Title: Have You Received the Gift of Life?
Text:
2 Peter 1:3-4 (HCSB)
3 His divine power has given us everything required for life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness.
4 By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.
Observation:
The enormity of this passage leaves me speechless. What can I say about the hugeness of what the Sovereign God gives to His people?
Notice what the Lord gives to His children: "Everything required for life and godliness". But, there is more: "You may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires".
I thank the Lord for His Word and for His precious promises: the power to live in the present; for covering our past, and giving us hope for a bright future.
2 Peter 1:4 (HCSB)
4 By these He has given us very great and precious promises, so that through them you may share in the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires.
2 Peter 1:19-21 (HCSB)
19 So we have the prophetic word strongly confirmed. You will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dismal place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20 First of all, you should know this: No prophecy of Scripture comes from one's own interpretation, 21 because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
Prayer:
Father God, I praise You and thank You for giving Your people everything we need for life and godliness. Father, help us by, by faith in You, to appropriate the grace that You have provided us. Father God, when I am tired and weak, may I remember to lean hard on Thee; to not forget Your promises.
Father, I thank You for Your Word, which is a lamp for our feet, and a light for our pathway. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
"Standing on the promises that cannot fail,
When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
By the living Word of God I shall prevail,
Standing on the promises of God."
Source of hymn: https://www.hymnal.net/en/hymn/h/340
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Matthew 4:4 (HCSB)
4 But He answered, "It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."
Psalm 2:8 (HCSB)
8 Ask of Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance and the ends of the earth Your possession.
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