Rolling down a hill was a great experience,
then I was given the ability to just be able to decay under the sun for His will
Loveless I wanted more so I pursed God the true lover,
I chastened by loins and ran full speed ahead
The flesh demanding a sacrifice I repeled and fought
So long did I not run into wall to wall only to find myself against the only wall in this oasis
Is this the final trial or just another opportunity?
Am I to be used for the pleaseure of someone else besides your love
It's a lie, it's false who could do that to me.
No one.
Why do I believe the lies that I tell myself only to belief the opposite of what I want.
Yet there is hope, and I trust it.
I need to run, and hide, getting hurt again hurts.
Whats worse than that are liers who won't try to keep a sentence.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Growth Pt. 1 (Grace and Peace)
Grace and Peace.
2 Peter: 2-4
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
|Grace and peace be multiplied to you...|
Grace - [n]; that which is capable of yielding or providing joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness, etc. {Romans 11:6} - You cannot earn grace through works, that is called a blessing. Grace is something that can only be given not earned; Grace is given by God.
Peace - [n]; to have security safety, prosperity; a state of being happy, especially in high degree, bliss.
{Psalms 29:11} - Unlike Grace, peace is something that you earn through obedience, when you stop relying on God and rely on the world, it's only obvious you'll get havoc and comforting feelings/emotions.
So now having understood what Grace and Power is we know that those things are multiplied (increased), by what?
|...in the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord...|
Knowledge - [v]; precise and correct knowledge (acknowledgement, understanding; full)
So know we understand how Grace and Peace are Multiplied right? Through knowing who God is and having a full complete through understanding of who God is. So now how do we know/understand God? There are examples of how to understand God throughout the Bible, I personally like this example. In Mark 10:13-16, specifically in verses 13-14 you'll notice that the Children understood something that the Disciples didn't. So what does this mean? It means that if Little CHILDREN, uneducated and at times immature understand Jesus and know who he is just by a glance and by hearing about Him, without complicating anything, yet the Disciples didn't see that, what does this tell us?
|Seeing that his His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness...|
Divine - [adj.]; Spoken of the one and only true God. Basically saying that He is the unique, distinguished true God.
In combination with power, divine power means; the only kind of power that actually exists that is true. Referring to the Holy Spirit. So think of it like this; God's unique, unmatched, incomparable abilities and capabilities have been presented to us so that we can take advantage of life and godliness. How do we do that?
| ...through the true knowledge of Him...|
The word knowledge used here is the same that was used in verse 2. So how do we get to use the divine (Unique, distinguished) power to help us out in life and in godliness? Through knowing exactly who God/Jesus/Holy Spirit is, correctly.
| ...who called us by His own glory and excellence. |
He specifically chooses each and every one of our roads or directions on which to go forth in. By His OWN glory and excellence.. |...His own...| meaning that we didn't have to do anything, but rather because of what He did for us already we will have glory and excellence in everything we do.
Glory - [n;adj]; primarily signifies an opinion, estimate, and hence, the honor from a good opinion, basically because Jesus calls us out based on what He already did we have that honor, esteem, high authority that was given to us on his behalf, BECAUSE he called us out on |...His own...| glory.
Excellence - [n;adj]; a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action. Without even think twice about something, we act upon the excellence that has been given to us by Him calling us out. Out way of thinking will be naturally virtuous, chivalrous, and honest.
| For by these... | = When he said "These" he meant Grace and Peace... SO...
| For by Grace and Peace, He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises... |
The keyword here is Promises. What promises is he talking about?
These are a few examples: http://www.scripturepromises.com/ (Not being lazy, just that these guys know whats up.) Grace and Peace, initially are given to us by God, through the Holy Spirit; who was given to us by Jesus Christ dying on the Cross (Acts 1-2; downpour of the Holy Spirit).
|...so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. |
|...so that by Them...| being the promises, we become partakers (partners, comrades, companions)of the one true divine nature (Holy Spirit), having been able to clear out our eyes from the darkness that we were engulfed in. [Good references to go with this are 2 Timothy 2:25-26; and Acts 9:18]
2 Peter: 2-4
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. 4For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
|Grace and peace be multiplied to you...|
Grace - [n]; that which is capable of yielding or providing joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness, etc. {Romans 11:6} - You cannot earn grace through works, that is called a blessing. Grace is something that can only be given not earned; Grace is given by God.
Peace - [n]; to have security safety, prosperity; a state of being happy, especially in high degree, bliss.
{Psalms 29:11} - Unlike Grace, peace is something that you earn through obedience, when you stop relying on God and rely on the world, it's only obvious you'll get havoc and comforting feelings/emotions.
So now having understood what Grace and Power is we know that those things are multiplied (increased), by what?
|...in the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord...|
Knowledge - [v]; precise and correct knowledge (acknowledgement, understanding; full)
So know we understand how Grace and Peace are Multiplied right? Through knowing who God is and having a full complete through understanding of who God is. So now how do we know/understand God? There are examples of how to understand God throughout the Bible, I personally like this example. In Mark 10:13-16, specifically in verses 13-14 you'll notice that the Children understood something that the Disciples didn't. So what does this mean? It means that if Little CHILDREN, uneducated and at times immature understand Jesus and know who he is just by a glance and by hearing about Him, without complicating anything, yet the Disciples didn't see that, what does this tell us?
|Seeing that his His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness...|
Divine - [adj.]; Spoken of the one and only true God. Basically saying that He is the unique, distinguished true God.
In combination with power, divine power means; the only kind of power that actually exists that is true. Referring to the Holy Spirit. So think of it like this; God's unique, unmatched, incomparable abilities and capabilities have been presented to us so that we can take advantage of life and godliness. How do we do that?
| ...through the true knowledge of Him...|
The word knowledge used here is the same that was used in verse 2. So how do we get to use the divine (Unique, distinguished) power to help us out in life and in godliness? Through knowing exactly who God/Jesus/Holy Spirit is, correctly.
| ...who called us by His own glory and excellence. |
He specifically chooses each and every one of our roads or directions on which to go forth in. By His OWN glory and excellence.. |...His own...| meaning that we didn't have to do anything, but rather because of what He did for us already we will have glory and excellence in everything we do.
Glory - [n;adj]; primarily signifies an opinion, estimate, and hence, the honor from a good opinion, basically because Jesus calls us out based on what He already did we have that honor, esteem, high authority that was given to us on his behalf, BECAUSE he called us out on |...His own...| glory.
Excellence - [n;adj]; a virtuous course of thought, feeling and action. Without even think twice about something, we act upon the excellence that has been given to us by Him calling us out. Out way of thinking will be naturally virtuous, chivalrous, and honest.
| For by these... | = When he said "These" he meant Grace and Peace... SO...
| For by Grace and Peace, He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises... |
The keyword here is Promises. What promises is he talking about?
These are a few examples: http://www.scripturepromises.com/ (Not being lazy, just that these guys know whats up.) Grace and Peace, initially are given to us by God, through the Holy Spirit; who was given to us by Jesus Christ dying on the Cross (Acts 1-2; downpour of the Holy Spirit).
|...so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. |
|...so that by Them...| being the promises, we become partakers (partners, comrades, companions)of the one true divine nature (Holy Spirit), having been able to clear out our eyes from the darkness that we were engulfed in. [Good references to go with this are 2 Timothy 2:25-26; and Acts 9:18]
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