ALL I HAVE IS ALL I NEED

INTRO

You & I have the opportunity to:

Know God. — See Him… Experience Him…

Live a life that is pleasing to God.

2 PETER 1:3-11 (NLT) 3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence. 4 And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires. 5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. 8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins. 10 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away. 11 Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

TITLE: ALL I HAVE IS ALL I NEED

BUILD

RAISE ✋ — If you had an encounter with God at camp? At All?

Law of Gravity — What goes up must come down…

We live in the state of fear of “slipping back”…

POWER IN THE TEXT

➡️ TIE-IN // Peter is writing to remind you & I of God’s promises of:

We Are Called.

We Are Forgiveness.

We Have Eternal Life with Christ.

2 PETER 1:3-4 (NLT) 3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.

COULD IT BE THAT SOMEHOW GOD IS CALLING YOU… WANTS TO BLOW YOU AWAY w/ HIS GLORY?!

2 PETER 1:5-7 (NLT) 5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.

MORAL EXCELLENCE — Not behavior modification, transformation of the mind…

PHILIPPIANS 4:8 (NLT) And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

KNOWLEDGE — God reveals Himself through His word…

JAMES 4:8 (NLT) Come close to God, and God will come close to you.

SELF-CONTROL + PATIENT ENDURANCE + GODLINESS — Mark of a believer… Fruits of our lives…

BROTHERLY AFFECTION + LOVE FOR EVERYONE — Greatest commandment, Love God Love People..

JOHN 13:35 (NLT) Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.

CLOSING

SELF-IDENTIFYING CHRISTIANS…

2 PETER 1:10-11 (NLT) 10 So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Do these things, and you will never fall away.

2 PETER 1:3 (NLT)

3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him…

The more we come to know Him, the more we truly understand that He has Good Plans for me…

The more we truly believe that… No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper (Is 54:17)

The more we truly believe that… Goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life… (Ps 23:6)