are stuck going season after season with the same losing record. Growth doesn’t really happen. They may learn one silly, minuscule fact and then repeat that as a grand esoteric truth that they learned, but really it is small in the whole scheme of things. As the Apostle Paul said, guilt has to be relinquished. It’s just not part of a healthy psychology.

Feeling Guilty Too Much, Part 1 (TMF:1989)

Thursday, November 24, 2022
Peace to Live By: Feeling Guilty Too Much, Part 1 (TMF:1989) - Daniel Litton
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       The thing of it is, when we focus on sin too much, it can cause a lot of unnecessary guilt to crop up in our minds. Really, the guilt is already there and the talk of sin brings forth the guilt. Some might say to you, “That is a good thing. You should feel guilty.” The problem with guilt is that it can be debilitating. In other words, guilt is like poison in our bodies. It’s not meant to be there. Just as sin isn’t meant to reside in our bodies, our flesh, so likewise then neither is guilt. Wasn’t it not the Apostle Paul who said, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)”? (Romans 8:1, ESV). I believe guilt to be a serious problem, and a lot of it is tied to the doctrine of the total depravity of mankind. So what happens is that because people believe they are totally depraved, they think that living in freedom (the Law of Liberty) is impossible in their lives.

Sin is Really Enslavement (TMF:1988)

Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Peace to Live By: Sin is Really Enslavement (TMF:1988) - Daniel Litton
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       God doesn’t want us doing sin because it messes things up. That’s why you find a list of the big sins from time to time when reading the Scriptures. The purpose is for us to pay careful attention to those sins and watch ourselves so that we do not find ourselves practicing them. These are the things that are in violation of the Law of Liberty. They are the Law of Enslavement. God didn’t want the Israelites enslaved in the Old Testament, and he does not want us to be enslaved today. Sin enslaves. There is not freedom found in doing whatever we want without regard to the Bible, what James called the law of Liberty. The thing of it is, when we focus on sin too much, it can cause a lot of unnecessary guilt to crop up in our minds. Really, the guilt is already there and the talk of sin brings forth the guilt. Some might say to you, “That is a good thing. You should feel guilty.” The problem with guilt is that it can be debilitating. In other words, guilt is like poison in our bodies.

Sin Can Have Big Consequences (TMF:1987)

Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Peace to Live By: Sin Can Have Big Consequences (TMF:1987) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, even those who haven’t accepted Christ’s provision yet are still loved by God, as they should still be loved by us. For God loves the world. I think James brings up the sins of adultery and murder here because they are very destructive sins. Just like I said in the blood analogy, that a disease will taint all of our blood, so it is with adultery. If a person takes part in the sin of adultery, that causes permanent consequences between the marriage partners. Things can never be exactly the same again. They can be restored to being pretty good, but that sin is big enough that it will most certainly have a lasting effect. And so it with murder. If one person murders another, that affects a lot of people. It takes away the loved one who was murdered from their family and friends, and it affects the image of the person who murdered. Nothing can bring the murdered person back in this life. I know this is serious talk, but we need to understand that sin—especially big sin—God called out in the Bible for our own good.

One Sin Taints the Whole Person, Part 2 (TMF:1986)

Monday, November 21, 2022
Peace to Live By: One Sin Taints the Whole Person, Part 2 (TMF:1986) - Daniel Litton
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       When we sin, the entirety of ourselves becomes tainted. Think of it like this. If we get a disease in our blood, all of our blood is tainted with that disease, not just part of it. It isn’t that only the blood in one arm and one leg is affected, but the rest of the blood within us is okay. No, it’s is all affected. This is how sin really works. This being the case, this is why, in God’s eyes, every person born into this world is totally depraved in the original sin-nature. This is because any sin of any kind taints the whole person. Even if the person was to do this good work and that good work, if they have any sin inside them, they are completely tainted. Thus, the only way to rectify this problem (and it’s a serious problem) is through Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. By trusting in the blood he shed in our place, we can move from becoming completely tainted to completely good, completely whole, a new creation in God’s eyes. So, it’s the total opposite.