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RESCUES

As we know Jesus better,

His divine power gives us

everything we need for

living a godly life.

He has called us to receive

His own glory and goodness!

And by that same mighty

power, He has given us all of

His rich and wonderful promises.

He has promised that you will

escape the decadence all around

you caused by evil desires

and that you will share in His divine

nature.

( II.Peter 1.3 and 4)

POINTS FOR PRAISE

AND MEDITATION

1) The divine power

of Jesus Christ grants you

everything you need for

a godly life.

2) The purpose of His calling

for us is to receive His promises

full of His glory and goodness,

3) He rescues us from the corruption,

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The Nature of Sin

THE NATURE OF SIN

What then do we conclude?

Is the Law identical with sin?

Certainly not! Nevertheless,

if it had not been for the Law,

I would not have recognized

sin. For instance I would not

have known about covetousness

if the Law had not said, You should

not covet and have an evil desire.

But sin, finding an opportunity, to

express itself got a hold on me and

provoked forbidden desires such as

lust and covetousness. For without

the Law sin is inactive.

Once I was alive, but quite apart from

the Law. But when the commandment

came, sin came alive and I died.

And the very legal ordinance which was

designed to bring life actually proved

death.

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ALL THINGS

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 pertaining to life and
godliness, through the knowledge
of Him who called us to 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.
( I. Peter 1.2-4).

POINTS TO PONDER

1) The importance of knowledge
2) The difference between information and knowledge
3 ) Specific knowledge that meets all your needs

for life and godliness.

4) The connection between your knowledge of our Lord and
      Savior Jesus Christ … Continue Reading