Rooted in Christ, Part 3 (TMF:2637)
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Peace to Live By: Rooted in Christ, Part 3 (TMF:2637) - Daniel Litton
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It’s probably easier to understand maintenance when discussing a building—using the house illustration from Jesus in Matthew 7. We easily understand how a building needs maintained. Why, there is a whole cable T.V. Network that is basically dedicated to that point. We can’t just build the house, or plant the tree, and walk away. Over time, things will happen, and as those things happen, maintenance is needed. Home and garden maintenance. It’s what Paul alluded to in chapter 1 in discussing the threat of false teachers, when he said, “if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard” (ESV). See, there is a choice. The Christian can shift over time, or not shift. The tree can be taken care of and grow into a healthy, old tree, super big and seemingly going in every which direction. Or it can be neglected, dry up, start to look bad, brown and whatnot, and then eventually fall over.