Growing in Faith

Introduction

OUTLINE

GUIDANCE FOR GROWING CHRISTIANS (2 Peter 1:1-21)

DANGER TO GROWING CHRISTIANS (2 Peter 2:1-22)

HOPE FOR GROWING CHRISTIANS (2 Peter 3:1-18)

Theme

2 Peter 1:3 NKJV

as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

2 Peter 1:4 NKJV

by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Peter or petros meaning stone!

Growing in Faith is Important to God

We Are Saved by Grace through Faith

Ephesians 2:8 NKJV

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Ephesians 2:9 NKJV

not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Ephesians 2:10 NKJV

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Faith Without Works is Dead

James 2:18 NKJV

But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

James 2:26 NKJV

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

Faith Without Growth Dies!

How Can We Be Saved With a Dead Faith?!

John 15:1–8 NKJV

“I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.

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Conclusion