Living in Grace and Peace
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2 Peter 1.
in this passage, The Apostle Peter, keys in on the importance of confirming one’s calling by growing in areas of our lives, such as:
Virtue
Knowledge
Self-Control
and several other attributes that we will look at more deeply,
All of this serving as a constant reminder that our Faith- to be fruitful- Must remain active and focused.
Confirming our calling to live as Christians takes deliberate actions on our part to actively chase after the ever-increasing level of Holiness that God has called us all to.
The Transformative work of Christ in each of us should shine out of all of us as we commit to living out our faith in front of everyone we come in contact with.
Starting with:
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:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
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,
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.
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.
Some groundwork:
Peter continues with the same theme that he opened his first letter with.
Using both the Hebrew version of his name, “Simon” and the Greek version, “Peter” he is addressing all those that would receive the letter.
Peter also identifies himself as “A servant and Apostle of Jesus Christ”
Going far beyond what the household servant would entail, Peter’s use of the Greek, “Doulos”, translates to ‘Slave”.
Peter is conveying that it is not from any of his own power that he speaks, but rather the authority that comes entirely from the Master, who he serves- Jesus Christ.
