My Daily Meditation
Today’s Reading
The Second Epistle of Peter
Chapter 1:1-21
To all peoples, of all nations and tongues, I bid you greetings in the name of our risen Savior Christ Jesus
In today’s reading the apostle Peter is reminding us that we are now partakers in the family of God, through His merciful grace given to us freely by the sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ. As is written in scripture, we are now also heirs to His kingdom. (a)
The apostle then goes on to speak to us, and gently admonish us that as we are such we are to walk in the ways of God’s righteousness, to follow His examples. Wherein Peter then enumerates them in order of how one effects the preceding one. We are to be diligent in our daily seeking of God, for with this diligence comes the strengthening of our our faith. Likewise we are to add virtue, that is to say, integrity, that which has merit, and is of a high moral standard. (b) These three combined brings one to knowledge. Not a worldly one, (although it can be applied to things of this world), but of a heavenly knowledge of all things that are meet and approved by our creator. Listed among those are patience, temperance, godliness, kindness, and most importantly love. (c) Once these things are part of our daily lives, we will not have time to be given over to distractions that take us away from the love that God shows to mankind, through we, His proxies here on earth.
1 Simon Peter a servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to you which have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you, through the acknowledging of God, and of Jesus Christ our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the acknowledging of him that hath called us unto glory and virtue.
4 Whereby most great and precious promises are given unto us, that by them ye should be partakers of the divine nature, in that ye flee the corruption, which is in the world through lust.
5 Therefore give even all diligence thereunto: join moreover virtue with your faith: and with virtue, knowledge:
6 And with knowledge, temperance: and with temperance, patience: and with patience, godliness:
7 And with godliness, brotherly kindness: and with brotherly kindness, love.
8 For if these things be among you, and abound, they will make you that ye neither shall be idle, nor unfruitful in the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 For he that hath not these things, is blind, and cannot see far off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
10 Wherefore, brethren, give rather diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall.
11 For by this means an entering shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore, I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though that ye have knowledge, and be established in the present truth.
13 For I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance,
14 Seeing I know that the time is at hand that I must lay down this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me.
15 will endeavor therefore always, that ye also may be able to have remembrance of these things after my departing.
16 For we followed not deceivable fables, when we opened unto you the power, and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but with our eyes we saw his majesty:
17 For he received of God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from that excellent Glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
18 And this voice we heard when it came from heaven being with him in the holy mount.
19 We have also a most sure word of the Prophets, to the which ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the day star arise in your hearts.
20 So that ye first know this, that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation:
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the holy Ghost.
(a) Editor’s notation - Read Romans 8:17; Galatians 3:29; Titus 3:7; James 2:5;
(b) Editor’s notation - Read Philippians 4:8
(c) Editor’s notation - Read 1 Corinthians 13
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