“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or … Continue reading Confirming Your Calling
Christianity
Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature
“Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. “His divine power has granted to … Continue reading Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature
In the Sight of God
“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, … Continue reading In the Sight of God
Rejected by Family Because of Faith
“After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. So his brothers said to him, ‘Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. For … Continue reading Rejected by Family Because of Faith
How Can You Believe When..
Jesus speaking: “And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. You search the Scriptures because you think that … Continue reading How Can You Believe When..
The Lord’s Holy People
“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord … Continue reading The Lord’s Holy People
The Tapestry
The tapestry was marvelous,Well done, and was not frivolous.All shown to fit together wellFor all who on the earth do dwell. For God had His design in mindIn hopes that Him the people find.He showed Himself to everyoneThrough His created works, well done. But humans have a different mind,And therefore not all God do find.For … Continue reading The Tapestry
Living for the Will of God
“Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is … Continue reading Living for the Will of God
Be Prepared to Make a Defense
“Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone … Continue reading Be Prepared to Make a Defense
If We Have Died with Him
“The saying is trustworthy, for:If we have died with him, we will also live with him;if we endure, we will also reign with him;if we deny him, he also will deny us;if we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.” (2 Timothy 2:11-13 ESV) This is critical that we understand this, for we … Continue reading If We Have Died with Him
Run With It 