In 2nd
Peter 1, we are told about the great gifts and promises that are found in
Christ Jesus. He then tells us (verses 5-7) the traits we need to be adding to
our faith so we will not become unproductive. In vs 9, we read “For whoever lacks these qualities is so
nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his
former sins.”
Sometimes we accuse
people of not seeing the big picture. We remark ‘They can see the forest for
the trees’. We lock into a detail and miss what is going on.
That is what Peter is
warning about here. People that are missing the important point that as
Christians we must be growing or we are missing out on what we have been given.
Abraham Lincoln once
said, “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was
yesterday.” I wonder if God says the same thing about us these traits. If we
are not moving forward we are moving away from God. But as he continues in verse 10, “if you
practice these qualities you will never fall.”
Adding to our faith
and growing in the Biblical pattern is the only way we can ensure our place in
Heaven. The road is open, we just have to keep walking down it!
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