2 peter 1:3-11 diligently building your faith. life and godliness (3,4) all things pertaining to...

2 Peter 1:3-11

Diligently Building Your Faith

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 3:16,17. All Scripture given by God is profitable.

• 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.


• 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, God’s Care and Strength, Eternal life.


• Partakers of the Divine Nature.

• We share in things related to God’s divine nature.

• We do not partake in God’s deity.

• We can take part in his divinity.

• Holiness, Love, Righteousness, etc.

• We can take part in all of these.


• 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 6:3,4; Eph. 4:22-24


• Giving All Diligence

• We must be diligent in our service to God.

• Half-hearted service is not pleasing to God Rev 3:15,16; Matt 6:24.

• We must have determination if we hope to build our faith!

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. 11:6; John 6:29

• Without faith anything else is meaningless.



• 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.



• Knowledge-understanding, insight.

• A knowledge of God and His Word.

• Our faith must be built on our knowledge of God’s Word.

• We must be firmly grounded in the truth.

• We must continue to add knowledge to virtue.



• 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.



• 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.



• 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.



• 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 6:2,10.

• Let us diligently add brotherly kindness to our 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 22:37-39

• We must supply love to our faith.


• 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.

“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.


• 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 2:9 Are you sure you are of God’s elect?

• Are we diligent to make sure?

• 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 2:10

• If we keep our focus on God, we will not stumble.


• 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 4:6-8


Is Your Call and Election Sure?

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