Eight of them, “these things!”

Very important “things” in the Christian life, vitally so!

2 Peter 1 says if you have “these things” … that “they will make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ”

Wow!

Peter adds that if a Christian does not have “these things” … “he will be blind, and not able to see afar off, and forget that he was purged from his old sins.”

Wow again!

Sounds like a sure formula for success (fruitfulness) in the Christian life, a recipe for maturity!

By now I MUST KNOW, what are these things?

Eight qualities I MUST DILIGENTLY ADD to my character if I am to enjoy an (Peter’s words again) “an abundant entrance” into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Peter then recaps with the startling truth that whoever possesses (in abundance) these “things” will “never fail!” The direct quote … “for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.”

Now, please tell me, what are these thing?

Faith!

Virtue!

Knowledge!

Temperance!

Patience!

Godliness!

Brotherly Kindness!

… and Charity, Love, “agape” Love!

Sounds like the “fruit of the Spirit” in many ways!

Yet Peter clearly says dogmatically we ae to “ADD” these traits to our daily deportment, lives, hearts, spirits!

Well, let’s get busy!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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