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Two-Minute Features | 07 February 2016

We Have Guidelines to Live By from the Scriptures (TMF:335)

Friday, February 05, 2016
Peace to Live By: We Have Guidelines to Live By from the Scriptures (TMF:335) - Daniel Litton
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       Not only to mention events like this, but we as Christians in our own lives can see God working through his Spirit as we live out our Christian life. People today who are not Christians do not know God and cannot have this experience. God might intervene in their lives from time to time, and they may see God at work doing a particular thing, but unless one believes, that person's eyes really are not open to see the truth. And hopefully, our own Christian lives can bear witness about God that He is true. So, we as Christians believe that God exists, but how do we do what is pleasing to him? To please God, or rather be pleasing to God, we as Christians need to have guidelines and rules to live life by. The Bible, in its entirety, is sufficient in giving us these rules and guidelines to follow. In the church age of today, the New Testament is particularly resourceful in laying out how the Christian should live and walk about in his or her life. Jesus, in his teachings, said that the teaches he presents do not abolish the Old Testament law, but rather indeed fulfill the Old Testament law. And Jesus laid out all kinds of guidelines in different areas of life throughout his earthly ministry.

God Always Fulfills What He Says He's Going to Do (TMF:334)

Thursday, February 04, 2016
Peace to Live By: God Always Fulfills What He Says He's Going to Do (TMF:334) - Daniel Litton
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       God lays out his plan for the future carefully and precisely. Namely, Jesus will return a second time to establish his kingdom that he did not establish the first time. And the Bible tells us about what will happen after that and the future of eternity. All of this being said, how do we really know that God will do what he says? Well, in the Old Testament God said he would do a great number of things, which were fulfilled the New Testament. God said that he would send his son into the world for the redemption of both men and women. He did this, of course, in the person of Jesus Christ. And in accomplishing this task, God fulfilled numerous amounts of little things that added up to the complete picture. An example of this could include when Jesus was on the cross, he said he was thirsty so that He might fulfill an Old Testament passage (John 19). Later in Acts, the Apostle Peter would fulfill an Old Testament passage by have the newfound church pick the twelfth disciple after Judas had gone astray. Not only to mention events like this, but we as Christians in our own lives can see God working through his Spirit as we live out our Christian life. People today who are not Christians do not know God and cannot have this experience.

God Has Given Us the Necessary Info to Believe (TMF:333)

Wednesday, February 03, 2016
Peace to Live By: God Has Given Us the Necessary Info to Believe (TMF:333) - Daniel Litton
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       If it were not for the collection of the books of the Bible, we would not be able to trust God. The Scriptures give us all the information necessary for the believer to believe in God. The Old Testament gives us plenty of information about God, about his character, and how God relates to people. If it were not for the Old Testament, we would not have a complete picture of God. And, we do not need any other source but the Bible tell us about God. The first book of the Bible, the book of Genesis, is where we meet God for the first time. Genesis, especially in the early chapters, displays God's power and awesomeness. After the fall in Genesis chapter 3, we see how God deals with mankind and his chosen people Israel. Of course, Israel would rebel time after time again, and God would eventually send his Son into the world as payment for the sins of all mankind—everyone who has every lived: past, present, and future. Therefore, we have the New Testament, which tells us about God's relationship right before, during, and after the first coming of Jesus. Finally, we are not only told how we are to live as a church and individually, but we are also told what is going to happen in the future.

The Two Different Ways to Live Life (TMF:332)

Tuesday, February 02, 2016
Peace to Live By: The Two Different Ways to Live Life (TMF:332) - Daniel Litton
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       The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5 through 7 give us a great deal of information about how life is to be lived for the Christian. Jesus ends that sermon by discussing the difference between one person who builds his or her house on the sand versus another person who builds his or her house on the rock. Jesus states in Matthew 7:24-27, ““Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it”” (ESV). The differences between these two ways to live are startling, and each way has different end result for the quality of life. But how, as humans, do we trust in God? If it were not for the collection of the books of the Bible, we would not be able to trust God. The Scriptures give us all the information necessary for the believer to believe in God.

To Believe in God, We Must Have a Word from God (TMF:331)

Monday, February 01, 2016
Peace to Live By: To Believe in God, We Must Have a Word from God (TMF:331) - Daniel Litton
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       In order for someone to believe in God, the person has to hear a word from God. This Word which we proclaim ourselves, is Jesus Christ our Lord. He died, was buried, and rose again so that the people may have payment for their sins and be at peace with God. Paul notes in Romans 5:1, “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (ESV). By Jesus's death and resurrection, people are granted salvation. When a person accepts Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, that person has a new life. The Bible tells us everything we need to know to live this new life. I have already mentioned 2 Timothy 3:16 and how the Scriptures are used by God to carry along the believer. Since God has revealed himself to us, it would then therefore make sense that God has instructions for us. Jesus himself throughout his earthly ministry taught many teachings, obviously, which believers today live by. The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5 through 7 give us a great deal of information about how life is to be lived for the Christian.