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Monday, May 08, 2006

Grow in Grace...

2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever. Amen.

The Apostle Peter ends his writing in his 2nd letter by exhorting us to grow in grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is important that, in writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit we see that it was placed "positionally" with a very specific purpose. The last thing we hear from Peter is to grow in "grace" and the "knowledge" of our Lord.

How do we grow in grace and the knowledge of Jesus? Growing our knowledge of Jesus appears easy...learn more about Him. We should be reading the Bible to see and hear and learn about His life, His prayers, His teachings and His walk with our Father. We must remember that, by tieing John verse 1 with verse 14 together, that He is the incarnate Word of God. Therefore, every single word in the Bible is in some way growing us in the knowledge of Jesus! Consequently, every single Christian on the earth should be reading systematically through the Bible every day!

How do we grow in grace? The first and formost way is to apply those things we learn while reading the Bible to our lives. We see things in the Bible such as extend mercy as we have received mercy, forgive as we have been forgiven, love as we have been loved, and on and on...
As we grow in the knowledge of Jesus, we will naturally learn of God's goodness towards us and this fallen world. We will see then apply the gentleness that Jesus had towards the lost, the broken, the downcast, the mourning & hurting as well as how He dealt with the prideful and self-sufficient who had no time for Him.

As we grow in the Word of God, we will grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And as we grow in applying the Word of God to our lives (notice we must apply it to our lives -- we are NOT the Holy Spirit and can NOT apply it to anyone else's life) we will grow in grace!

Pray with me that we study and grow so that we might glorify our Lord in all things...

posted by Pastor Jim @ 11:04 PM

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