2Pe 1:1-21 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of
Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through
the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you
through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine
power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience
godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness
charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall
neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
But he that lacketh
these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was
purged from his old sins.
Wherefore the
rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if
ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered
unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. Wherefore I will not be
negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know
them, and be established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, as long as
I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing
that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ
hath shewed me. Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease
to have these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly
devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For he received from God
the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the
excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this
voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take
heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the
day star arise in your hearts: Knowing
this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
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TRUTH.
'And beside this, giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience
godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness
charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall
neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
But he that lacketh
these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was
purged from his old sins. '
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Give ALL diligence.
ADD to your FAITH-
VIRTUE.
ADD to
VIRTUE-KNOWLEDGE.
ADD to
KNOWLEDGE-TEMPERANCE.
ADD to
TEMPERANCE-PATIENCE.
ADD to
PATIENCE-GODLINESS.
ADD to
GODLINESS-BROTHERLY KINDNESS.
ADD to BROTHERLY
KINDNESS-CHARITY.
Do you have faith?
Do you have virtue?
Do you have
knowledge?
Do you have
temperance?
Do you have
patience.
Do you have
godliness?
Do you have
brotherly kindness?
Do you have charity?
If we LACK these
things we are BLIND and cannot see afar off, and have forgotten that we have
been purged from our old sins.
Daily we must lay
down our old life as we daily must ask for forgiveness, seeking to be purged
from our old sins.
It's no secret that
we have sins that we are partial to, presumptuous sins. And these sins must be
laid at the feet of our Savior. We must seek the Holy Spirit's power to
overcome through our LORD.
We are told what
makes us Spiritually blind, having no faith, no virtue, no knowledge, no
temperance, no patience, no godliness, no brotherly kindness, and no
charity.
Like the Pharisees
who could not see their own spiritual blindness, we can suffer the same fate.
We have to open our hearts, our minds to the Holy Spirit who can give us these
things. We have to recognize our NEED, realize our state of blindness, of being
poor, of being naked. No one who believes they see will comprehend their
blindness. Our sight needs to be God's sight, spiritual sight.
Please Lord, Please
heavenly Father, please...help us to see!
Forgive us! Forgive us. In the
name of Your Son, Jesus Christ, forgive us.
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