If you are able, pick up your Bible and read 2 Peter chapter one, or go here and read it: http://tinyurl.com/5adcu7
Here is the passage we will be focusing on:
Here is the passage we will be focusing on:
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. Through 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. 1 Peter 1:3-4
What do you need? Not what do you want, but what do you need? When the 23rd Psalm says the Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want, I believe that is a personal decision not to want anything other than what God supplies, and therefore, never to be 'in want', or 'wanting' for anything.
Back to what you need, what we need; God's divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness. Do we hear, understand, and believe this? The Creator of all that is promises to provide us, indeed already has, with everything we need.
What do you need? Not what do you want, but what do you need? When the 23rd Psalm says the Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want, I believe that is a personal decision not to want anything other than what God supplies, and therefore, never to be 'in want', or 'wanting' for anything.
Back to what you need, what we need; God's divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness. Do we hear, understand, and believe this? The Creator of all that is promises to provide us, indeed already has, with everything we need.
Everything.
If we will receive His promises, we may participate in the divine nature. As part of the Body of Christ, we may be a part of the divine! And as we have discussed in recent days, we can avoid sin brought on by our desires coupled with Satan's attacks; and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. By submitting to His will and accepting His divine gifts, we can allow the Christ..who holds the keys to death and Hell...to overcome the evil in our lives.
Be part of the divine!
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Questions:
1. What does it mean to escape corruption?
2. What does it take to accept the gifts from God's divine power?
3. What does it mean to participate in the divine nature?
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"This is the mystery of the riches of divine grace for sinners,
for by a wonderful exchange our sins are now not ours but Christ's,
and Christ's righteousness is not Christ's, but ours."
Martin Luther
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