August 6, 2025

GIVEN TO US

2 Peter 1:2-4

Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Encouraging Words

Why do you follow Jesus? That is a question that I have heard
more than once. It is often hard to answer in a simple way when you have been following Him for almost 7 decades. What I say say is that the rewards for being His follower are too many to count. This passage gives just a few of them. His grace and peace are multiplied in His followers’ lives. His divine power is given to us in all things that pertain to life and godliness. He calls us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us through His great and precious promises. We may be partakers of the divine nature. We have our part to play in these gifts, but He also helps us to do that. Glory be to God!