GOD’S REMINDERS
“For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. Yes, I think it is right, as long as I… GOD’S REMINDERS
ARE YOU TRULY ONE OF GOD’S ELECT?
“Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the… ARE YOU TRULY ONE OF GOD’S ELECT?
Growth In Spiritual Fruitfulness
“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.… Growth In Spiritual Fruitfulness
“PRECIOUS”
“Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to… “PRECIOUS”
A FINAL REASSURANCE AND BLESSING
“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your… A FINAL REASSURANCE AND BLESSING
THE VIRTUES OF HUMILITY AND TRUST
“Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for ‘God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.’ Therefore… THE VIRTUES OF HUMILITY AND TRUST
GOD’S GIFT OF SHEPHERDS
“The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the… GOD’S GIFT OF SHEPHERDS
WHAT WILL THEIR END BE?
“For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of… WHAT WILL THEIR END BE?
IN SUFFERING FOR CHRIST, GLORIFY GOD
Throughout much of my ministry, I had a number of WWII veterans in my congregations. Though often humble and reluctant to talk about themselves or their service and sacrifice, one always sensed a great pride… IN SUFFERING FOR CHRIST, GLORIFY GOD
CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IS NOT UNUSUAL
“Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that… CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IS NOT UNUSUAL