Sermon: Precious & Magnificent Moments – Confirm Your Election
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: II Peter 1:5-11
Duration: 25:34
Size: 11.7 MB
Precious & Magnificent Moments
Confirm Your Election
II Peter 1:5-11
Our goal is: life and godliness, the source of strength to become godly is divine power, and the activating connection between the goal of godliness and the source of divine power is knowing and trusting the promises of God.
I. The Logic of Godliness
Since God has given power for godliness, strive to become godly!
True Christians do not stop pursuing growth in grace. They go on. They advance.
II. Don’t Float, Swim Hard
We must strive even to stand still, the tide of temptation is so strong.
If the knowledge of God’s glorious promises does not spur us on to strive against the tide, then we will be barren and fruitless and drift to our destruction.
III. The Consequence of Not Swimming
The problem with the person who does not strive toward all the fruit of faith is that he is blind in two directions, the future and the past.
The assumption is that the whole world lies under the righteous judgment of God because of sin. But because of His great mercy, God ordained that a people for his own be saved by grace.
IV. Sanctification and Assurance
The confirmation of your election is your progress in sanctification.
Therefore, the Word of God warns us against being lazy in our faith and drifting away from Jesus Christ our only hope.
Next Week
Listen to the Eyewitness of His Majesty
II Peter 1:12-19