2 Peter 1:3-11 Most of us have walked through Costco more than once and have seen their supplements, some of us have ventured into health food stores and others may have got advice from a nutritionist for some reason. Wherever we go, a common part of many people's diets is some sort of supplement that promises to make things 'better.' Just so that you don't think I am in some way purely mocking what is a part of many of our lives, I have been taking prescribed drugs for well over twenty years and have been aided by them considerably.
Our passage today encourages the supplementing of our faith. Supplement means to 'furnish besides.' In other words, add something to what is already there. Peter challenges believers with the thought that faith is the basis of a life that is walked with God, but it is only the basis. It is like the kernel or seed that if nourished grows a plant.
The elements that define this life (5-7) produce effective, fruitful Christian living and should be desired if we truly realize what we have been saved from (9). Was your sin deadly, was it filthy, was it awful, did it corrupt you, did it strip away life itself?
Peter says that our faith has made us partakers in the divine nature and will give us a Godly desire (4). As recipients of the divine nature, God has endowed us with "all things that pertain to life and godliness."
Two notable helps God has given us are the Spirit of Truth who lives in us to teach and convict and the Word of Truth (the Bible) given us for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness so that we can be competent and equipped as God's children.
I urge you to take on the Christian life in its fullness all the while listening for the Holy Spirit to prompt you as live and study God's Word.
Pastor Paul
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