Not Shifting From the Hope of the Gospel, Part 3 (TMF:2582)
Tuesday, April 01, 2025
Peace to Live By: Not Shifting From the Hope of the Gospel, Part 3 (TMF:2582) - Daniel Litton
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Why would anyone want to shift from the good news? The temptation to shift comes when the eyes are overly focused on this present world, right? It is when attention is taken off of God in the unseen realm and rather it is all focused on what is present in the seen realm. Indeed, this would happen to Paul at the end of his ministry, where those who were closest to him, most of them in fact, would abandon him for this present world. And it will grieve Paul’s heart in the future from the moment he is writing this. It’s sad to think about, and it’s another call to us, each of us individually, to not shift “from the hope of the gospel [we] heard.” The temptation is there. It could be argued we don’t even need Satan’s influence to make such a shift, if that were possible. Our sin-natures can get us to focus on the wrong things, the wrong desires within us materialized in the external world.