Traveling towards perfection 2
Dr. Roberto Miranda
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: In Second Peter, Chapter 1, the apostle Paul emphasizes that all things pertaining to life and godliness have been given to us by God's divine power through knowledge of Him. Paul then urges us to add virtues to our lives, such as faith, virtue, knowledge, self-control, patience, mercy, brotherly affection, and love. Paul reminds us that if these virtues abound in us, we will not be idle or unfruitful in our knowledge of Jesus Christ. He warns that those without these virtues have shortsightedness and are blind to the purification of their former sins. Therefore, we must seek to make our vocation and election firm by living a life of passion and striving towards Christ. By doing so, we will be granted a wide and generous entrance into the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ultimately, God's desire is to perfect us, work on us, polish us, and crucify us so that we become more like Him and reflect His glory.
The final objective that God has for our lives is that we become more like Him and like Christ. God wants to perfect us, work on us, and polish us so that we reflect His glory. He wants to form the character of Christ in us and make us more spiritual, less carnal, and more angelic in nature. We must cooperate with God's plan and have a perpetual desire to be more like Christ. The biggest problem in the church is that many believers have a poor understanding of what God wants to achieve through us. The great men of the Bible were put through the fiery furnace to purify them, and God will work on us to remove imperfections and make us partakers of the divine nature. To become like Christ, we must flee from the corruption that is in the world because of concupiscence, and the Christian life requires effort, anxiety, and running the race of faith. We will never be able to eliminate temptations and passions, but we must fight the good fight and resist temptation.
In this passage, the speaker is discussing the importance of fleeing from temptation and concupiscence, which refers to all excessive, illegitimate attachments that prevent one from loving God above all things. The speaker also emphasizes the need to add virtues and qualities to one's character, which the Holy Spirit will instill, but it is our responsibility to ask for and actively work towards developing. The speaker encourages individuals to be enthusiastic about discovering and addressing areas of weakness, trauma, and resentment in order to reach a higher level of life with Christ.
God wants us to add new virtues to our lives and remove anything that is preventing us from running the race of faith. This includes letting go of past trauma, addiction, sin, and resentment. We should ask God to add new virtues, such as humility and forgiveness, to our lives and make us more like Jesus. The process of crucifixion may be painful, but it is necessary for us to become more like God. We should pray for God to activate new virtues in us and lead us to participate in His divine nature.
The final objective that God has for our lives is that we become more like Him and like Christ. God wants to perfect us, work on us, and polish us so that we reflect His glory. He wants to form the character of Christ in us and make us more spiritual, less carnal, and more angelic in nature. We must cooperate with God's plan and have a perpetual desire to be more like Christ. The biggest problem in the church is that many believers have a poor understanding of what God wants to achieve through us. The great men of the Bible were put through the fiery furnace to purify them, and God will work on us to remove imperfections and make us partakers of the divine nature. To become like Christ, we must flee from the corruption that is in the world because of concupiscence, and the Christian life requires effort, anxiety, and running the race of faith. We will never be able to eliminate temptations and passions, but we must fight the good fight and resist temptation.
In this passage, the speaker is discussing the importance of fleeing from temptation and concupiscence, which refers to all excessive, illegitimate attachments that prevent one from loving God above all things. The speaker also emphasizes the need to add virtues and qualities to one's character, which the Holy Spirit will instill, but it is our responsibility to ask for and actively work towards developing. The speaker encourages individuals to be enthusiastic about discovering and addressing areas of weakness, trauma, and resentment in order to reach a higher level of life with Christ.
God wants us to add new virtues to our lives and remove anything that is preventing us from running the race of faith. This includes letting go of past trauma, addiction, sin, and resentment. We should ask God to add new virtues, such as humility and forgiveness, to our lives and make us more like Jesus. The process of crucifixion may be painful, but it is necessary for us to become more like God. We should pray for God to activate new virtues in us and lead us to participate in His divine nature.
Second Peter, Chapter 1. I want to continue this series of messages, which turned into a series of messages -- it wasn't intended that way -- about being partakers of the divine nature, being partakers, having intimate fellowship with nature. of God, his character, his way of being. Becoming a reflection, a reflection of the glory and the divine personality and how God calls us to add different qualities to our life, of the qualities that characterize the character of God. Second Peter, Chapter 1, we are going to start with verse 3. The apostle Paul and, again, I am going to repeat some of the things a little, but I am going to do as basting, I repeat a little, I go forward, forward . I have asked my brothers if they feel that this type of careful, detailed, meticulous reflection is worthwhile. And they say yes, so I, well, I don't want to be giving away anything that you guys don't ultimately appreciate. If you feel that it is from the Lord, I do it and that is why I am insisting on these things.
Verse 3 says, "As all things that pertain to life and godliness have been given to us." Remember what I was telling you, that Paul, as he uses a very elaborate way of stringing together his thoughts, was a man of complex thinking. Sometimes Paul's introductions are more important than the part itself, which is supposedly the most important. "Like all things that pertain to life and godliness, they have been given to us by his divine power through the knowledge of him who called us by his glory and excellence, through which he has given us precious and great promises, for that by them we might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
Verse 3 says, "As all things that pertain to life and godliness have been given to us." Remember what I was telling you, that Paul, as he uses a very elaborate way of stringing together his thoughts, was a man of complex thinking. Sometimes Paul's introductions are more important than the part itself, which is supposedly the most important. "Like all things that pertain to life and godliness, they have been given to us by his divine power through the knowledge of him who called us by his glory and excellence, through which he has given us precious and great promises, for that by them we might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."
