peace to live by

Thinking On from Where We Came, Part 2 (TMF:2539)

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Peace to Live By: Thinking On from Where We Came, Part 2 (TMF:2539) - Daniel Litton
(Tap to play feature or right-click to download)

       It is as Jesus stated in the great sermon, “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?”(Matthew 5:46, ESV). (Tax collectors represents the ones without Christ). So, it is kingdom versus kingdom. Satan’s kingdom versus Christ’s kingdom. God had “transferred us” as Paul said. From one side to the other side. A good picture of what this looks like is what happened with the Israelites in the Old Testament, when, remember, God delivered them from Pharaoh and the Egyptians and eventually took them to the land he had promised them. Of course, he used Moses to accomplish this act, and so Moses acts as a type of Christ. But what is important to understand is that the Israelites were miserable, suffering in slavery, and God brought them out of that. That’s the way it seems when we think back to consider our pre-conversion experiences. It seems dark, unfulfilling, empty, and perhaps labor-some.