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We Thought Satan's Ways Were Good (TMF:1625)

Friday, June 04, 2021
Peace to Live By: We Thought Satan's Ways Were Good (TMF:1625) - Daniel Litton
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       Jesus said the following in John’s Gospel, and I think it is pivotal here. “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy” Jesus said referring to Satan. But he says, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” (John 10:10, ESV). Satan wants to steal from us, to steal our life. He wants to kill us. And he wants to destroy us, to destroy our lives. Before, back at the time we were unbelievers, we didn’t realize that. Some of us thought that Satan was good. We thought his ways were really the good, fun, life-giving ways. Now, though, we are ashamed of those ways. Or, at least, we should be. Jesus continually, daily gives us good, optimistic, hopeful life. We can either progress in our rebellion, or we can progress in our life of sanctification. We can only be moving in one or the other direction.

Satan Attacks Our Weaknesses (TMF:1624)

Thursday, June 03, 2021
Peace to Live By: Satan Attacks Our Weaknesses (TMF:1624) - Daniel Litton
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       Total rebelliousness. No discipline. No God in my life. And, all there was, at the end of the day, was death. No life, just death. Sure there were moments of happiness, but they never lasted. It wasn’t until I became a Christian, that I had happiness, peace, and rest that actually lasted continually, day after day. It didn’t go away like before. Even now that we are Christians, we still have weaknesses, and Satan is aware of that and he will attack those weaknesses. It is important for us to recognize, to be able to identify, our weaknesses. Even though we have been made free from sin, as has been our theme today, we can still choose sin, and Satan knows that. He tries to capitalize on that fact. He wants us to follow sin instead of righteousness.

Free in Regard to Righteousness, Part 3 (TMF:1623)

Wednesday, June 02, 2021
Peace to Live By: Free in Regard to Righteousness, Part 3 (TMF:1623) - Daniel Litton
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       I can think back on doing sinful things and then later feeling guilty for doing them. I felt both guilt and regret. That never stopped me from continuing to do wrong things, however. See, I was a slave to sin. I didn’t know how to not do wrong things. I didn’t know how not to make fun of certain people. I didn’t know how to not laugh, or even tell, dirty jokes. I didn’t know how not to look at girls with the wrong perspective. And I couldn’t have stopped doing wrong even if I had given it my very best. My master wasn’t God; it was the wrong master. And he certainly didn’t have my best interests in mind. He didn’t care about me, or anyone else for that matter. He always told me to avenge myself on the occasion I was wronged, to be following lustful desires, to buy what I wanted to buy whenever I wanted to, that I didn’t have to treat people good, and on and on the list goes. Total rebelliousness. No discipline. No God in my life. And, all there was, at the end of the day, was death.

Free in Regard to Righteousness, Part 2 (TMF:1622)

Tuesday, June 01, 2021
Peace to Live By: Free in Regard to Righteousness, Part 2 (TMF:1622) - Daniel Litton
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       Just doing whatever you want to do, or whatever you feel like doing, doesn’t bring fulfilling life. Sure, it brought temporary fun, pleasures for a short time. But when I would lay down my head at night to go to sleep, there was also an empty, unsettling feeling that I had. I knew there had to be more to life. I knew I wasn’t following righteousness. I also knew most other people didn’t follow doing what is right, so I justified my actions stating, “I can’t be expected to do what most others aren’t doing. Only preachers are good people. The rest of us just have some darkness, and that’s the way it is.” I can think back on having thoughts like that. Nonetheless, that isn’t what God thinks and expects from us. God wants us to be acting righteously, no matter who we are. And not only that, but he has provided a way for us to do that, an easy way, which Paul is talking about in our text today. I can think back on doing sinful things and then later feeling guilty for doing them. I felt both guilt and regret.

Free in Regard to Righteousness, Part 1 (TMF:1621)

Monday, May 31, 2021
Peace to Live By: Free in Regard to Righteousness, Part 1 (TMF:1621) - Daniel Litton
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       ““For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.” I think many of us can look back on those days. We can bring to mind when we “were free in regard to righteousness.” As I’ve been talking about, I sure remember it. I recall following my fleshly, random impulses, having no discipline in my life. And it wasn’t a pretty picture. I was telling a friend recently (and he said he was the same way) that I wouldn’t even do my homework most of the time. I said, “School gets eight hours a day. It has its fair share, and the rest of the time is mine.” Maybe you can relate. I had no discipline. I would rather take a hit on my grades, and spend more time doing useless things, then do what was right and try to learn. I didn’t understand the value of disciplining myself. I thought discipline was stupid, something that in and of itself was a sin. To always be on an emotional high, that’s what life was all about during those times.