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Monday, September 15, 2003 A growth plan for Christians, starting from 2Peter 1:5-11:

  1. Faith
  2. Diligence
  3. Moral Excellence / Virtue
  4. Knowledge
  5. Self-control / Temperance
  6. Perseverance / Patience
    • Wait on the Lord Ps 37:7
    • Bearing fruit takes perseverance and time Luk 8:15
    • Keep at doing good, and get rewarded for it Rom 2:7
    • Gained through tribulations Rom 5:3; Jam 1:3-4
    • The means by which we wait toward our unseen goal Rom 8:25
    • Possible through the mighty power of God Col 1:11
    • Christ's steadfastness is our example 2Th 3:5
    • Persevere for the race Heb 12:1
    • Patiently wait for the coming of the Lord Jam 5:7
    • As the saints who steadfastly kept God's commandments: Rev 14:12
  7. Godliness
    • God wants us to be like Him, because He's given us instructions on how to do it 2Pe 1:3
    • Godliness lasts. This whole world doesn't. 2Pe 3:11
    • Like Enoch Gen 5:24
    • A good way of life supported by our governments 1Tim 2:2; Gal 5:24
    • Profitable for all things, in this life and the next! 1Tim 4:7,8
    • A good test of the quality of a person 1Tim 6:3
    • Teams with contentment to provide a very fruitful life 1Tim 6:6
    • Don't get tricked by fake godliness 2Tim 3:5
  8. Brotherly kindness
  9. Love / Charity

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