22 February 2026

Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 5 (TMF:2820)

Friday, February 27, 2026

Peace to Live By: Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 5 (TMF:2820) - Daniel Litton
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If we are arguing over the minuscule, pointless things as pertains to the Christian life, as pertains to service times, music in worship, what believers are to wear to church, what positions there should be… things like these, then we aren’t in a peaceful environment. We’ve lost focus of what is truly important. If we have to, it’s best to set aside our own personal preferences for the sake of peace. In fact, there are going to be times each and every one of has to do that in order to maintain an order of peace. In the discussion of this external peace, then, is there in fact an internal peace that comes about for the believer? When Paul said, “let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,” is any of this ruling actually a feeling of peace for the Christian that he or she can count on in daily life? In view of the body of Christ, certainly so. In view of the great truths we have been talking about, that when we treat each other the right ways, there is peace inside our minds.

Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 4 (TMF:2819)

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Peace to Live By: Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 4 (TMF:2819) - Daniel Litton
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We “were called” to this peace, then, “in one body.” We learn two things at this point. It’s something that we are supposed to be practicing, note, the higher calling. The peace is a call. It’s not something, again, that occurs without proper actions toward one another, without properly treating one another with the forgiveness and love. It’s a collective call, and one that will fall into place when we are doing what is right. But the second thing we learn is that we are supposed to be “one body.” Just one body, and not two, three, or more. We don’t want divisions among each other, like Paul talked about with the Corinthians, and we don’t want to be treating others as special and others as not, as James referred to as regards wealth. We want to be one body, having one mind, all striving in the same direction. This promotes peace obviously. If we are arguing over the minuscule, pointless things as pertains to the Christian life, then we aren’t in a peaceful environment.

Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 3 (TMF:2818)

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Peace to Live By: Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 3 (TMF:2818) - Daniel Litton
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He told everyone, “as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” He also stated that the believers need to put on love because it “binds everything together in perfect harmony.” So with the forgiveness and the love then comes peace. When we are forgiving each other in the body of Christ for any offenses that occur, instead of holding things against each other, and when we are practicing love, helping each other out when the occasion arises, it only makes sense that there would be peace. The two preceding areas lead to peace, but this peace too is something that we have to “let… rule in our hearts.” With the letting of peace rule then must come the awareness that it is present. It is realizing the contrast that we have within the church walls versus the rest of the world. Because we are following God the way we are supposed to within the body, the peace is present. Elsewhere, where proper ways of treating each other aren’t followed, there is not peace. What we have then in unique, and characteristic of Christians.

Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 2 (TMF:2817)

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Peace to Live By: Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 2 (TMF:2817) - Daniel Litton
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What is interesting regarding this is that really, if you stop and think about it, we were probably more enemies of God ourselves than he was of us. By that it is meant we were actually the haters of God. It was Jesus, after all, who died on the cross for our sins, who made a way for us to come into personal relationship with God. It is as Paul said in verse 8 here in Romans 5, just before the part we just read, “but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (ESV). It makes sense that Paul brings up peace in Colossians, and that peace ruling in the believer’s hearts. He just spent the last couple verses in chapter 3 of Colossians examining this whole concept, really. He told everyone, “as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.” He also stated that the believers need to put on love because it “binds everything together in perfect harmony.” So with the forgiveness and the love then comes peace.

Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 1 (TMF:2816)

Monday, February 23, 2026

Peace to Live By: Letting the Peace of Chris Rule, Part 1 (TMF:2816) - Daniel Litton
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Colossians 3, starting in verse 15: “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body” (ESV). Before we dive into some of the specifics behind this oneness of peace within the church body, let’s consider a ‘big picture’ perspective of what Paul is talking about. Let’s think about how this peace that we now have, or are supposed to have, came about. And in order for us to do this, let’s look at a couple verses from Paul’s Letter to the Romans, namely chapter 5. Let’s go to verse 10: “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation” (ESV). We understand, then, that at one time we were technically enemies of God, back before we were saved, before we were born again.