#All things done in faith are good series

The Bible teaches you to have confidence in him. The world teaches you to have confidence in yourself. Jesus is Savior: “Our God and Savior Jesus Christ” (v1).If someone says: “Jesus is never referred to as “God” in the Bible,” show them 2 Peter, or John’s gospel where Thomas falls before the risen Lord Jesus, and says “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:28). Jesus is God: “Our God … Jesus Christ” (v1).Notice three things that Peter affirms here: Peter is writing to those people who have “a faith as precious as ours.” This immediately raises the question: What kind of faith is that? Because it is only to those who have this kind of faith that the promise is given: You have everything you need for life. To whom is Peter speaking? He says right at the beginning that he is writing to “those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours” (v1). It headlines what God has to say to us through this letter and it takes us to the heart of authentic Christianity. And the freedom and the joy for the kind of life you will find in your knowledge of Jesus Christ.īy any standards this is one of the most amazing statements in the entire Bible. No, it is a life animated and energized by the power of God for everything you need. The life he’s talking about is not an artificial one, where you try to conform to certain religious expectations and try to be a good person. In Jesus Christ you will find everything you need for a life that flows out of a passion for God. Godliness simply means a life that is centered on God. He talks about “life and godliness.” A godly life is more, rather than less. Peter has a particular kind of life in mind. His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness (v3). If you can see that He is sufficient, not just for a corner of your life, but for the whole of it, this will change how you follow Jesus Christ. We are talking about life in all of its fullness here, and Peter is saying to us that Jesus Christ is sufficient, not only for faith, but for all of life.

You look at how long you have to go and it’s less than you thought too. Where you discover that what you have done is less than you thought. Everything you need for your mid-life crisis. God’s divine power has given you everything you need for life in middle school and high school through your knowledge of Jesus Christ. You will experience struggles with your own moods. Your first experience of rejection, of finding yourself outside the group, Christ is everything you need for that. Peter says Jesus Christ is everything you need for dealing with this. Think about what that means for getting through life in middle school or high school–your first experience of discovering that the world is unfair. You will find in Jesus Christ not just everything you need for faith, but everything that you will face in life! He’s enough to fill that compartment, but some are not sure that he has everything we need for life! Peter presents us with completely different picture. Most folks in church would agree that Jesus Christ has everything we need for faith. There’s my faith-which is a very important part of my life. My pleasure-that’s what I do just for me and for my own joy.

#All things done in faith are good series

We often view our lives as a series of compartments: My work-that’s one area. This challenges the way people often think about Christianity. Peter is making an extraordinary claim: In Jesus Christ you will find everything that you need for life! Jesus is Sufficient for ALL of Life

I would never have chosen this title if it were not for Peter’s words: “His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness” (v3). Where can you get everything you need for life? What do you need for life? Wisdom for raising kids. “Everything you need for life.” Doesn’t that sound a bit ambitious, even pretentious? His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness (2 Peter 1:3 NIV).