19 January 2020
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God is Offering You His Free Gift (TMF:1290)

Friday, January 24, 2020
Peace to Live By: God is Offering You His Free Gift (TMF:1290) - Daniel Litton
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       Well, no matter who you are, no matter what your status in society is, no matter how important or unimportant you may think you are, I am here today to tell you that God is offering you His free gift of salvation that He offers to anyone who would believe in Him. God wants everyone to accept the truth, to accept Jesus' death on the cross as a payment for their sins. All that matters, in reality, for us individually, is whether or not we are in right relationship with God. All that matters is whether you know Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. You cannot earn God's favor. You can't bargain with God—you can't say, “God, if I do this for you, will you do this for me?” That's not the way it works. You can have much, much more than that. If you will come into a personal relationship with God, He will give you eternal life, and a new life, starting today. He will forgive you of your sins, and eventually, as you seek to please Him and follow Him, he will give you, according to His will, the desires of your heart. God wants people to be at peace, to have joy, to be happy.

To God Belongs All the Glory, Part 2 (TMF:1289)

Thursday, January 23, 2020
Peace to Live By: To God Belongs All the Glory, Part 2 (TMF:1289) - Daniel Litton
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       God is our life. His ways are the right ways. He owns it all, and everyone is subject to him. He holds everything together by all his power. As the psalmist David has said: “Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness” (Psalm 29:1, 2, ESV). So, to him belongs all the glory, all true glory, and that forever. Before we finish, there are two more words from Jesus for us to consider: “forever,” and “Amen.” Again, remember, to God there is no beginning, and there is no end. He is from everlasting to everlasting. His is the kingdom, the rule, the power, the ability and capability, and the glory, the awesomeness and praise. As the Lord Jesus Christ told us, in closing the Bible, he said: “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end” (Revelation 22:12, 13, ESV).

To God Belongs All the Glory, Part 1 (TMF:1288)

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Peace to Live By: To God Belongs All the Glory, Part 1 (TMF:1288) - Daniel Litton
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       Let’s understand ““For yours is… the glory.” Hopefully by now, we know that to God belongs that ultimate glory. God is the one being in all of existence that really matters. And all glory belongs to him. He is perfect, and there is no fault in him. He has never done anything wrong, and he never will. To him belongs the glory. The Apostle Paul would put it this way, when he said in Romans chapter 11: “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen” (Romans 11:33-36, ESV). God is our life. His ways are the right ways. He owns it all, and everyone is subject to him.

What True Freedom Actually Is (TMF:1287)

Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Peace to Live By: What True Freedom Actually Is (TMF:1287) - Daniel Litton
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       Really, if you stop and think about it, that’s the only way for true freedom to exist. Lucifer (Satan’s name before he fell) originally had freedom. Adam and Eve originally had freedom. People are not born as blank slates, or in freedom, by which they then choose to be good or bad people. All people born into the world are born enslaved to sin. So, all by default choose to sin, but they do not have the right to sin. No one ever has the ‘right’ to go against God, just the ability. To say a person has a ‘right’ indicates the person has ‘freedom.’ True freedom does not exist for the unbeliever, only the freedom to choose Christ, when enlightened by the Spirit of God, which will give a person real freedom. Let’s understand ““For yours is… the glory.” Hopefully by now, we know that to God belongs that ultimate glory. God is the one being in all of existence that really matters. And all glory belongs to him. He is perfect, and there is no fault in him.

God's Unconditional vs. Conditional Will (TMF:1286)

Monday, January 20, 2020
Peace to Live By: God's Unconditional vs. Conditional Will (TMF:1286) - Daniel Litton
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       Satan, demons, or even unbelievers can never prevent God’s unconditional will and promises from being accomplished. Only conditional things in God’s will can be prevented. Even we as believers can prevent God’s goodness from flowing in our lives through disobedience, through not doing the right things, not making the right choices. Now, God obviously lets certain things happen in our lives and in the world as he chooses, and those things are for, and fit into, his own ultimate plan and glory. So, evil then is allowed by God for the praise of his glory, as uncomfortable as that may be for us to think about. Sin is part of God’s all-encompassing plan, but he is not the author of sin, for then he would not be good. He just created the possibility for evil and sin to exist in his creation. Really, if you stop and think about it, that’s the only way for true freedom to exist. Lucifer (Satan’s name before he fell) originally had freedom. Adam and Eve originally had freedom.