2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and
election sure: for if ye do these
things, ye shall never fall:
2 Peter 1:1-12
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:
2 Grace and peace
be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our
Lord,
3 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:
4 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.
5 And beside this, giving
all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue
knowledge;
6 And to knowledge
temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness
brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 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.
9 But he that lacketh these
things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was
purged from his old sins.
What things? Your Faith, Virtue, Knowledge, Temperance, Patience,
Godliness, Brotherly Kindness, and Charity.
The Lord Jesus has called us to
glory and virtue, that is, to obtain with Him, His glory and virtue as
co-heirs. The divine power of God who is
Jesus Christ, has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness,
through the knowledge of him. And it is
through this knowledge that Grace and Peace is increased in our lives.
Through these things in Christ
Jesus, we are given exceeding great and precious promises, and it is by these
that we can partake of the divine nature… sinless nature…holy and righteous
nature that is without decay, sickness, and death. We are purged of the old spirit the devil and
nature of the first Adam. Our bodies
belong to the Lord Jesus as well as our spirit and soul. Therefore, even as Jesus rose from the grave
and is without sin and walks in that divine nature, likewise, today, we can
walk with the Resurrection, in redemption and resurrection glory. What a new life it is! (John 1:22-27)
So what Calling are you called
to? His Life! The high calling of God in Christ Jesus. His
Body. Church of the Firstborn. Kings and Priests of THE KING and PRIEST. Amen.
10 Wherefore the rather,
brethren, give diligence to make your
calling and election sure: for
if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
So it is possible to fall even
when you are God’s called out ones, but Grace sustains you and you can come to
the Father through the Son to obtain mercy and grace through the precious blood
of the Lamb. Hebrews 12 shows us that
every son God receives, He does chasten and scourges. But this is correction not to embarrass you
or destroy you or to kick you out of the fellowship, but rather to cause you to
obtain and manifest more of His holiness.
See below.
Hebrews 12:10-11 For they verily
for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit,
that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto
them which are exercised thereby.
So Obedience is the key. Jesus learned obedience by the things he suffered. He had “moments” but He overcame them in
obedience to the Father.
Hebrews 5:8-9
Though he were a Son, yet learned
he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he
became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
If you are a child of God, but
are disobedient… what do you think would happen? Those who are called of God and have received
the Spirit of the Son Jesus into your hearts are sons of God, an heir of God
through Christ.
Galatians 4:5-7 To redeem them
that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 And because ye are sons, God
hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Wherefore thou art no more a
servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Likewise, give diligence to make
your calling and election sure, adding to your faith, virtue, and virtue,
knowledge, and knowledge, temperance, and temperance, patience, and patience,
godliness, and godliness, brotherly kindness, and brotherly kindness, charity. Why?
Why? Read verses 11 – 12 for the answer:
11 For so an entrance shall be
ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 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.
So that you may abound in
fellowship with the Lord, in His kingdom, today. Present Truth. Ruling and Reigning with Him in heaven and
earth realms. Jesus Christ is the HEAD.
We are His body to function through. The
Father is perfect. The Son makes us
perfect in the Father.
A NEW Life, indeed, victoriously
lived. For in Christ Jesus we live and
move and have our being. (Acts 17:28)
Amen.
