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II Peter 1:2-4
Excerpted from: Going On to PerfectionNow, as I mentioned at the end of that sermon the other day, as far as this series of sermons is concerned, the most important part of those verses is, "His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness." All things that pertain to life and godliness—everything that is needed by us to be prepared for whatever use God is going to make of us; whatever we need in terms of living the life that He has called us to; whatever we need in the way of knowledge; whatever we need in the way of contact with Him; the power that we need in terms of the aspects of His nature—everything has been given to us!
These verses do not say to what degree that they have been given. They do not say whether it has been totally given. But I think that we can understand from other parts of the Bible that God does not give us everything at once because, like little children, we would be unable to use all that could be given to us. But He has given us enough, and He will increase whatever is needed, and whenever any opportunity comes by which we are able to serve Him, and He is able to use us, by His grace He will give us what we need.
He also says that you have been made partakers of the divine nature. That is so interesting! It is awesome in the context of what we are talking about here. Because, we began all the way back in Genesis 1, and we found that God created all the animals after their kind. We get to Genesis 1:26, and although He does not say the words, it is obvious from the flow of the context that He is saying that we are made after the God-kind. That is an awesome statement in itself.
But now we find that we have been made partakers of the divine nature. At first we find that we are just in the image of God, and the likeness of God; we know that we are after the God-kind, but now we know that we also are possessors of the divine nature. It is not very well developed, but it is in us. It is here. Are we going to use it?
So, the power to do what God has chosen us to do is in us already because He has given it us as a part of the divine nature.
II Peter 1:1-10
Excerpted from: God's Spiritual HouseWe have been called by glory and virtue. Can we consider what Peter lists here as building blocks, a materials list? Add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, and on and on the list goes. And if we do these things, we will never stumble. "Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ our Lord, as His divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness." All things that pertain to life and true life and godliness.
II Peter 1:2-4
Excerpted from: Our Awesome Destiny (1993)Perhaps the most important thing in these verses for the purpose of this sermon, is “His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life, and godliness, that you have been made partakers of the divine nature.” Connect this to Genesis 1:26. Are we made after the God-kind, or not? So, what is our awesome potential and future? You know what it is. It is so simple. It is so logical.
II Peter 1:2-4
Excerpted from: Proverbs 31 and the Wife of ChristVirtue here is the Greek word arete. It means excellent, intrinsic, or attributed, praise, virtue, moral excellency, perfection, goodness of action. God looks at us as partakers of Christ's own glory, moral excellency, and goodness of action. It is all through Him, and this is what God sees in the virtuous wife of great price, Christ's own glory and excellence.
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