#34
2Peter 1:1- 4
¶ Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by (or through) the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
{{{ (It is God our Savior Jesus’s righteousness that brings us in to faith, for it is through His righteousness that His seed of faith is given to those who have excepted Him and His love.)
Perter first speaks of faith, we as believers in Jesus Christ, receive by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
And yes, we receive faith from God and savior, Jesus Christ. as we have read before Jesus will provide all our needs, even faith.
It is up to us if we desire that faith to grow or allow it to go dormant.
As believers we have been given everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of our savior Jesus Christ.
As believers in Christ Jesus we have been called by His own glory and excellence.
So that by His own glory and excellence we may become partakers of His divine nature, that by His divine nature it has been granted to us His precious and magnificent promises that as He did, we may also escape the corruption that is in the world, that has been brought in to the world through the lust satin feeds in the heart of man for the things created by mankind, the things of this world, the lust of mankind for anything other then Christ Jesus.
Lust is that overwhelming desire or craving, that Longing desire; that driving eagerness to possess or enjoy someone or something, that intense desire to take part in, that desire to take hold of the things that we think will bring us satisfaction and pleasure.
Man, as to soften his responsibility to not lust after the world and its ways calls lust desire, or even want,
mankind allows want in his life, willfully unaware it will turn in to desire and ultimately in to lust.
And once lust is brought to his attention, he will state something like “no I just really enjoy it.” Sin is sin, you can’t pretend it is not in you, and calling it something other then what it is, does not change the reality of the truth.
Romans 12:1-3
¶ Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is,
that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think;
but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
But as in all things it is our choice if that faith given to us grows in us or not allowed to grow. God will not brake your will. }}
2Peter 1:5
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence,
in your faith supply moral excellence,
and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
and in your knowledge, self-control,
and in your self-control, perseverance,
and in your perseverance, godliness,
and in your godliness, brotherly kindness,
and in your brotherly kindness, love.
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you;
for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
{{{ Faith in GOD has been given to the believe in Jesus and it is through being diligent in asking the Holy Spirit to direct us paying careful attention for the direction of the Holy Spirit, applying much effort, with mush care, even painstaking desire to grow our faith in our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
by applying all diligence, in our faith in Christ Jesus, He will grow in to us a supply of moral excellence.
And through moral excellence, knowledge,
knowledge of Him and His commandments, and through our knowledge of His Commandments, self-control,
and through self-control, perseverance,
and through perseverance, godliness,
and through godliness, brotherly kindness,
and through brotherly kindness, love.
Just as sin drawing you deeper and deeper in to it.
By diligently seeking after the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, our faith will grow and in so also will your moral excellence which leads to knowledge, of Him and His commandments that leads to self-control that leads to perseverance that leads to godliness that leads to brotherly kindness and to love.
And what are the two foremost commandments given to us by our God and Savior, Jesus Christ?
Matthew 22:35-40
One of them, a lawyer, asked Him (Jesus) a question, testing Him,
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
And He (Jesus) answered him saying,
“YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.
This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it,
YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
call yourself a Christian? then stop hiding behind words and use the faith God has given you,
apply all diligences to seek after Christ Jesus and learn of Him and His ways,
learn to be faithful to Him first and foremost.
But yet still it is your choice to follow after the words of Christ Jesus or not.
Will you obey GODs word?
or will you go your own way down the broad path leading to the large gate??
Matthew 7:13-14
¶ “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.” }}}
i know i repeated myself a few times but it is your / our eternal life that is at stack.
But aging the choice is yours to make.
No one can make it for you.
i chose to love you, and warn you.
For eternity will be a long time (like forever) and to live separated from GOD will be hell,
guess that's why the bible calls it the pit of hell.