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Reintroduction to Christian Liberty (TMF:1860)

Friday, May 27, 2022
Peace to Live By: Reintroduction to Christian Liberty (TMF:1860) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 13: “Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother. I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean. For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil.” Now, Paul moves back to discussing what he was originally discussing at the beginning of this chapter, and that pertains to Christian liberty. Paul says that he believes even though he’s a Jew, he’s allowed to eat anything he desires, and he is no longer bound by the Old Testament dietary restrictions in order to be clean before God. Nevertheless, he points out the fact that if a Jew still believes he shouldn’t eat this or that, if he is weak, and he hasn’t gained knowledge and freedom in this area, that that person should not go against his conscience and eat what he thinks is forbidden.

Giving Our Account Before God, Part 2 (TMF:1859)

Thursday, May 26, 2022
Peace to Live By: Giving Our Account Before God, Part 2 (TMF:1859) - Daniel Litton
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       It is before God that we stand or that we don’t stand. As the famous saying goes, “We have an audience of one.” I think often our focus is on this life. The phrase is so popular, and I definitely hear it relatively frequently, “You only live once.” But you got to remember, the next life is dependent upon this one. It is dependent in the quality of what it will be. At a certain point, and we don’t know what the point is, we will transition into the next life. Really, it’s the same life in that we are still alive. Again, it’s significant what we are doing in this world, so that we can be racking up rewards in the other world, and actually that racking up of rewards is in real time. Jesus is preparing our place for us right now, so, it could be that he is waiting on supplies to do what he wants to do, to build what he wants to build for us, and that is contingent upon what we are doing down here. If we aren’t doing right, the supplies don’t come for him, and he cannot build what he wishes to build. Do you see? Do you get it?

Giving Our Account Before God, Part 1 (TMF:1858)

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Peace to Live By: Giving Our Account Before God, Part 1 (TMF:1858) - Daniel Litton
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       Paul says here that each of us, no matter who we are, will give an account of our lives to God. We have a presentation to do, or a speech, before him, sharing how we have lived our lives before him. Keep that in mind as you live out your life. Know that you will have to tell God about what you are doing. And how are we going to do that if we are not living in light of the truth of the Bible? Yes, it’s important how we live. It determines the quality of our live in Heaven. Our rewards come from God, not from our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Understanding that, it is before God that we stand or that we don’t stand. As the famous saying goes, “We have an audience of one.” I think often our focus is on this life. The phrase is so popular, and I definitely hear it relatively frequently, “You only live once.” But you got to remember, the next life is dependent upon this one. It is dependent in the quality of what it will be.

Making God Happy with Our Lives (TMF:1857)

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Peace to Live By: Making God Happy with Our Lives (TMF:1857) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 10: “Why do you pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God; for it is written, “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.” Again, the main focus of our lives isn’t what other people are doing. Our main focus obviously then should be on what we ourselves are doing. Are we living a happy life? Are we making God happy? Are we fulfilling the calls God has laid on our hearts—doing the things God has placed in our hearts to do. We realize we are currently saving up rewards for ourselves in Heaven by what we do. Those rewards aren’t just for Christian works I don’t think. No, those rewards are for doing our careers well, for how we relate to other people, for how we relate to our spouse, or our children in the Lord. Rewards will not only be for what is done at church, or in your church’s name.

Living in Christ is Our Goal (TMF:1856)

Monday, May 23, 2022
Peace to Live By: Living in Christ is Our Goal (TMF:1856) - Daniel Litton
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       The purpose, the goal of our lives, is to live in Christ—to live in God’s approval. Paul has told us this elsewhere. What else did he say in that verse? To die is what? To die is gain since we get to go to Heaven to be with him, where, in Heaven, there will only be one way of doing things, and that’s the way that will make us most happy, the way the God of the Universe has setup in perfection. There won’t be any guessing there, thankfully. Boy, that will be stress-free as everything will be settled—settled by Jesus. Jesus is Lord, as Paul so poignantly points out here. And that’s the purpose, right? The goal is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and we accepted Jesus as Lord through the Gospel. So, we live by what we believe the Spirit is directing us to do, and he guides us through God’s Word to do what is pleasing in our sight, and his sight. And we will do what pleases God whether we are in this life, or in the one to come. God has purchased us with a price.