Growing Faith

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Growing Faith

• A Genuine Faith - Part 3
• 2Peter 13-15 Selected
• Cross Creek Community Church
• Pastor Dave Martin
• May 30, 2002

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2 Peter 13-4

• His divine power has given us everything we need
  for life and godliness through our knowledge of
  him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
  4Through these he has given us his very great and
  precious promises, so that through them you may
  participate in the divine nature and escape the
  corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

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Understand the Importance God places upon a
Growing Faith

• REMIND I will always Remind you v12
• REFRESH Refresh your memory v13
• REMEMBER Always Remember these things v15

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We VIGOROUSLY add to our Faith

• 2 Peter 15-7
• For this very reason, make every effort to add to
  your faith goodness and to goodness, knowledge
  6and to knowledge, self-control and to
  self-control, perseverance and to perseverance,
  godliness 7and to godliness, brotherly kindness
  and to brotherly kindness, love.

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We VIGOROUSLY add to our Faith

• Goodness
• Moral excellence and goodness of character, an
  excellent person in life

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We VIGOROUSLY add to our Faith

• Knowledge
• Spiritual knowledge in practical intelligence and
  insight.

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We VIGOROUSLY add to our Faith

• Self-Control
• To master and control the body / flesh and its
  passions.

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We VIGOROUSLY add to our Faith

• Perseverance
• An active steadfast endurance under pressure,
  fortitude, constancy.

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We VIGOROUSLY add to our Faith

• Godliness
• Living in the reverence and awe of God conscious
  of Gods presence.

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We VIGOROUSLY add to our Faith

• Brotherly Kindness
• Fervent practical caring for others.

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We VIGOROUSLY add to our Faith

• Love
• Agape love of God Selfless, unconditional and
  demonstrated.

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Warnings signs of a Non-Growing Faith

• 2 Peter 18-9
• For if you possess these qualities in increasing
  measure (Growth), they will keep you from being
  ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of
  our Lord Jesus Christ. 9But if anyone does not
  have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has
  forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past
  sins.

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Warnings signs of a Non-Growing Faith

• Ineffective Inactive, lazy, slow, useless
• Unproductive Barren, unfruitful
• Nearsighted Cant distinguish things correctly
• Blind Spiritually mentally blind, cannot see
• Carnal Spiritually immature, worldly pursuits

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Signs and Blessings of a Growing Faith

• 2 Peter 110-11
• Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to
  make your calling and election sure. For if you
  do these things, you will never fall, 11and you
  will receive a rich welcome into the eternal
  kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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Signs and Blessings of a Growing Faith

• Fruitfulness Outward fruit of an inward change
• Diligence An enthusiasm for Spiritual things
• Confidence Secure in Gods calling and election
• Stability Never stumble, or experience a
  reversal
• Glorious Future A personal, welcome home!

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• Believers show by these virtues,
• they belong to Christ!
• 2 Cor. 517
• Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new
  creation old things have passed away behold,
  all things have become new.