RESTORATION TODAY
TUESDAY 21ST MARCH 2017
BY PASTOR DR. G.O. OLUTOLA JP.
THEME: DILIGENCE AND VIRTUE.
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge. 2Peter 1: 5.
There are some who believe that since God has provided everything needed for the Christian life, believers should expect Him to do everything for them but that is not the case.
Peter knew the Christian life is a struggle in which believers need to expand the maximum effort to equip themselves with godly virtues that, when present in our lives, produce assurance of salvation. He therefore prefaces the list of those virtues in verse 5 by saying, And besides this, thus pointing us back to God's provision of salvation in verse 1 - 4.
That provision is not meant to eliminate our efforts in living the Christian life but to enable and encourage them. We must, says Peter, live our Christian lives by applying all diligence to develop godly virtues. Heading the list of virtues that should characterize our lives is virtue. This word often refers to the ability to perform heroic deeds.
It refers to the quality that makes someone or something stand out as excellent. ?Virtue?, it should be noted, is not an attitude but an action. Our model for that kind of active excellence is Jesus Christ, who went about doing good (Acts 10: 38). Never waver in your pursuit of excellence. In the words of Paul to the Thessalonians, ?abound more and more? (1 Thessalonians 4: 1).
ACTION POINTS
God's provision does not rule out our responsibility.
SCRIPTURES:
2Peter 1: 1 - 5
Acts 10: 38
1Thessalonians 4: 1.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, thank You for Your ability in my life.
2. I declare today that I add virtue to my faith in the name of Jesus.
3. I declare today that the spirit of excellence rests upon me in the name of Jesus.
4. I declare today that I will only go forward and upward in the name of Jesus.
DAILY BIBLE READING:
Exodus 38
Psalm 90 & 91
Acts 22: 22 - 23: 11.
TUESDAY 21ST MARCH 2017
BY PASTOR DR. G.O. OLUTOLA JP.
THEME: DILIGENCE AND VIRTUE.
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge. 2Peter 1: 5.
There are some who believe that since God has provided everything needed for the Christian life, believers should expect Him to do everything for them but that is not the case.
Peter knew the Christian life is a struggle in which believers need to expand the maximum effort to equip themselves with godly virtues that, when present in our lives, produce assurance of salvation. He therefore prefaces the list of those virtues in verse 5 by saying, And besides this, thus pointing us back to God's provision of salvation in verse 1 - 4.
That provision is not meant to eliminate our efforts in living the Christian life but to enable and encourage them. We must, says Peter, live our Christian lives by applying all diligence to develop godly virtues. Heading the list of virtues that should characterize our lives is virtue. This word often refers to the ability to perform heroic deeds.
It refers to the quality that makes someone or something stand out as excellent. ?Virtue?, it should be noted, is not an attitude but an action. Our model for that kind of active excellence is Jesus Christ, who went about doing good (Acts 10: 38). Never waver in your pursuit of excellence. In the words of Paul to the Thessalonians, ?abound more and more? (1 Thessalonians 4: 1).
ACTION POINTS
God's provision does not rule out our responsibility.
SCRIPTURES:
2Peter 1: 1 - 5
Acts 10: 38
1Thessalonians 4: 1.
PRAYER POINTS:
1. Father, thank You for Your ability in my life.
2. I declare today that I add virtue to my faith in the name of Jesus.
3. I declare today that the spirit of excellence rests upon me in the name of Jesus.
4. I declare today that I will only go forward and upward in the name of Jesus.
DAILY BIBLE READING:
Exodus 38
Psalm 90 & 91
Acts 22: 22 - 23: 11.
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