2Pe 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them
of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they
that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures,
unto their own destruction.
2Pe 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these
things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the
wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
2Pe 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
People WREST the
scriptures to their OWN destruction all the time. Rather than LOVING God and LOVING others they
are self seeking. People can take a
child's funny, loving story and twist it until it becomes something awful if
they want to. People can and will do a
lot of things, and if they are self-serving that's all they will get from the
Word of God more self-serving. The
unlearned, the unstable will take the scriptures and read them with truth-blind
eyes. With hearts closed, the understanding is closed. God's word will NOT be understood by anyone
that seeks to understand God's word for self serving reasons, for reasons
contrary to God and His love.
We who are blessed
with understanding can also become blind.
We aren't guaranteed spiritual sight endlessly any more than we are
guaranteed eternal life because we accept Christ once and then no more. We can have sight, and lose sight. We have to BEWARE that the wicked will led us
into their darkness, into their blindness.
We NEED to GROW in GRACE. We need to GROW in KNOWLEDGE of our LORD and
SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. To GOD be the GLORY now and forever!
If we are NOT
growing in grace, if we are NOT growing in knowledge of our SAVIOR then we are
in danger of growing away from our God.
We've discussed
growing in grace and knowledge of our Savior before, not too long ago, but it
bears discussing over and over.
Are we growing in
grace-----
-----are we becoming
more about love towards others in all our actions? Or are we stagnant- being who we are and
unneedful of change, of growth? Do we stubbornly insist upon remaining who we
are because we are unable to be loving as we know we should? Do we want to
blame our inability to submit to God, to allow Him to work in us, on our just
being who we are? Do we choose to LIMIT
God's ability to change us, to love in us based on our own belief we are who we
are- end of story?
This is a war, and
war often means fighting the seemingly same battles over and over and over. We
don't stop fighting those same battles, we know who the winner is and we fight
for the winner knowing we will win the battles through HIS victory.
We must GROW.
GROW.
By His grace, we
will GROW, in HIM we will GROW. All in
HIS LOVE!
Amen.
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