October 17 & 18, 2026
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Reading along with us in Esther and 2 Peter? Here’s today’s reading:
2 Peter 1 (NIV)
1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.…..Continue Reading
Grace in peace, be yours and abundance through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus, our Lord. We all want grace and peace from God, but the only way this happens is by spending time in Bible study and prayer, and then God offers us his knowledge with grace and peace. Vs. 16-21. Peter drives home the fact that the bible is not a collection of fables and man’s ideas. Gods very word written by the power of the Holy Spirit. God inspired the authentic writings that we read every day. Nourishing the Holy Spirit within us.
Peters own writings prove the power of the Holy Spirit and knowledge with peace and grace. Compare this Peter who wrote these two letters. to the one who denied Jesus 3 times and heard the voice from heaven on the sacred mountain. And fumbled over his words. Totally different man.
Where would we be outside of God’s grace and His precious promises that allow us to participate in the divine nature. It only makes sense we would pursue on our end the things God leaves to us to build the knowledge, character and faith that is commensurate with what God has done. And by doing so we confirm our calling and our choosing affirms God’s choosing. And boy, do we need to hear things again and again to have them solidify in our minds and hearts and strengthen our resolve to follow. Because the idea of the word of God did not come from the writers of Scripture, but from God. So, we really can take it to the bank.
What a beautiful thought that God gives us everything we need to live the way He desires for us to live but it doesn’t say we just sit back and watch it happen. We have work to do. We must lean in to the things of God in order to increase our goodness, godliness, knowledge, perseverance, self control…we need to want those things in order to live it out and God promises to show up and provide all we need.
2 Peter 1 :20 first of all, you must understand this that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,21 because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit, spoke from God.
2 Peter 1
2 Peter 1
God’s divine power gives us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him. So, everything we do to aquire this knowledge will be beneficial to us, and will give us grace and peace. It is very important that we strive to add to our faith goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance godliness, and love. And to never forget that we have been cleansed from our past sins. If we don’t believe that, then we have been blinded from the truth. Peter knew he would be departing from the world, so he frequently reminded them of these things. He also knew that his words would be remembered after his death, and they were indeed made known throughout the ages to the present day. And these words did not come from himself, they came from the Holy Spirit. So it would be wise to pay attention to them.
2 Peter 1
2Peter 1
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.”
II Peter 1
Diligence in “adding” to your faith, parallels walking in the Spirit and the fruit of the spirit. This is a good check list of how one should walk, behave, and act. It is also helpful to see whether one lacks these things. Sometimes seeing where correction is needed is easier to see where change is necessary.
When we judge others, or are self reliant, or self-righteous, we have forgotten that we have been cleansed from past sins. Humbling to look back, but also helps one to “see” and have compassion, when we consider God’s mercy on us.