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**Turn to 2 Peter 1
Background:
Not the same book as 1 Peter...
Written- early to mid 60’s A.D.
Likely from Rome, B4 Peter was martyred
Traditionally ascribed to Peter (obviously)
Themes:
Addressing FALSE-TEACHING in CHURCH…J
JESUS NOT RETURNING & NO JUDGMENT day…
LIVE HOWEVER you want!
Imagine…JESUS had DELAYED 25-30 YRS…they thought HE’D come SOON...
PETER AFFIRMS: SAVED by GRACE.
YET, WE WORK W/ GOD for CHRISTIAN GROWTH (SANCTIFICATION)
God has made us POSITIONALLY RIGHTEOUS in CHRIST…100% grace…NOW WE WORK W/ HIM in BECOMING actually RIGHTEOUS.
Tom Schreiner says it nicely, “Peter never even considered the notion that the salvation bestowed in Christ could be untethered from moral transformation.”
GOOD WORKS/ LIFECHANGE = NECESSARY EVIDENCE.
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Read text & pray
Introduction:
“A NEW CAPACITY”---I want you to consider the AMAZING CAPACITIES of the HUMAN BODY…
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MILITARY SHOW on DISCOVERY +
Last week - first experience … show documents the training of advanced military members such as PARARESCUERS, ARMY DIVING force, MARINE SNIPER, amongst others …
Anyone in MILITARY knows DIFFICULTY of TRAINING…rigorous etc.
**Describe ARMY DIVE TEAM qualifying.
Tied up
Jump in pool
5 bobs
swim length of football field.
dive grab mask,
5 more bobs
Then…NEXT MISSION…SWIM 4 MILES w/ gear on etc.
(Q) Don’t these things amaze us when we hear them…?
HUMAN BEINGS JUST LIKE US…JUST SEPARATED by LOTS of DISCIPLINE & TRAINING...
***Still human!
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MORE ACCESSIBLE---MARATHON RUNNING.
**COUCH to MARATHON…GUESS how LONG!
6 MONTHS if in OK SHAPE!
WHAT SEPARATES us FROM THEM?
DISCIPLINE & TRAINING
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AS HUMANS....WE HAVE POTENTIAL & CAPACITY for THESE THINGS
**Some have legitimate issues, heart & joint issues…but you get the point.
Connection: PETER shows us....THOSE in CHRIST have the CAPACITY for GODLINESS!
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ALL MANKIND: BORN DEAD in trespasses & sins!
We have NO POTENTIAL for GODLINESS!
Religious PHARISEES…OUTWARDLY SPOTLESS, INWARDLY DEAD!
READ JESUS’ THOUGHTS in MATT.
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Since born in trespasses & sins…MUST BE BORN AGAIN!.
HUMAN BODY has POTENTIAL....NOW in CHRIST WE HAVE POTENTIAL for GODLINESS
Need:
That’s why we need this text today....KNOW YOU CAN DO IT &BE CHALLENGED to PURSUE GODLINESS!
Salvation is 100% by grace…but WE WORK W/ GOD for SANCTIFICATION.
He DOESN’T DO it ALL FOR US.....
But WE also AREN’T ALONE
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Text:
2 Peter 1:1–11 (ESV)
Thought 1: Introduction
1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
SIMEON = HEBREW FORM of name
Peter = servant/SLAVE of Jesus & APOSTLE (special messenger)
FAITH of EQUAL STANDING = NO SEPARATION
between apostles & regular people,
& no separation between Jews & Gentiles!
OBTAINED FAITH by the RIGHTEOUSNESS of our GOD and SAVIOR, Jesus Christ.
Astonishing CLAIM for CHRIST’S DEITY!
God & Savior = Jesus
Salvation is through Christ’s righteousness alone!
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(V2) GRACE & PEACE MULTIPLIED to you through KNOWLEGE of God & Christ.
Doug Moo, a biblical scholar, makes a very good point concerning knowledge.
He says, “We must be careful not to sacrifice the head in favor of the heart.”
WARM & FUZZY & INTELLECTUAL!
Transition: Now, after Peter’s introduction, he’s going to lay out a very important foundational claim for this entire letter concerning the work that God has done for believers in Christ.
Look at verse 3.
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Thought 2: The Christian’s New Potential in Christ
3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,
4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
V3 = Really POWERFUL, easily glossed over!
Peter here says that through God’s power and the knowledge of him, God has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness.
As one who has been BORN-AGAIN, you have the CAPACITY to LIVE a GOD-PLEASING & GODLY LIFE ending in eternal life!
“GRANTED” here means to present or bestow something as a gift or confer a benefit…& PERFECT TENSE!
Past action = ongoing state.
@ SALVATION we RECEIVE CAPACITY we FORMERLY DIDN’T HAVE!
FORMERLY, NO ONE does GOOD…no one pleases God…
WHEN SAVED:
POWER of HOLY SPIRIT
GRACE of GOD
NEW HEART, replacing heart of stone
NEW NATURE, no longer slaves to sin!
YOU CAN LIVE a LIFE of VICTORY OVER SIN in Jesus Christ!
We WON’T ATTAIN 100% PERFECTION...
But we should CONTINUALLY GROW in GODLINESS!!
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(V4) THROUGH KNOWLEDGE of GOD…we have GREAT & PRECIOUS PROMISES!
ETERNAL LIFE is PROMISED to THOSE in CHRIST…God will not lie!
GOD GRANTS 2 things in v3-4:
CAPACITY for GODLINESS.
Great & Precious PROMISES
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THROUGH PROMISES —PARTAKERS of DIVINE NATURE.
BORN AGAIN from ABOVE, by Spirit of God.
GOD as FATHER
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