Divine Nature

Scripture: 3 His divine power has given us everything we need to experience life and to reflect God’s true nature through the knowledge of the One who called us by His glory and virtue. 4 Through these things, we have received God’s great and valuable promises, so we might escape the corruption of worldly desires and share in the divine nature. 5 To achieve this, you will need to add virtue to your faith, and then knowledge to your virtue; 6 to knowledge, add discipline; to discipline, add endurance; to endurance, add godliness; 7 to godliness, add affection for others as sisters and brothers; and to affection, at last, add love. 8 For if you possess these traits and multiply them, then you will never be ineffective or unproductive in your relationship with our Lord Jesus the Anointed; 9 but if you don’t have these qualities, then you will be nearsighted and blind, forgetting that your past sins have been washed away. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, work that much harder to confirm that God has called you and claimed you. If you do this, then you will never fall along the way; 11 and you can be sure that you will be richly welcomed into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Anointed, our Liberating King. (2 Peter 1:3-11 The Voice) I have always love this portion of Scripture. It gives such practical ways to live, and to grow into the ways of God; even to be able to have more of His divine nature.
• Add virtue to our faith
• Knowledge to our virtue
• Discipline to our knowledge (how very important is discipline in our lives)
• Endurance to our discipline (yes, endurance to stand in the face of trials)
• Godliness to endurance
• Affection for others to our endurance
• And finally love
This scripture then tells us that if we allow these traits to be part of who we are, we will never be ineffective or unproductive. Thank You, Father, that You have given us these practical ways to grow, and to live our lives so that we can be effective and productive as Your children. AMEN Reverence for You, Lord is pure, lasting forever. Your laws and commandments are perfect and trustworthy and give insight to life. Psalm 19
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