Read 2 Peter 1:8-21
When we have faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity then we will be fruitful in our knowledge of Jesus and verse 10 says that we will never fail. If we are missing any of them then we are blinded and can’t see the big picture. We have forgotten that God cleansed us from sin through the blood of his son, Jesus. Verse 10 also says that we have been called or invited and elected or selected and that we can make it firm. Everyone is invited into the family of God, but not all will answer the invitation. If you do then you must grow beyond the invitation and press on to know God. When we seek God, then he opens the door so that we can learn more and more about him. Peter reminds them that he will not always be with them so he wants them to mature before he dies so that they will know God for themselves and have their own salvation sure. He didn’t just make all this up but he actually saw God’s glory himself. Our faith needs to be so great that even if we never have a face-to-face encounter with God, we will serve him as if we did. Peter actually saw Jesus turn to heavenly glory at the Mount of Transfiguration , and he heard God speak out of heaven and say, “This is my beloved so, in whom I am well-pleased.” We have a proof in words of the prophets. The prophets were just men who spoke unthinkable, unimaginable things about the future that only God could tell them. Their testimonies are for all mankind, everywhere and to every era and are proof that God is real and all-powerful.
Lord, may we live for you today meditating on your prophesies. Give us understanding to your Word.
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