Sunday Morning: May 2, 1999
Text: 2 Peter 1:10-11 "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give
diligence to make your calling and election sure [KJV - firm, of force, stedfast, sure; NASB - certain(2), firm(2), firmly grounded(1), more sure(1), steadfast(1), unalterable(1), valid(1)]: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall [fall, offend, stumble]: 11. For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 10:12 "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."
1 Corinthians 9:27 "But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway [adokimov, disapprove]."
2 Timothy 2:15 "Study [spoudazo, labor, diligence] to show thyself approved [dokimov, approve] unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
James 1:12 "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried [dokimov, approve], he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him."
2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates [adokimov, disapprove]?"
PLEASING GOD?
Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith (noun and not a verb) it is impossible to please him: &ldots;"
Colossians 1:27 "&ldots; Christ in you, the hope of glory:"
RESISTING THE TRUTH?
2 Timothy 3:8 "&ldots; these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate [dokimov, approve] concerning the faith."
DEPARTING FROM THE FAITH?
1 Timothy 1:19 "Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:"
1 Timothy 4:1 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly (outspokenly, distinctly), that in the latter times some shall depart [depart, draw (fall) away, refrain, withdraw self] from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"
2 Peter 1:5-9 "And beside this, giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; 6. And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; 7. And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 8. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins."
2 Peter 1:3 "According as his divine power hath given unto
us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge [epignosiv, knowledge upon knowledge] of him that hath called us to glory and virtue (moral excellence)."
2 Peter 1:4 "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
Romans 15:14 "And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are &ldots;, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another."
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 "(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5. Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"
2 Peter 3:17-18 "Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 18. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ&ldots;."
1 Corinthians 9:27 "But I keep under my body, and bring it
into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."
Romans 5:3-4 "And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience [endurance]; 4. And patience, experience; and experience, hope:"
James 1:3-4 "Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience [endurance]. 4. But let patience [endurance] have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."
Colossians 1:11 "Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience [endurance] and longsuffering [passionate intensity] with joyfulness;"
Acts 10:2 "A devout [godly] man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway."
Acts 10:7 "&ldots; Cornelius &ldots; he called two of his household servants (that were not devoted), and a devout [godly] soldier of them that waited on him continually;"
2 Peter 1:3 "According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge [epignwsiv, exact knowledge] of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:"
Romans 12:10 "Be kindly affectioned (with feeling) one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;"
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 "But as touching brotherly love &ldots; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. 10. &ldots; but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;"
1 John 3:14 "We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death."
1 John 3:18 "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth."
Hebrews 10:24 "And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:"
John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments."
Galatians 5:6 "&ldots; faith which worketh by love."
Hebrews 10:38 "Now the just (those who love God) shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him."
Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,..."
2 Peter 1:8-9 "For if these things be in you, and abound, they
make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge [epignwsiv, exact knowledge] (verse 1, lacking in grace and peace) of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins."