04 August 2019
Two-Minute Features | 11 August 2019

Other Philosophies & Empty Deceit (TMF:1190)

Friday, August 09, 2019
Peace to Live By: Other Philosophies & Empty Deceit (TMF:1190) - Daniel Litton
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       And it’s not just false religion that people have come up with, but it’s other philosophies and empty deceit, as the Apostle Paul talked about (see Colossians 2:8). In order for people to get out of the dilemma of creation, they’ve ended up creating the theory of evolution. It’s interesting how people first rejected the morality or rules around God, which is what we call deism. Of course, deism saw it height’s in the 1700s. People didn’t feel it reasonable to reject God totally because as they saw creation and how everything was made, they thought it illogical to reject the fact that the world was created. So, they just rejected God’s morality. But then by the 1800s, a new theory emerged, the Theory of Evolution, which finished the job. It allowed people to not only reject God’s morality and order, but also to reject God as creator himself. Rather, evolution wants people to believe that the world we see today, all the intricate order and design, just came out of nothing.

The New Testament is Rock Solid (TMF:1189)

Thursday, August 08, 2019
Peace to Live By: The New Testament is Rock Solid (TMF:1189) - Daniel Litton
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       We have over 5,300 manuscripts of the New Testament today, which were written in the original Greek language. Even though we don’t have any original copies, there are also many secular works of which we do not have original copies. But there are more copies of the New Testament than many accepted secular works, like those of Plato, Homer, and Aristotle (see Simmons, p. 58, 2013). Now, bear in mind that none of the Biblical books have any contradictions. They all work in harmony with each other, even though they were written over a period exceeding 1,500 years. People do try to point out insignificant contradictions, but really, there are no contradictions. The Bible, even though it was written by man, claims to have been written by the Spirit of God. It says that the words of Scripture which men wrote were actually written by God himself. That’s the claim of the Bible.

Reference
Simmons III, Richard E. (2013). Reliable Truth. Union Hill Publishing: United States of America.

The Problem of the New, New Testament (TMF:1188)

Wednesday, August 07, 2019
Peace to Live By: The Problem of the New, New Testament (TMF:1188) - Daniel Litton
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       Or just take Mormonism. Again, the belief of one person (and eventually two), who lead a bunch of people out west in this country on a religious expedition. The man, Joseph Smith, claimed to hear from God through an angel, and he wrote down supposedly what the tablets he supposedly found said. And interestingly enough, the tablets, which the angel said where from 400 A.D., supposedly had King James Bible verses on them (the King James Bible was translated between 1604 and 1611 folks). But that’s ok. Maybe the angel just was able to make this happen. Seriously folks. In contrast, the Christian’s Bible, which comprises of both the Old and New Testaments, was written by over 40 different authors. That is, over 40 men wrote down all the different books and letters. And, we have over 5,300 manuscripts of the New Testament today, which were written in the original Greek language (see Simmons, p. 58, 2013).

Reference
Simmons III, Richard E. (2013). Reliable Truth. Union Hill Publishing: United States of America.

The Premise Behind False Religions (TMF:1187)

Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Peace to Live By: The Premise Behind False Religions (TMF:1187) - Daniel Litton
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       When we reject God, we become a god to ourselves. We reject God’s commands, and we create our own version of morality. We decide what is right and what is wrong. And this is what most people do. They have rejected God, and they have decided they will follow what they ‘feel’ is right, what they think in their own minds. This is why we have so much chaos in our world today. People have decided to reject God and do what they ‘want’ to do. I mean, this is the whole premise behind false religions right? False religions are built around people just deciding their own morality—just making up their own system and adhering to it. That’s what Hinduism is. It’s just a bunch of old worldly wisdom from humans. That’s what Islam is. It’s the beliefs of one man, yes, you have that right, one man who tried to say what is right and what is wrong. He believed, for instance, that Christians and Jews should be murdered. Hmm, I wonder where that came from?

Without God, "Ye shall be as gods." (TMF:1186)

Monday, August 05, 2019
Peace to Live By: Without God, "Ye shall be as gods." (TMF:1186) - Daniel Litton
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       Let’s read Genesis 3:4, 5 again: “But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Let’s consider the rest of Satan’s statement here. We have already established the fact that Satan lied in the first part of what he said. But what I want us to see here is that the rest of what Satan says is in fact true, believe it or not. He mixed truth with error to deceive Eve. So, he says “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” It was certainly true that eating the fruit would lead both Adam and Eve to becoming like God. What this means is that, as the King James Version says, “Ye shall be as gods.” The sinning by Adam and Eve would move God from being God of their lives, to themselves being god of their lives.