Partaking of the divine nature.

2 Peter 1:1–12 (NKJV)

1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

Pertain to life and Godliness.

The life of God, the life that God wants us to live, the godly life. A life that is open to only believers of the truth.

Ephesians 4:17-18, Paul tells us the Gentile’s life that is alienated from the life of God.

Therefore God has given us all things that we need to live out this godly life in this present world through his divine power.

4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

1 Timothy 4:8 “8 For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.”

5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

Note: we must make all this things our own and they must abound.

Faith

Our faith has to grow day by day.

Virtue;

Goodness,

Hebrews 13:16 “16 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.”

Knoweldge

Knowledge that come from God is eceedingly valuable.

Proverbs 8:10 “10 Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold;”

Proverbs 18:15 “15 The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.”

How do we grow in the Knowledge of God.

By reading his word.

Proverbs 22:17-21 “17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge; 18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips, 19 So that your trust may be in the Lord; I have instructed you today, even you. 20 Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, 21 That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may answer words of truth To those who send to you?”

6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,

Self-control

The great value of self control is exceedingly clear in scripture.

Proverbs 16:32 “32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.”

Our self control must abound over time and increase in all things.

1 Corinthians 9:25 “25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown.”

Perserverence

God’s people are to be reselient, able to perservere in the will of God in the face of many obstacles and challenges.

When we come to God we may be very fragile, because of our bringing and living in a life of comfort with little to no challenges and difficulties. Yet as we walk to with God we need perseverence because there will be many obsstacles we have to overcome before we inherit God’s promise.

Those who endure to the end shall be saved.

Jesus delivered the philidephia church from the hour of temptation because they had perservered through many things .

Revelation 3:10 “10 Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.”

Godliness

It is reffering to holiness

Hebrews 12:14 “14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:”

7 to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

Love

1 Corinthians 13:1–7 NKJV

1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

9 For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

We stumble because we lack one of this things.

Example lacking self control can lead us to be unrestrain and lead us astray

11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

12 For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.