08 November 2015
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Though Hell is Real, No One Has to Go There (TMF:290)

Friday, November 13, 2015
Peace to Live By: Though Hell is Real, No One Has to Go There (TMF:290) - Daniel Litton
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       I hope everyone has a better understanding of hell. But for those of you who don't know Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, I want you to realize that you need to consider what has been said here today. Just walking away and saying, “I don't believe that,” doesn't make it not true. You need to take seriously God's warning today to you, and I trust that you will make the right decision and trust Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. God wants everyone to come to know him―no matter who you are, no matter what you've done, no matter how successful or unsuccessful you think you are. God shows his love for everyone in the world, and he wants you to come into right relationship with him today. Even though hell is a real place, you don't have to go there. No one has to go there. There is no one sin, or series of sins you could commit that would make God not offer you his salvation. Christians aren't just perfect people who have been perfect their wholes lives. Christians are often times people who were severe sinners, who had done vile things in their lives. But God will accept anyone who comes to him. It doesn't matter if you're part of another religion today, he will accept anyone and everyone who comes to him, turning from their sins.

Hell is a Real Place Whether You Believe or Not (TMF:289)

Thursday, November 12, 2015
Peace to Live By: Hell is a Real Place Whether You Believe or Not (TMF:289) - Daniel Litton
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       The existence of hell is one of the primary reasons preacher and teachers share the Gospel, the Good News, with people. We really believe people are going to go there if they don't accept Jesus. It doesn't matter if you don't believe in hell, that doesn't then make it not become reality. I think a lot of times people say, “Oh, well, I believe in the Bible, but I don't believe in hell. I just don't think God would send people to eternal, never-ending punishment.” But, remember, just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean then that it's not real for you. If your the pilot of an airplane, for instance, and the onboard computer warns you that there is an obstruction ahead, to fly out of the way, you better listen to what the computer is telling you. But many people shut the computer, or preacher, off in their lives. They won't listen to the warnings. So, they end up flying right into the obstruction, they die, and it's too late. You see, the computer is there for a reason, and it is telling the pilot what is true, even if he or she doesn't see it. And the same is true in living life.

No Peace for Those Who Die Without Jesus (TMF:288)

Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Peace to Live By: No Peace for Those Who Die Without Jesus (TMF:288) - Daniel Litton
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       Therefore, there is no peace for those who die without knowing Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior. Jesus said in Matthew 7: ““Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” (13, 14, ESV). So, he noted that “many” are those who will actually go to hell―the pathway “to destruction.” This is yet all to more reason to make sure today, if you're not a Christian, that you believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins―that you are in right standing with God. King David noted in Psalm 32: “Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit” (1, 2, ESV). This is our true peace with God―when we know our sins are forgiven and we are not seeking to do wrong.

Open Your Heart to Jesus and Believe (TMF:287)

Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Peace to Live By: Open Your Heart to Jesus and Believe (TMF:287) - Daniel Litton
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       The author of Hebrews notes the following in Hebrews 10: “For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries. Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:26-31, ESV). So, while other sins surely are bad, if you are hearing God's Word today, his tug on your heart, do not turn away from that tug. Open your heart to Jesus, and believe in him for mercy, the forgiveness of your sins.

Different Levels of Punishment in Hell (TMF:286)

Monday, November 09, 2015
Peace to Live By: Different Levels of Punishment in Hell (TMF:286) - Daniel Litton
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       Jesus talked about different levels of punishment for people in Matthew 10:15. Here, Jesus is talking about a house or town the rejects the Good News, who wont hear it preached from the disciples. He said, “And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town” (Matthew 10:14, 15, ESV). So, these people of the house or town who rejected the Gospel will face stricter punishment than those in B.C. towns of Sodom and Gomorrah, even though they practiced perverse sexual immorality. Other passages, in Matthew, to consider in regard to levels of punishment in hell are Matthew 16:27 and Matthew 23:14. You see, the greatest sin a person can commit is rejecting the Gospel of Christ. That is, a person who hears the truth―Christ going to the cross and dying on his or her behalf―and then rejects that truth, that's the greatest sin a person can commit in this life.