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Divine Nature: 2 Peter Chapter 1 · Life For Toledo

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  A thinking today of 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 4. 2nd Peter chapter 1 verse 4.
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  We looked at verse 3 last time. And verse 3 ends with, by His own glory and
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  goodness. Then verse 4 it says, through these He has given us His very great and
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  precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the Divine nature,
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  having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. I guess we
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  got to work this verse backwards a little bit to understand it really
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  clearly. Where it says, corruption in the world caused by evil desires, we're
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  talking about the things that men want, the things that men do that do not honor
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  God, that are in contrast to the goodness of God. God has a plan for each one of
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  us and He's trying to make us out to be the best version of ourselves, far above
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  anything we could hope, dream, or imagine. But the world settles in at a place of
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  corruption and that all arises out of their evil desires. Remember that God had
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  called us by His own glory and goodness and through these now He has given us
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  this absolutely wonderful set of promises of what He's going to do in us,
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  what He's going to accomplish in the long run. And even that all of the bad
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  things that we are going through will work out for our good eventually, if only
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  in that we will be able to comfort others with the comfort that we are
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  comforted. Basically, through these great promises we can participate in the
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  Divine nature. God is so good to make us over when we're willing into His image,
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  into the image of Christ and the image of God. Praise the Lord, we're on our way.