PRESS ON, IT WON’T BE LONG WHEN WE’LL BE LEAVING HERE – 2/20/2022
There is a way that keeps us from falling away.
Growing in Faith
2 Peter 1:3-11
#1 3 By His Divine Power, God has given us Everything we need For Living A Godly Life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. 4 And because of His Glory And Excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that Enable You To Share His Divine Nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires. (2 Corinthians 7:1 LB Having such great promises as these, dear friends, let us turn away from everything wrong, whether of body or spirit, and purify ourselves, living in the wholesome fear of God, giving ourselves to him alone.)
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5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement Your Faith with a generous provision of Moral Excellence, and moral excellence With Knowledge, (v5 – Philippians 4:8 LB 8 And now, brothers, as I close this letter, let me say this one more thing: Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others. Think about all you can praise God for and be glad about.
6 and knowledge with self-control, and Self-Control with Patient Endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, (v6 – Galatians 5:22 LB But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,)
7 and Godliness with Brotherly Affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. ( v7 – 1 Peter 1:22 You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart.)
#3 8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
(v8 – John 15:2 NIV 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.
Col 1:10 LB and asking that the way you live will always please the Lord and honor him, so that you will always be doing good, kind things for others, while all the time you are learning to know God better and better.
9 But those who fail to develop (LOVE) in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins. (v9 – 1 John 2:11 For he who dislikes his brother is wandering in spiritual darkness and doesn’t know where he is going, for the darkness has made him blind so that he cannot see the way.
#4 10 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. 11 Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Jude 24-25 LB
24-25 And now—all glory to him who alone is God, who saves us through Jesus Christ our Lord; yes, splendor and majesty, all power and authority are his from the beginning; his they are and his they evermore shall be. And he is able to keep you from slipping and falling away, and to bring you, sinless and perfect, into his glorious presence with mighty shouts of everlasting joy.
Concl: THERE IS JOY IN MY SOUL, SINCE JESUS TOOK CONTROL.
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