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The Lordship of Jesus Christ – Part 1
“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.” Philippians 2:6 December 17, 2025 In Luxor Egypt there was a house on top of a large column, 80ft high. Excavation had revealed the
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Self-Sacrificing Love
“and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.” 2 Peter 1:7 December 15, 2025 The seventh petal on the fragrant and beautiful flower of the God-pleasing life is love. The wonderful virtue of love has suffered much in the hands of a world consumed with self-worship. The self-esteem craze has done its damage.
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All in the Family
“and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love” 2 Peter 1:7 December 12, 2025 Once upon a time millions of Americans tuned in to a television favorite, “All in the Family.” We discovered that things did not always go well with Archie Bunker, the father, and “Meathead,” the son-in-law. We will leave it
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Godliness
“and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 December 10, 2025 We have another petal in the blooming flower of a God-pleasing life. It is the development of a passion to know God and His Word. The God-pleasing life is to be lavishly furnished with a love for
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Endurance
“and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 December 8, 2025 Think of a rose that has not fully budded-out yet. Then think of your call to growth in Christ. The uniqueness of Christ and holiness of life are totally ignored and even scoffed at in our culture.
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Self-Control
“and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 December 5, 2025 The apostle Peter was writing to Christians who were seeking to follow Jesus Christ. They were having to swim upstream against currents of false teaching. One element of this was following one’s feelings rather than Christ’s commands.
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Growing in Knowledge
“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge.” 2 Peter 1:5 December 3, 2025 Knowledge. Who needs more knowledge? Every Christian does. The Christian life is one of developing a greater knowledge of the revealed will of God. If we are to mature in the faith,
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Moral Power
“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge.” 2 Peter 1:5 December 1, 2025 The first readers of Peter’s second letter wer by moral, spiritual, and theological dangers. Today evangelicalism has been emptied of its theology and replaced with the self-movement. The fad is to think
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Our Best Effort
“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,” 2 Peter 1:5 November 28, 2025 It is God’s design that transformed lives flow from a true knowledge of Jesus Christ. At our conversion we have received power to live the Christian life. We have also received a