Treating the Jews Kindly, & Sharing our Faith (TMF:1800)

Peace to Live By: Treating the Jews Kindly, & Sharing our Faith (TMF:1800) - Daniel Litton
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       Now we come to Romans chapter 12. Arriving at chapter 12 today, the Apostle Paul is going to start to move us more up into the higher level Christian living. We could look at Romans chapters 5 through 8 as the basic aspects of who we are in Christ, the fundamentals, or perhaps elementary school for the believer. Well, now we are moving up into middle and high school. We spent the last three chapters, four sermons actually, studying Romans chapters 9 through 11. And there, Paul discussed his love for the Jewish people, his fellow Jewish brothers and sisters, and how they need to come to Christ. Things certainly aren’t hopeless for the Jews. Yes, many have hardened hearts, but God is still calling a remnant to be saved by his grace. That’s was Paul’s desire, and for sure that is God’s desire. It is also important for us to treat the Jews kindly, and to share our faith with them at the time we have opportunity. We don’t know who God is going to call for sure, so it is good for us to shine our lights before everybody.

Anyone Can Become Surrounded by God's Love (TMF:1799)

Peace to Live By: Anyone Can Become Surrounded by God's Love (TMF:1799) - Daniel Litton
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       And God would still love us. No, none of this has any factor, and neither does anything else we can think of or conjure up in our minds. God loves us completely, and his love is always with us; it is inescapable. Now, if you don’t know God today then you are not his child. He is not with you. But, you can change that fact right now.
Anyone who feels they would like to have a personal relationship with God, that they would like to be surrounded by his love now and always, anyone today can come into intimate, personal relationship with him through trusting in his Son, Jesus Christ. Anyone out there today who believes that Christ died for his or her sins, and that he rose from the dead, paying the debt for our sins, that which separates us from God, can have new life today with God. Recognize your sin, turn from it, and trust in Christ today, and be surrounded in God’s love.

Nothing Can Separate Us from God's Love, Part 2 (TMF:1798)

Peace to Live By: Nothing Can Separate Us from God's Love, Part 2 (TMF:1798) - Daniel Litton
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       Neither good angels nor bad angels can affect God’s love for us. Satan and his demons have no ability to take us out of God’s love. They cannot tempt us for an unpardonable sin. No human power or authority can take us out of God’s love. No matter where we are in the world, God is with us. If we are in an airplane riding high in the sky, closer to space, God is there. If we were one of the few who actually went into space, God is there too. If we were deep-sea diving or in a small submarine looking at the Titanic, two-and-a-half miles down in the ocean, where there’s not even light, God is still there. And God would still love us. No, none of this has any factor, and neither does anything else we can think of or conjure up in our minds. God loves us completely, and his love is always with us; it is inescapable. Now, if you don’t know God today then you are not his child. He is not with you. But, you can change that fact right now.

Nothing Can Separate Us from God's Love, Part 1 (TMF:1797)

Peace to Live By: Nothing Can Separate Us from God's Love, Part 1 (TMF:1797) - Daniel Litton
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       Verse 38: “For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” What a great verse from the Apostle Paul. The point is definitely clear for us that nothing at all can separate us from God’s love, nothing in this world. Paul pretty much covers all the bases here. If we die, we believe that we will immediately be with Christ, in the twinkling of an eye. If we live, Jesus has already told us that he is always with us. So, that’s covered. Neither good angels nor bad angels can affect God’s love for us. Satan and his demons have no ability to take us out of God’s love. They cannot tempt us for an unpardonable sin. No human power or authority can take us out of God’s love. No matter where we are in the world, God is with us.

Any Suffering is Only Brief in the Grand Scope (TMF:1796)

Peace to Live By: Any Suffering is Only Brief in the Grand Scope (TMF:1796) - Daniel Litton
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       In Paul’s case, he said probably about himself (quoting Scripture), “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” Specific types of witnessing that God calls certain individuals to can lead to this kind of suffering. Next, Paul says, “No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.” You see, no matter what we face in life, even if it is suffering for the kingdom of God’s sake, in comparison with the world is only a brief moment in the grand scope of things. Any suffering here in this world is temporary. Christians will ultimately conquer, even if God calls them to physical suffering here, or if he calls them to give up their lives. A good chapter in the New Testament to read on these matters is Hebrews chapter 11. There we can see examples of past sufferings of the saints of God. Another important thing to note is that as God doesn’t delight in seeing us suffer in anyway, he does delight in seeing us have and maintain a good attitude during any suffering we face.