Bible Verse of The Day – 2-17-21

2 Peter 1:5 (NKJV) 5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

Greetings!

Yesterday we started off with 2 Peter 1:10

We began breaking it down so we could get a better understanding of exactly what this verse means to us as believers.

When we left off yesterday, we had just touched on verse 4 and discussed what that verse means for us, as children of God.

Now, let’s move on to subsequent verses.

As we finished verse 4, we discovered that God has given us His divine nature, and He has given us an escape from the depravity that is in the world.

Verse 5, above, tells us that because of what was shown to us in verses 3 and 4, we should be diligent, adding to our faith, virtue and knowledge.

Verses 6 and 7 then go on to tell us to also add self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness and finally, love.

Verse 8 tells us that if these things are ours (if they are present in our walk), and if they abound (if they are plentiful in our lives), we will neither be barren (literally translated as useless) nor unfruitful in our knowledge of (our walk with) Jesus Christ.

So, the summation of this, which is found in verse 10 (where we originally started yesterday), is that if we are truly walking with God, through faith in Jesus Christ, these attributes should be present and active in our lives on a regular basis.

If they are, it will be evidence of our faith. Additionally, it will also help to prevent us from stumbling (falling away).

If they are not, verse 9 tells us that we are shortsighted (even to the point of blindness), and that we have forgotten that we have been cleansed from our old (past) sins.

Lastly, verse 11 states that if we make our calling and election sure (following the patterns of verses 3-8), ” an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ”.

Now that’s encouraging!

We hope you have enjoyed this breakdown of 2 Peter 1:3-11 and found it to be revealing and uplifting.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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