"Knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ" (II Peter 1:8b) and godliness All of you must read the following words from Peter, and from the Word of God, allowing them to sink in. Just these 10 verses express as none other, the multiple Bible emphasis of SunGrist for this coming year of 2014. You will find here: "The Christian View of Life and Living", "The Prophet Messiah", "Religion without God and the Power of God", and more. It will provide also an introduction to the new series of 2014 on a subject harmony of the epistles of Peter and Paul, as listed above. This will be both one of the most exciting and informative Bible studies of your life, and surprisingly a very practical Apology for the consistency of the Bible, illustrating that the Bible is the Word of God! "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. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is short sighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble. for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." (II Peter 1:2-11) 1. A Bible Introduction to God likeness. NOTE: Through the following months and years of this Bible study series on "Knowledge of Jesus and godliness", the real Bible may necessitate the modification of certain preconceived concepts of theology on sanctification, godliness, anointing, and the filling with the Holy Spirit, even the speaking in unknown tongues as evidence of the filling with the Holy Spirit. Of course Jesus, as on all matters of the Christian view of life and living, set the example on "godliness", and we are reminded in the words of I Timothy 3:16 that without any controversy "great is the mystery of godliness". 2. "Come and See". NOTE: Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ is both personal, experienced and manifested (John 14:22-24) in a way which the world can not see; and a matter of Bible faith based on Bible truth--"faith cometh by hearing {or reading}, and hearing or reading by the word of God" (Romans 10:17) The call and appeal from Jesus to first disciples was a pragmatic appeal to "Come and See" (John 1:39), and today through the continuing and awesome work of the Holy Spirit (John 16:7-11) is still a practical, pragmatic, and very personal appeal to more disciples. Using the form below, you have either the opportunity to signup for the SunGrist_Bible, www.biblecombibleman.com Newsletter; dialog, make comments, or express special interests in certain Bible areas. |