2 Peter 1:2 - God's Kindness And Peace.
Do you want more and more of God's kindness and peace?
Then learn to know him better and better.
2 Pet 1:2 (TLB)
Grace and peace are multiplied to the Christian, they increase more and
more, as he comes to know Jesus Christ better and better. The better we
know Jesus, the greater the wonder of grace, and the more real our
experience of the peace which passeth all understanding. [Barclay]
Knowledge of Christ is personal a acquaintance with Christ; it is knowing
Him as a person and entering day by day into a closer and more intimate
relationship with Him. [Barclay]
Many believers want an abundance of God's grace and peace, but they are
unwilling to put forth the effort to get to know him better through Bible
study and prayer. To enjoy the privileges God offers us freely, we have "the
knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord." [Life Application SB]
Do you want more and more of God's kindness and peace? Then learn to know
him better and better. For as you know him better, he will give you,
through his great power, everything you need for living a truly good life:
he even shares his own glory and his own goodness with us! And by that same
mighty power he has given us all the other rich and wonderful blessings he
promised; for instance, the promise to save us from the lust and rottenness
all-round us and to give us his own character. But to obtain these gifts,
you need more than faith; you must also work hard to be good, and even that
is not enough. For then you must learn to know God better and discover what
he wants you to do. Next, learn to put aside your own desires
(self-control) so that you will become patient and godly, gladly letting God
have his way with you. This will make possible the next step, which is for
you to enjoy other people and to like them, and finally you will grow to
love them deeply. Self-control is something that comes as we grow
progressively closer to God. Taking one step at a time, one day at a time,
God will give us his own character, including self-control. [Life Recovery
SB]
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