A Abundance Of A Heavenly Entrance
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Call To Worship Scripture:
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1 Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, 2 by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; 7 then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; 8 and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.
12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. 15 Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; 17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied.
Pre Sermon Scripture:
Pre Sermon Scripture:
1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
4 You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; 5 and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
Nor faint when you are reproved by Him;
6 For those whom the Lord loves He disciplines,
And He scourges every son whom He receives.”
7 It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. 11 All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.
12 Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, 13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.
14 Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; 16 that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. 17 For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.
18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, 19 and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. 20 For they could not bear the command, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.” 21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “I am full of fear and trembling.” 22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, 23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.
25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. 26 And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.” 27 This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; 29 for our God is a consuming fire.
Scripture:
Scripture:
9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; 11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
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9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble;
2 Peter 1:
For he who lacks these qualities
is blind or short - sighted - cannot see far off.
or short - sighted - cannot see far off.
having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
3 POSSIBILITIES OF INTERPRETATION:
a person can loose their salvation
immature christian that doesn’t realize that Christ’s death removed Adams sin
it is not possible to live a decent christian life if you do not realize that sin is not a problem in your life. This does not make light of sin, but makes much of Christ. What have you done to your evaluation of the death of Christ if you are living under the guilt and condemnation of sin. The one who is not in vs5,6,7 of this chapter is the christian who is engrossed in trying to cover the sin issue in his life. The question that you must ask here is: “is the death of Christ sufficient?” Jesus did a wonderful think and now it is up to you, no only demeans Christ but blasphemes the work of Christ.
9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Is that true my friends?
If your new creation can sin now, then it can sin in Heaven and that would be a mess. We are either dependent upon Christ or not. Do you recognize the present truth of the infinite value of the work of Christ.
Your sins are forgiven or they are not.
Confession is but a statement of belief. The word is I believe you forgave my sin. Why? Because Christ did it, because God said it, not because you confessed it.
13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,
My saying it does not make that true, but I tell you, to come in agreement with God certainly does make all the difference in your life.
Therefore, brethren,
be all the more diligent (aorist imperative - command)
…rather than being stuck in the mire of your former sin…give the same diligence as you were instructed in chapter 5 to...
to make certain about His calling and choosing you;
Not that it was ever unsure to God…but to you...the word certain ought to be stable.
Calling - when you heard it
Choosing - before time
The point is that it is a finished transaction. You did not become elect at a later point in time or at a time of your choosing.
I want you to be stable in this...
Do you know that God chose you before time began? Are you certain in that? Before time began you had the assurance of Christ choosing.
for as long as you practice these things, (the things of chapter 5-7)
you will never stumble
You could assume that this means go to hell…I don’t think so…I don’t think that you can stretch the text that far.
To fall doesn’t mean go to hell…the Greek word means to stumble. Don’t you stumble my friends? Certainly you don’t fall back towards hell…no…you stumble displaying that you fail to practice verse 5-7. You stumble displaying that your not diligent in the things that you ought to be.
1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.
We stumble because we have the wrong affections, because we seek the wrong things. We stumble displaying that we have not true love.
The word here for never is absolutely never.
You stumble recently my friends? That’s because your not in the word of God enough. That is because you’ve put family, friends, things, progress above Christ your Lord and Redeemer.
You stumble because you look not to the things above…that seems to far off. Your far to busy with the now. You my friends are short sighted.
Oh but pastor you tell me…you can have it all…the world and God. or… you say…I don’t believe that God wouldn’t want me to have what this or that and I need to pursue it, and look at so and so who followed this path or this is how my family has always done it…i’ll be alright....
immature christian that doesn’t realize that Christ’s death removed Adams sin
it is not possible to live a decent christian life if you do not realize that sin is not a problem in your life. This does not make light of sin, but makes much of Christ. What have you done to your evaluation of the death of Christ if you are living under the guilt and condemnation of sin. The one who is not in vs5,6,7 of this chapter is the christian who is engrossed in trying to cover the sin issue in his life. The question that you must ask here is: “is the death of Christ sufficient?” Jesus did a wonderful think and now it is up to you, no only demeans Christ but blasphemes the work of Christ.
9 No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Is that true my friends?
If your new creation can sin now, then it can sin in Heaven and that would be a mess. We are either dependent upon Christ or not. Do you recognize the present truth of the infinite value of the work of Christ.
Your sins are forgiven or they are not.
Confession is but a statement of belief. The word is I believe you forgave my sin. Why? Because Christ did it, because God said it, not because you confessed it.
13 When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions,
My saying it does not make that true, but I tell you, to come in agreement with God certainly does make all the difference in your life.
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
Cleverly devised - sophizo- to make wise/ tales - myths
If it’s not the word of God my friends, if it’s not God Himself…then it is just a myth…cleverly devised…promising to make you wise, but a promise that is a myth is of no value…its not true.
You want truth…set your affections above, keep on seeking the things above, the things of your faith…what is that…virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, piety, brotherly kindess and love and in these things show all diligence.
Diligence - the steady application of…it is to make it your buisness.
How many of you have alot of things that seem to be your buisness…you’ve got a spouse, children which means sports, groups, school....a job, a family, hobbies....we don’t just have one thing that is our competing buisness we’ve god a Mary Poppins bag full of things that we are seeking to make our buisness.
Well, what about God? You cannot love him and love what we just listed. You cannot have him be your buisness and treat all of those other things as though they are Lord running about to whatever they demand whenever.
Do you spend more time praying than doing? No? Then you should not think yourself a steady person of Christ.
Do you spend more time seeking others than Christ? Yes? Then you should not think yourself a steady person of Christ.
Do you spend more time learning the patterns, success, wisdom and myths of man and the world than the Holy Scriptures? Yes…Then guess what - steady you are not.
But…if you are diligent in these things…Listen friends, I am setting you up here for something greater by reading to you this Word of God…something far greater....I’m talking Christ arose from the dead greater…Yes, if you are diligent in these things which we have discussed...
2 Peter 1:11
11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
In this way (the way of diligence)
the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
an entrance shall be ministered to you.
The deeper that we grow in the knowledge of our Lord…
the more diligent that we are in knowing our Savior,
The more that we make our faith our business we add the virtue (right thinking of God), knowledge (understanding of God), self control (the walking by the new man, the feeding of the Spirit of God rather than the quenching of it), perseverance, piety, brotherly kindness, and love...
the more that we are diligent in such, then the more that we know the mighty entrance that he has supplied unto you.
You cannot earn yourself a mighty entrance, but in Christ you have one. Do you know it? Friends Christ is our appeal.
The Christian who knows it, cannot spend time apart from it. The Christian who knows it cares not of this world. His sights are set above.
I don’t have the words to fully describe what I am trying to say other than...
maybe we Christians are deceiving ourselves. Have we traded the open door of Christ, for passing things of this world and a religious myths that makes us feel spiritual or good, but does not require us to look above, but lets us look within and trust self over Christ?
maybe…
Are we missing the joy that leads us to endure? The joy that leads us willing to walk as the shame of the world? The joy that is found in the perfector of our faith and in Him alone? Has the church lost the joy that becomes realized at the throne of God?
I fear we may be...
If your eyes are to be upon the resurrection today, if you are to have true joy, then I leave you with this:
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.