GROWING GRACEFULLY

STUDIES ON 2 PETER

LESSON 2

GROWING GRACEFULLY

2 Peter 1:5-9 (KJV)

⁵And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; ⁶And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; ⁷And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. ⁸For 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. ⁹But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

2 Peter 1:5-9 (AMP)

⁵For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence),⁶And in [exercising] knowledge [develop] self-control, and in [exercising] self-control [develop] steadfastness (patience, endurance), and in [exercising] steadfastness [develop] godliness (piety),⁷And in [exercising] godliness [develop] brotherly affection, and in [exercising] brotherly affection [develop] Christian love.⁸For as these qualities are yours and increasingly abound in you, they will keep [you] from being idle or unfruitful unto the [full personal] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).⁹For whoever lacks these qualities is blind, [spiritually] shortsighted, seeing only what is near to him, and has become oblivious [to the fact] that he was cleansed from his old sins.

1.    DILIGENTLY DEVELOP

ü  Virtue: excellence, resolution, Christian energy

ü  Knowledge: intelligence

ü  Self-control: temperance (KJV)

ü  Steadfastness: patience, endurance

ü  Godliness: piety

ü  Brotherly affection

ü  Christian love

2.    THESE QUALITIES

ü  As they increase:

·         They will keep you from being unfruitful

·         They will bring you to a full personal knowledge of Jesus Christ

3.    WHOEVER LACKS THESE QUALITIES

ü  Is spiritually blind: shortsighted, seeing only what is near to him

ü  and has become oblivious [to the fact] that he was cleansed from his old sins.

TO GROW GRACEFULLY YOU MUST EMPLOY ALL THE ABOVE – DAILY.

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CLOSING REMARKS

STUDIES ON 1 PETER

LESSON 23

CLOSING REMARKS

1 Peter 5:12-14 (KJV)

12By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

13The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.

14Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

1 Peter 5:12-14 (AMP)

12By Silvanus, a true (loyal, consistent, incorruptible) brother, as I consider him, I have written briefly to you, to counsel and urge and stimulate [you] and to declare [to you] that this is the true [account of the] grace (the undeserved favor) of God. Be steadfast and persevere in it.

13She [your sister church here] in Babylon, [who is] elect (chosen) with [yourselves], sends you greetings, and [so does] my son (disciple) Mark.

14Salute one another with a kiss of love [the symbol of mutual affection]. To all of you that are in Christ Jesus (the Messiah), may there be peace (every kind of peace and blessing, especially peace with God, and freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts). Amen (so be it).

1. COMMENDATION & RECOGNITION

• Peter is the author, Silvanus is the scribe writing by Peter’s dictation

• Peter commends him and recognizes his contribution

• Reason for the letter – to counsel, urge and stimulate you

• Reaffirming that this is the true grace of God

• We are to stand (live, exist) in this grace

2. ORIGINATION & AFFIRMATION

• The letter was written in the church in Babylon (it is assumed Peter was the pastor)

• Affirmation that this church is on equal footing with all the other churches naming Christ as Lord

• Eastern greeting – the kiss, now more as a symbol of Christian love

• Peace – amen. (refer to AMP vs. 14 highlighted)

LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, SHARING GRACE, LOVE & PEACE DAILY.


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