20 October 2019
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We Love God & Want to be Close to Him (TMF:1245)

Friday, October 25, 2019
Peace to Live By: We Love God & Want to be Close to Him (TMF:1245) - Daniel Litton
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       Previously, we discussed the first part of our Lord’s prayer, the first verse actually, which says, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name” (ESV). This week we are going to pick up where we left off, and continue to discuss this wonderful prayer. Now, we established that this model from our Lord Jesus can be used as a daily prayer for his followers, those of us who know Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior. Indeed, if we know Jesus, we love him, and we want to be in close relationship with our Heavenly Father. We want to spend time with him, as this really is our main goal in life—to love God with all of our beings. So, we love spending time in prayer with God. So, today, we pick up in verse 10, which says, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Wow, there is a lot going on here in this short sentence. There is much we can discuss. I want to note, first, as an overview to this section of the prayer, that in order to be close to God in the most basic sense, as believers, we must love him. Now, in order to love God, we must love his truth—the Bible—his will in what he says is true.

You Can Be Saved from Your Sins Today (TMF:1244)

Thursday, October 24, 2019
Peace to Live By: You Can Be Saved from Your Sins Today (TMF:1244) - Daniel Litton
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       Well, no matter who you are, I want you to know that God leaves open the door of his salvation to anyone. It doesn't matter who you are, what your background is, or even what you have done in your life. There is nothing you have done in your life, no evil you have been part of, that makes you ineligible for God’s salvation. There is nothing you have to worry about. If you have heard my message today, and you believe that God is real, and that Jesus really is who he says he is, then you’re in a good place today. So, if you would like to know that you are saved from your sins, then I want you to pray a prayer with me something like this: God, I am coming to you today separated from you. As a matter of fact, I’ve spent my whole life doing what I wanted to do, not showing you any regard or reverence, and it has not turned out so great. Now, though, I accept your free gift of a new life through Jesus Christ. I believe that you sent Jesus to the earth as a man, who died in my place on the cross. I believe that Jesus rose from the dead and that He is now in Heaven with you. So, God, please transform my life, though Jesus, Amen.

Humans Should Hold God's Name as Holy (TMF:1243)

Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Peace to Live By: Humans Should Hold God's Name as Holy (TMF:1243) - Daniel Litton
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       Now, Jesus also notes that God’s ‘name’ is holy. I’m sure as we’ve read through the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments alike, we have noticed over time that many names are used for God. Now, these names provide revelation of the person of God and are used describe his character. The names can also show God’s purposes. We see how important the names of God are when we read Exodus 20:7, when God told the Israelites then and tells us today that, ““You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.” The Lord Jesus Christ would reiterate this during his day, for those who saw his miracles, and still rejected God, when he said: ““Truly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the children of man, and whatever blasphemies they utter, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin” (Mark 3:28, 29, ESV). But we know and believe the unpardonable sin to only be unpardonable for those who committed it during Jesus’ earthly ministry because they saw the great miracles that he did.

God Transcends Our Understanding (TMF:1242)

Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Peace to Live By: God Transcends Our Understanding (TMF:1242) - Daniel Litton
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       Remember, God is an eternal, everlasting being, in that he was never created, and has no end. There never has been a moment in the existence of anything of which God has not existed. God transcends all things. I know this can be hard for us to wrap our minds around. It defies the laws we see in our current realm of existence. In other words, we try to use the laws of our current realm to understand God, but we really cannot understand him. Another way to say it is our brains were programmed, if you will, to believe there has to be a beginning and an end to everything. With God, though, there never was a beginning and he has no end. We, as humans, in contrast do have a beginning; we just have no end. We are created; God was not (see Exodus 3:14 & John 8:58). Now, Jesus also notes that God’s ‘name’ is holy. I’m sure as we’ve read through the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments alike, we have noticed over time that many names are used for God.

The God in Heaven is Holy (TMF:1241)

Monday, October 21, 2019
Peace to Live By: The God in Heaven is Holy (TMF:1241) - Daniel Litton
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       Nevertheless, God the Father dwells in Heaven, and this certainly denotes the fact that we are separated from him because of sin in our world, and for us, as Christians, in our flesh. The next part of the first sentence in our Lord’s Prayer states, “hallowed be your name.” In the most basic sense, God’s name is hallowed because he is holy. There is no fault found in him. Revelation 15:4 tells us that God by himself, separated, is holy. In contrast, this world is not holy, and we as humans, are not currently holy in the physical sense. We will be completely holy someday in Heaven in the future when we are with Jesus. In God’s character, he is holy, righteous, and good. His name is forever to be praised, as Jesus will tell us later in this prayer. Remember, God is an eternal, everlasting being, in that he was never created, and has no end. There never has been a moment in the existence of anything of which God has not existed. God transcends all things.