4th Sermon in the Series : To Know the Living God
2 Peter 1:1-9
To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 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. 9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
Our lives can be as revolutionary as the original disciples.
Organic growth through complexity and Divine nature.
Transformation from the inside out as opposed to compiling a list of good works.
Character Change
Sense of God's presence; Love for all the saints
Perseverance - accepting God's appointed tasks
Mental Awareness-consciousness that leads to action of God
Being forgotten or ignored is hurtful.
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