Add to your faith
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” 2Peter 1:3-11.
The Apostle Peter tells us plainly,
The ways of the world are filled with desires that quite often run contrary to what God wants for us.
He is telling us that through Christ we have everything we need for life an godliness. That he has given us “his very great and precious promises. That we may “escape the corruption of this world”.
Peter then tells the believer,
“...make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.”
He notes,
“For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
It is important as believers in Jesus, that we have a disciplined life. That we make every effort to live a life acceptable to Christ. As the writer of Hebrews tells us,
Peter goes on to say
“But if anyone does not have them, (goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, Love) he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.”
He tells the believer that they should make sure of what they believe and how they act. That their life, lifestyle and actions line up with what Jesus wants for their life.
The reward for doing so as Peter states is
“For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
If you claim to be Christian you need to take a few minutes right now alone with God.
We all make mistakes. We all fall short of what God wants for our lives. Thus we all need to take some time every now and then to ask God to show us how we can do more for him.
Please think about it.
“His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” 2Peter 1:3-11.
The Apostle Peter tells us plainly,
The ways of the world are filled with desires that quite often run contrary to what God wants for us.
He is telling us that through Christ we have everything we need for life an godliness. That he has given us “his very great and precious promises. That we may “escape the corruption of this world”.
Peter then tells the believer,
“...make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love.”
He notes,
“For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
It is important as believers in Jesus, that we have a disciplined life. That we make every effort to live a life acceptable to Christ. As the writer of Hebrews tells us,
“Make every effort to live in peace with all men
and to be holy;
without holiness no one will see the Lord.”
Hebrews 12:14
This is a constant theme throughout the teachings of the Jesus and the apostles. Live a life of faith, goodness, love, kindness, self-control, godliness and holiness.Peter goes on to say
“But if anyone does not have them, (goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, Love) he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.”
He tells the believer that they should make sure of what they believe and how they act. That their life, lifestyle and actions line up with what Jesus wants for their life.
The reward for doing so as Peter states is
“For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
If you claim to be Christian you need to take a few minutes right now alone with God.
We all make mistakes. We all fall short of what God wants for our lives. Thus we all need to take some time every now and then to ask God to show us how we can do more for him.
Please think about it.
