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Life's Origin Back to Christ, Part 2 (TMF:2632)

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Peace to Live By: Life's Origin Back to Christ, Part 2 (TMF:2632) - Daniel Litton
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       All life stems its origin back to Christ—it was from him it came. John 1:2 "He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made” (ESV). And, verse 17 from Colossians 1: “in him all things hold together” (ESV). All of this is the basis as to why Christ is the path that should be chosen, the path among all the paths, the path above all the rest. The mystery Paul alluded to is summed up in the verse, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13, ESV). Also understood in reading the “Greater Love” verse, is what comes right after it. There in John 15, verse 14 says, “You are my friends if you do what I command you” (ESV). It often seems we read this verse as if its an obligation. We read it like Jesus is saying, “I will count you as my friends if you do what I say—and you’d better do it or else!” That, however, seems to miss the point.