01 May 2016
Two-Minute Features | 08 May 2016

Beatitude #4- Satisfied in Righteousness, Part 2 (TMF:400)

Friday, May 06, 2016
Peace to Live By: Beatitude #4- Satisfied in Righteousness, Part 2 (TMF:400) - Daniel Litton
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       To the Ephesians, Paul would put it another way. He said: “I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 1:16-20, ESV). In Christ is wisdom, revelation of God’s truth, knowledge, enlightenment, calling, inheritance and riches, great power, and the list goes on and on. To hunger and thirst for righteousness is everything. I think it is safe to say that as Christians we all have a hunger and thirst for righteousness. After all, we have been born-again. We are a new creation. We have the Spirit of God living inside us.

Beatitude #4- Satisfied in Righteousness, Part 1 (TMF:399)

Thursday, May 05, 2016
Peace to Live By: Beatitude #4- Satisfied in Righteousness, Part 1 (TMF:399) - Daniel Litton
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       Finally, the fourth and last Beatitude we are considering today is: “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied” (Matthew 5:6, ESV). What does it mean for the Christian to “hunger and thirst for righteousness”? To put it simply, the Apostle Paul stated that in Christ “are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3, ESV). Jesus equals life. It’s a simple equation. He said himself that he is the way, the truth, and the life. Without Jesus, there is no life, in reality. To the Ephesians, Paul would put it another way. He said: “I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe” (Ephesians 1:16-18, ESV).

Beatitude #3- The Meek, Part 4 (TMF:398)

Wednesday, May 04, 2016
Peace to Live By: Beatitude #3- The Meek, Part 4 (TMF:398) - Daniel Litton
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       I think we all have had this experience, at one time or another, in our lives in a situation when we didn’t forgive someone for something committed against us. You have to forgive. Forgiveness is what sets you free. A Christian should never hold anything against anyone, but needs to let it go—to forgive it—and so be at peace. It is interesting how Jesus stated that the “meek” will be the ones who actually “inherit the earth,” and not the rich and proud like we might think. We are taught, in our society, that it is the rich and famous, the proud and successful who will inherit the earth—inherit everything that life has to offer. But Jesus says, “No, this is not the case.” Jesus wants us, as Christians, to be meek. He wants us to live godly, humble lives honoring what pleases him. It’s not our goal in life to get everything the earth has to offer. This doesn’t mean we may not get a lot of the good of this world. It just means our goal in life is not simply to strive for money, for possessions, for the lusts of the flesh, for the things that are corrupted and are corrupting people.

Beatitude #3- The Meek, Part 3 (TMF:397)

Tuesday, May 03, 2016
Peace to Live By: Beatitude #3- The Meek, Part 3 (TMF:397) - Daniel Litton
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       Unforgiveness will rob your soul of life. Jesus talked about this on one occasion. Remember the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant? In the parable, a man had been forgiven the very much that he owed, but yet refused to forgive his fellow man just a little. Jesus ended the parable, speaking of the man, “And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt. So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart” (Matthew 18:34-35, ESV). You see, if we don’t forgive others their little offenses against us, God will become angry at our sin because he has forgiven us all of it. He will release us to be tormented in our spirits until we do what it is right. I think we all have had this experience, at one time or another, in our lives in a situation when we didn’t forgive someone for something committed against us. You have to forgive. Forgiveness is what sets you free. A Christian should never hold anything against anyone, but needs to let it go—to forgive it—and so be at peace.

Beatitude #3- The Meek, Part 2 (TMF:396)

Monday, May 02, 2016
Peace to Live By: Beatitude #3- The Meek, Part 2 (TMF:396) - Daniel Litton
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       Having an angry spirit will definitely hinder our ability, as believers, to be “meek.” Sometimes we have anger deep down because of things that have happened to us in the past. Perhaps we were mistreated by a parent, or perhaps we got teased by others at school. Perhaps someone we loved in the past betrayed us. These kinds of things in our past can cause us to have anger imbedded into our temperaments, causing us not to be meek. Remember, we all know you cannot control what others to do you—no matter how bad. But you can control how you react to those situations. You can control how you feel about your life. You can choose not the think about the past—no matter how hard it may seem because you have the Spirit of God living inside of you. It is God’s will that we forget bad things in our past. Unforgiveness will rob your soul of life.