26 July 2026

Remembering the Grace Given, Part 2 (TMF:2930)

Friday, July 31, 2026

Peace to Live By: Remembering the Grace Given, Part 2 (TMF:2930) - Daniel Litton
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For making each person’s sin debt erased before God—for anyone who will accept the gift of restitution with God. And we know that Jesus rose from the dead, so that anyone who believes in him can also do the same when they die—so that they can rise to a new life, to eternal life. A life free from the enslavement of sinful flesh, from a body of sin. A life in which correct decisions are always made going forth. Where there is complete peace and harmony with everyone, with everyone in the new world. Heaven isn’t just some place of fantasy, or for children’s stories, but it is an actual place that is to be experienced, one of which comes true living, true life, true experience with God and with others. This is the grace that Paul is referring to, the grace that he wished to be with all the Colossians believers, and it is the grace God wishes to be with us. Anyone can have it. Anyone can make that choice to believe in what Jesus accomplished today.

Remembering the Grace Given, Part 1 (TMF:2929)

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Peace to Live By: Remembering the Grace Given, Part 1 (TMF:2929) - Daniel Litton
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Even though he currently isn’t experiencing grace, he wants the Colossians to experience it. And so, he leaves us with that familiar salutation, that of grace being with the believers. There is also the aspect in “Remember my chains” wherein we need to remember the reason behind why Paul was doing what he was doing. And that, for sure, is the Gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ. That’s why Paul has written this whole letter to the Colossian church to begin with, the remind and further elaborate on what Christ has done for each of the members, indeed, really for everyone, in dying on the cross for the sins of the whole world. For making each person’s sin debt erased before God—for anyone who will accept the gift of restitution with God. And we know that Jesus rose from the dead, so that anyone who believes in him can also do the same when they die—so that they can rise to a new life, to eternal life. A life free from the enslavement of sinful flesh, from a body of sin.

Paul's Problem with His Eyes? (TMF:2928)

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Peace to Live By: Paul's Problem with His Eyes? (TMF:2928) - Daniel Litton
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It may have been a problem from him to write his own letters, if his physical alignment he seems to have referenced on other occasions had to do with his eyes. Perhaps he couldn’t see well, or couldn’t see well up close. In another epistle he would note that he wrote with large letters, specifically to the Galatians. Interestingly, if it was the case that Paul had a problem with his eyes, that isn’t what he basically asks prayer for at the end. Instead, he asks the Colossians to remember his chains, to remember that he is in prison. He wants to get out of prison in order to do additional work for the Lord. He doesn’t want to be bought in prison. Recall, he told us this earlier in this chapter, when he expressed, “pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison— that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak” (Colossians 4:3, 4, ESV).

Continuing Along with The Call, Part 2 (TMF:2927)

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Peace to Live By: Continuing Along with The Call, Part 2 (TMF:2927) - Daniel Litton
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We are familiar with that as we see some beloved Bible teachers getting older and older, and some whom have passed on to the next life. Too, some who no longer carry along their ministry for whatever the reason, both good and bad. The point though is that if further it is to be carried along, that it is carried along per the Lord’s desire. The statement from Paul insinuates a choice, and it’s a choice that has to be made by the person in question—to fulfill that ministry. Our final verse in our study of Colossians. Verse 18: “I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.” A lot of times it was Paul’s custom to speak his letter and it would be written down by a transcriber. However, that doesn’t appear to be the case here in Paul’s Letter to the Colossians. Rather, Paul said he wrote it out with his own hand. It may have been a problem from him to write his own letters, if his physical alignment he seems to have referenced on other occasions had to do with his eyes.

Continuing Along with The Call, Part 1 (TMF:2926)

Monday, July 27, 2026

Peace to Live By: Continuing Along with The Call, Part 1 (TMF:2926) - Daniel Litton
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Went a little down a rabbit hole there. But moving on. Verse 17: “And say to Archippus, “See that you fulfill the ministry that you have received in the Lord” (ESV). This is probably the same Archippus as the one mentioned in the beginning of Paul’s Letter to Philemon, which would be Philemon’s son then. Other than that possibility, we really don’t know much else. Paul did say something along the same lines to Timothy, when he was writing him, in his second letter to him, when he stated, “fulfill your ministry” (ESV). Whether this was a divine word Paul had from the Spirit of God, or whether this was by word of mouth in that someone else told Paul what going on (like Epaphras), there is no way to know for sure. Nonetheless, it can be an encouragement to anyone who has a ministry, like a minister or Bible teacher. It’s important for people to continue along doing all that the Lord wants them to do, and to not end it unless the time has come for that. The Lord will guide that process. In reality, all ministries, no matter what they are, have an end.