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In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection and brotherly affection with love for everyone. – 2Continue reading “Supplements of Faith – Love for Everyone”

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection… – 2 Peter 1:5-7 (NLT) The King James’ versionsContinue reading “Supplements of Faith – Brotherly Kindness”

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness. – 2 Peter 1:5-6 (NLT) What is godliness? Collins defines it as, “the qualityContinue reading “Supplements of Faith – Godliness”

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance…– 2 Peter 1:5-6 (NLT) Looking at steadfastness, I am not really surprised it is listed right after self-control. OtherContinue reading “Supplements of Faith – Steadfastness”

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control…– 2 Peter 1:5-6 (NLT) The biblical description of “self-control” is not a gritted teeth determination to control our emotions and desires. Self-control is aContinue reading “Supplements of Faith – Self-Control”

In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge. – 2 Peter 1:5(NLT) The dictionary defines knowledge as: “facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding ofContinue reading “Supplements of Faith – Knowledge”

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue… – 2 Peter 1:5 (ESV) I like the way New Living Translation puts it, “…Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence…” While the Message replaces virtue with good character. “Moral excellence” or “virtue” simply means the act or quality ofContinue reading “Supplements of Faith – Virtue”

The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. – 2 Peter 1:8 (NLT) The Bible says that Faith is “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV). The book of Romans also tells us that FaithContinue reading “Supplements of Faith”

“I’ve told you this ahead of time, before it happens, so that when it does happen, the confirmation will deepen your belief in me. I’ll not be talking with you much more like this because the chief of this godless world is about to attack. But don’t worry—he has nothing on me, no claim onContinue reading “Blindsided (Part 2)”

But he said, “I am also a prophet, just like you. And an angel came to me with a message from God: ‘Bring him home with you, and give him a good meal!’” But the man was lying. So the holy man went home with him and they had a meal together. – 1 Kings 13:Continue reading “Blindsided (Part 1)”