2 Peter 5-9
5Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless not unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
|Now for this very reason...| - He is talking about what was said the previous verse. Lust (Sin).
To be able to defend yourself from the Lust that comes after us like a game of cat and mouse, at least that is what we think it is, but in reality it's like the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. A legless and armless thing that can only shout things at us and physically cause us no harm. However unlike the Black Knight's fervent intent on trying to "Nibble to death" his opponent, Sin can do nothing to us, yes, not even Nibble on us to death. Because all that the demonic forces throws out at us are lies and dead works and actions that have already been defeated. What I mean by that is that whatever the devil tells us Jesus has already proved how that is wrong and ineffective. That is why it's imperative to know your Old Testament. Having Woman problems? Look at Sampson's story and learn from it, having pride issues? Look at Hezekiah in 1 Kings.
So now continuing on we read on how to defend our faith and not to believe the lies.
| Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, persevenace, adn in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love....|
Diligence - [n]; earnestness in accomplishing, prompting, or striving after anything
Moral excellence - [n]; a virtuous course of though, feeling and action
- So when we do have faith we are to supply or reinforce it with moral excellence.
Knowledge - [n]; general intelligence, understanding
- This kind of knowledge that they speak of is something that has to do with understanding, if we understand something we are more capable to perform and accomplish more powerfully and do it to our fullest capability, a lot of times people don't do things right for a lack of understanding.
Self-Control - [n]; the virtue of one who masters his desires and passions; his sensual appetites
- One who MASTERS his desires and sensual appetites, so basically be able to control his desires and what a person longs for. Everyone has these things and when we see them we want them right away for the fact that we might not get them again anytime soon, but for the most part we need to have self-control, god will already give these things to us, it's just a matter of waiting for God to make physical what is already ours spiritually.
Perseverance - [n]; steadfastness, constancy, endurance
Godliness - [n]; piety towards God, godliness
- Piety; is the quality of being full of God's duty, when Jesus was in the temple at a young age he replied back to his mother, | ... Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house? - Luke 2:49 | (Ex.)
Brotherly Kindness - [adj,n]; love of brothers or sisters, brotherly love
Love - [?]; 1 Corinthians 13
Note: How in the Transitions between these used as adjectives it says, |... and in you...| meaning you already have this, because of the simple fact that you know when you are not doing this. It's like when your mom tells you to clean your room and you don't do it. Even though your on the internet or playing a game or something you know it's in the back of your head, "DARN IT, I still have to clean my room...Ok just one more match/5 more minutes" and then procrastination happens... THE POINT IS that you have that reminder/conviction that it's there. So you already have that, you know when your not doing these things and if you didn't know what these words meant TOO BAD you know now :D
I mean the Following verse is what I was talking about.
|8For if these qualities are your and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.|
Notice that at the beginning of this verse it says, |For if these qualities ARE yours and ARE increasing...| Last time I checked the word ARE, it was present tense.
|9For he who lack these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. 10Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never Stumble;|
Yip, Yip!
