Preached at the Merritt Island church of Christ 3/19/2017 PM Lesson http://MIchurchOfChrist.org

2. For 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.
- 2 Peter 1:4 NASB
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3. 1 Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those
who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the
righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 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.
- 2 Peter 1:1-3 NASB
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4. For 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.
- 2 Peter 1:4 NASB
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5. 12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live
according to the flesh— 13 for if you are living according to the flesh,
you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of
the body, you will live. 14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God,
these are sons of God. 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery
leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as
sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” 16 The Spirit Himself
testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children,
heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer
with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- Romans 8:12-17 NASB
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6. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens
will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with
intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. 11 Since
all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people
ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and
hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens
will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense
heat! 13But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens
and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
- 2 Peter 3:10-13 NASB
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7. 15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world,
the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of
life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. 17 The world is
passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God
lives forever.
- 1 John 2:15-17 NASB
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8. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under
grace? May it never be! 16 Do you not know that when you present
yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the
one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience
resulting in righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that though you
were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of
teaching to which you were committed, 18 and having been freed from
sin, you became slaves of righteousness. 19 I am speaking in human
terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you
presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness,
resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as
slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
- Romans 6:15-19 NASB
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9. 20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to
righteousness. 21 Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from
the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those
things is death. 22 But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to
God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the
outcome, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 6:20-23 NASB
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10. 4 For 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. 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, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly
kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these qualities
are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor
unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Peter 1:4-8 NASB
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11. Christian Growth

12. But we do see Him who
was made for a little while
lower than the angels,
namely, Jesus, because of
the suffering of death
crowned with glory and
honor, so that by the
grace of God He might
taste death for everyone.
- Hebrews 2:9