2 Peter 1:3-11

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2 Peter 13-11

• Diligently Building Your Faith

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Life and Godliness (3,4)

• All Things Pertaining to Life and Godliness
• Given to us by his Divine Power
• Life- our spiritual life or union with God
• Godliness- Living our life through faith.
• 2 Tim 316,17. All Scripture given by God is
  profitable.

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Life and Godliness (3,4)

• Through the knowledge of Him who called us
• A knowledge of God and Jesus.
• More than intellectual knowledge.
• Means full and thorough knowledge or recognition.
  
• We must become fully acquainted with God and
  Jesus.

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Life and Godliness (3,4)

• Exceedingly Great and Precious Promises
• The gifts God has promised are very great and
  valuable.
• God is the giver of them.
• They also enable us to get out of this life
  alive.
• Forgiveness of sins, Holy Spirit, Gods Care and
  Strength, Eternal life.

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Life and Godliness (3,4)

• Partakers of the Divine Nature.
• We share in things related to Gods divine
  nature.
• We do not partake in Gods deity.
• We can take part in his divinity.
• Holiness, Love, Righteousness, etc.
• We can take part in all of these.

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Life and Godliness (3,4)

• Escaped the Corruption
• Through these precious promises and this divine
  nature, we can overcome the world.
• When we obey the Gospel, we become new. Rom
  63,4 Eph. 422-24

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Diligently Add To Your Faith (5-7)

• Giving All Diligence
• We must be diligent in our service to God.
• Half-hearted service is not pleasing to God Rev
  315,16 Matt 624.
• We must have determination if we hope to build
  our faith!

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Diligently Add To Your Faith (5-7)

• Add to your faith
• Add- From Greek epichoregeo meaning to bring
  alongside or to join together.
• We must add to our faith.
• Faith is our foundation. Heb. 116 John 629
• Without faith anything else is meaningless.

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Diligently Add To Your Faith (5-7)

• Add to your faith
• Virtue- Moral Excellence, integrity. The courage
  to stand up for your convictions.
• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego had this
  courage.
• We must have courage to stand for our convictions.

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Diligently Add To Your Faith (5-7)

• Add to your faith
• Knowledge-understanding, insight.
• A knowledge of God and His Word.
• Our faith must be built on our knowledge of Gods
  Word.
• We must be firmly grounded in the truth.
• We must continue to add knowledge to virtue.

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Diligently Add To Your Faith (5-7)

• Add to your faith
• Self Control- subduing our passions and desires.
• W/o self control, we find knowledge without
  practice.
• Every sin is a lack of self control
• Self control must be brought alongside our faith.

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Diligently Add To Your Faith (5-7)

• Add to your faith
• Patience, we must have patience in our service to
  God and Jesus.
• We must endure whatever hardships come our way.
• Patience, while at times difficult, must be added
  to our faith.

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Diligently Add To Your Faith (5-7)

• Add to your faith
• Godliness- Respect or reverence for God and his
  demands for our lives.
• We will strive to pattern our lives after Jesus
  life.
• We need to develop godly attributes.
• Godliness is needed to build our faith.

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Diligently Add To Your Faith (5-7)

• Add to your faith
• Brotherly Kindness- desire to do good to all.
• We need to be like the Good Samaritan.
• We ought to try to help our others in any way we
  can. Gal 62,10.
• Let us diligently add brotherly kindness to our
  faith.

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Diligently Add To Your Faith (5-7)

• Add to your faith
• Love- Caring enough to sacrifice for what is
  best.
• We must always seek the best for others.
• Love shows our devotion to God, Jesus, and our
  fellowman.
• 1st and 2nd Commands Matt 2237-39
• We must supply love to our faith.

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These Things (8-11)

• Yours and Abound
• These things must be a part of out lives.
• They must be abundant.
• How much physical abundance do we have?
• Do we have such spiritual abundance?
• With abundance we will not be unfruitful.

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These Things (8-11)

• He who lacks these things
• If we lack these qualities, we are shortsighted.
• Spiritually near-sighted.
• Forgotten that we have been cleansed of our sins.
  
• Let us never forget that Jesus cleansed us from
  our sins.

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These Things (8-11)

• Make Your Call and Election Sure
• We must give diligence or be determined to make
  our call and election sure.
• Do we treat it with due urgency?
• 1 Pet 29 Are you sure you are of Gods elect?
• Are we diligent to make sure?

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These Things (8-11)

• You will never stumble
• We will never stumble if we are diligently
  serving God as we ought to.
• We must not let the cares of the world in.
• James 210
• If we keep our focus on God, we will not stumble.

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These Things (8-11)

• Abundant Entrance Into the Kingdom
• We will gain entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven.
  
• We can look forward to our reward.
• We can victoriously claim our reward.
• 2 Tim 46-8

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Is Your Call and Election Sure?