That we are NOT swept away by teachings of the times, by concepts NOT aligned to HIS WILL, as we cling TO HIM, and to our HOPE of LIFE!!!
In our FAITH, let us be FAITHFUL, and always willing to LEARN, EMBRACE, UTILIZE, GROW, and PRODUCE fruits WORTHY OF HIM, while maintaining THE TRUTH of our REALITY; NOT those of the world, which like a tidal wave, might distort TRUTH, and overtake some! The distractions of this world have intent, and not a one of them to our favour, therefore, it is optimal to as wholly as is feasible to STUDY all the while, and ALLOW THE SPIRIT to DO it's works in us, as we KEEP our sights ON HIM, and our ETERNAL home, as we BE, and DO all which evidences HIM IN us!!!
2 PETER 1: 1-11...
1+++Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
2+++Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
3+++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.
4+++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.
5+++Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge,
6+++and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness,
7+++and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
8+++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.
9+++For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
10+++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;
11+++for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
In Christ all fullness dwells, and pardon, peace, grace, and knowledge, and new principles, are thus given through the Holy Spirit. The promises to those who are partakers of a Divine nature, will cause us to inquire whether we are really renewed in the spirit of our minds; let us turn all these promises into prayers for the transforming and purifying grace of the Holy Spirit.
The believer must add knowledge to his virtue, increasing acquaintance with the whole truth and will of God. We must add temperance to knowledge; moderation about worldly things; and add to temperance, patience, or cheerful submission to the will of God. Tribulation worketh patience, whereby we bear all calamities and crosses with silence and submission. To patience we must add godliness: this includes the holy affections and dispositions found in the true worshipper of God; with tender affection to all fellow Christians, who are children of the same Father, servants of the same Master, members of the same family, travellers to the same country, heirs of the same inheritance.
Wherefore let Christians labour to attain assurance of their calling, and of their election, by believing and well-doing; and thus carefully to endeavour, is a firm argument of the grace and mercy of God, upholding them so that they shall not utterly fall. Those who are diligent in the work of religion, shall have a triumphant entrance into that everlasting kingdom where Christ reigns, and they shall reign with him for ever and ever; and it is in the practice of every good work that we are to expect entrance to heaven.
LWINSOR © 2017
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