Nose to the grindstone

Nose to the grindstone explanation.

This is the last sermon of 2019.

2000 years ago. Jesus would have been a teenager.

1000 years ago. Nothing that we would recognize that has any bearing on our lives.

1919 - Post world war 1.

Prohibition started.

Women receive that right to vote.

Woodrow wilson - President

Teddy Rosevelt died

Tennesee Ford was born.

Green Bay Packers were formed

Babe Ruth was sold to the Yankees for $125,000.

1969 - I was born.

We landed on the moon

Vietnam - Battle of Hamburger Hill.

2009 - Obama inaugurated as President.

Michael Jackson Dies

2019 - It has been a rough year. Brian and Tabitha had a tremendous loss. I lost my Grandmother, and my father. We had controversy in the Church. My son went through a divorce.

God was faithful.

We also look to the future.

We make plans for what a new year, and the start of a new decade will bring.

We take stock of where we are and make sure we are equipped to handle what will come.

Nose to the grindstone.

Personal growth as a believer.

2 Peter 1:1–2 NASB95

1 Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, 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;

2 Peter 1:

Simon Peter - Fisherman / preacher. Lost/saved. Declaring his Humility before God.

Letter to believers. same kind as ours. Not Gentile and Jew, but believers and the apostles.

God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

God and of Jesus our Lord

2 Peter 1:3–4 NASB95

3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4 For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

2 Peter 1:3

Everything life godliness.

You have received all the tools you need.

Promises - Eternal Life.

Devine nature. His Holiness.

1 Peter 1:5–7 NASB95

5 who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, 7 so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

2 Peter 1:5–7 NASB95

5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

1 Peter 1:

2 Peter

Faith is the beginning. It is the starting point. It is a driver’s license.

Now you have to get on your bike and ride.

Faith in Christ saves you, but faith without action/ change is not a saving faith. Faith compels a response on your part.

James 2:14 NASB95

14 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him?

James 2:26 NASB95

26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Diligence -

Get after it. START. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.

Verse of the day

Daily devotion

Pray

Thank Him

Moral Excellence

Not haughty. Excellence describes your intended purpose.

The excellence of a knife is to cut.

The excellence of a motorcycle is to be ridden.

This is referring to a Christ like purpose.

Live the life you are supposed to live.

What is your purpose?

Knowledge

Knowledge of His Word, Knowledge of his nature.

Self-Control

You will learn to control you tongue.

Perseverance

Grace under pressure.

godliness

Behave Christ like

Brotherly Kindness

Love your neighbor as yourself.

Treat others the way you want to be treated.

Love

1 Corinthians 13:13 NASB95

13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Love, agape love, true and unselfish love, is the greatest expression we can exhibit.

2 Peter 1:

2 Peter 1:8–9 NASB95

8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

You will be used by the kingdom.

If you don’t you are useless.

Matthew 5:13 NASB95

13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

Be diligent:

2 Peter

2 Peter 1:10 NASB95

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;

1 Peter

1 Peter 1:10–11 NASB95

10 As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful searches and inquiries, 11 seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.

2 Peter

2 Peter 1:11–12 NASB95

11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you. 12 Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you.

2 Peter

2 Peter 1:10–11 NASB95

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.

I know you know this, but I want to remind you because I am not always going to be there for you.

2 Peter

2 Peter 1:14 NASB95

14 knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.