21 January 2018
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We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 5 (TMF:810)

Friday, January 26, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 5 (TMF:810) - Daniel Litton
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       God is not tolerant, and he does not ultimately put up with the evil things people think and do, nor the false religions they practice. God is shown to be right with what he has said to be true, at the end of time. Now, American society, or any other society in our world, may make people believe they have rights that they don’t really have, like gay rights. No one, in reality, has the ‘right’ to be gay—to engage in homosexual acts. People have the ability to practice homosexuality, but they do not have the ‘right.’ Neither should a Christian believe that it is good for people to have these rights. There is no area of life, including government, where God’s ways are not to be taken into account. If I were to say that I believe it’s good for people to have ‘gay’ rights within a governmental system, I would in fact be sinning against God and going against the Truth. Now, this doesn’t mean I stop people from practicing what they are going to practice, for God has told us it is his responsibility to judge unbelievers (see 1 Corinthians 5).

We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 4 (TMF:809)

Thursday, January 25, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 4 (TMF:809) - Daniel Litton
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       Again, God will judge all people for their behaviors. The Apostle Paul noted the following in Romans 2: “He [God] will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life; but for those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, there will be wrath and fury. There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality” (Romans 2:6-11, ESV). Notice how Paul said punishment is “for every human being who does evil.” This is not just for those who call themselves Christians who do evil, but for all humans who have ever existed, regardless of religion.

We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 3 (TMF:808)

Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 3 (TMF:808) - Daniel Litton
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       A person has the ability to have sexual relations with another person—the ability to commit fornication—considering both individuals are not married. A person also has the ability to commit adultery with another person. A person too has the ability to engage in homosexual behaviors with another person. But, none of these people have the ‘right’ to do these things. They just have the ability. As the Bible says, “We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things” (Romans 2:2, ESV). God, in his system, has allowed, or permitted for the ability to perform these behaviors which he has said not to do. Now, if people had the ‘right’ to do these things, then God has no ‘right’ to judge them for doing them. Again, a right is an entitlement that is good, right, and true, that which is approved by God. If people have the ‘right’ to do them, then they aren’t doing anything wrong. But, we as Christians know that no ‘real’ rights exist outside of what God has said is good, right, and true.

We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 2 (TMF:807)

Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 2 (TMF:807) - Daniel Litton
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       Jesus said, “And he [God] has given him [the Son] authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment” (John 5:27-29, ESV). So, every person who has ever existed will bow his or her knees to the real God, Jesus Christ, and give an account of his or her life to him. Let’s look at actions people do, for example. A person has the ability to have sexual relations with another person—the ability to commit fornication—considering both individuals are not married. A person also has the ability to commit adultery with another person. A person too has the ability to engage in homosexual behaviors with another person. But, none of these people have the ‘right’ to do these things. They just have the ability.

We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 1 (TMF:806)

Monday, January 22, 2018
Peace to Live By: We Have the 'Right' to Believe What We Want? Part 1 (TMF:806) - Daniel Litton
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       Contention two: “Everyone has a right to believe whatever he or she wants.” Now, many people do believe that even if people don’t follow Christianity, that they have the ‘right’ to believe whatever they want to believe. Actually, though, this argument is not true. A person has the ‘ability’ to believe what he or she wants, but the person does not have the ‘right.’ A right is an entitlement that is good, right, and true—that which is endowed by God. If people have ‘rights’ to believe what they want, then God cannot judge them for believing what they want to believe. This is because, after all, they have the ‘right’ to believe it. However, if people do not have the right, yet have the ‘ability,’ God can and will judge people for incorrect beliefs. Jesus said, “And he [God] has given him [the Son] authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment” (John 5:27-29, ESV).