Acquired Thru Faith-7(:3a)

ACQUIRED Thru FAITH-VII—2Peter 1:3a(:1-4)

Attention:

-A Costco membership-:

•Requires a once yearly financial commitment.

•Requires a surrender of personal information that is scrutinized.

“Membership is available to all qualifying individuals 16 years of age & over.”

“Costco reserves the right to refuse membership to any applicant, & membership may be terminated at Costco's discretion & without cause.”

“Membership is subject to any & all rules adopted by Costco, including our privacy policies & practices, & they may be amended from time to time without notice.”

“Members are required to present a valid photo identification issued by the United States, Puerto Rico, Canadian Federal, State, or Provincial governments or any valid passport to sign up for membership.”

IN TURN…Costco members receive:

•Grocery items—Meats(Beef/Pork/Chicken/Seafood/Lamb, etc.)—Fresh Vegetables—Cereals—Coffee—Dairy—Frozen Foods—Baked goods—Candies., etc.

•Clothes(Shoes/Shirts/Pants/Swimwear/Underwear/Nightwear/Socks, etc.).

•Books.

•Prescription & non-prescription drugs.

•Electronics(Computers/Televisions/Audio)

•Appliances.

•Complete HVAC systems.

•Home goods.

•Outdoor garden.

•Sheds.

•Tools.

•Bicycles.

•Toys.

•Furniture(Mattresses/Couches/Motion chairs, etc.)

•New Cars/Trucks & Tires

*Everything offered at ‘affordable low’ prices. ACQUIRED Thru FAITH-VII—2Peter 1:3a(:1-4)

Your membership commitment to Costco, grants a person access to all the benefits of the Costco shopping experience!

*Likewise, the FAITH commitment of God’s people thru Christ Jesus, opens their access to all the benefits of God’s power in their lives!

The commitment to God, by the FAITH of God’s people, acquires the vast resources that are only available to them by God’s hand.

Personal SAVING faith, that is centered in Jesus Christ as Savior & Lord, gains/acquires everything that is essential for living empowered as God has always intended!

Need:

We live in a world that forces it’s flesh-driven priorities upon the global population(including ourselves), rather than prioritizing that which is born of God.

Thru what Christian faith acquires/gains for the believer, the Christian exerts a tremendous influence on that flesh-driven world, offering it the ONLY EFFECTIVE opposition to local & global ungodliness!

The apostle Peter informs those who are faithful to Jesus Christ, that they are completely/fully supplied for godly living.

God’s people are completely supplied for godly living thru their faith in Jesus Christ.

•Your Christian faith truly completes you!

BUT, ?What are the things that saving faith in Christ, acquires for God’s people?

So far in this series, we have found that,

Some provisions acquired thru faith in Jesus Christ, are...

1. TRUSTWORTHY APOSTLES(:1a)[parts-1 & 2]

2. CHRISTIAN FAMILY(:1b)

3. The SINGULAR, PERFECT SAVIOR(:1c)

4. MULTIPLIED GRACE & PEACE(:2a)

5. KNOWLEDGE Of GOD(:2b, :3b)

Today we’ll find that...

6—Another provision acquired thru your faith in Jesus Christ is...

EVERYTHING NEEDFUL For FULFILLING LIFE(:3a)

Explanation:(:3a)Godly Living/Living Life Godly

:3a—“...as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life & godliness...””

*This verse provides the hinge on which the title of this series of sermons is based.

*Folks, God’s promise is quite a comprehensive promise!

The in-depth ‘knowledge’ of God thru Jesus(:2b, 3b) makes a person immediately aware that Jesus’ “divine power” is what has supplied to the saints, “all things” that are encompassed, included, or comprehended by, & in, “life.”

•Yes, God “gives” us biological “life”(Biov). BUT He also supplies “to” His people, the ability to live that “life” in a “godly” manner(zwh--the word used in our text), or in a way that is pleasing to Him.

And that is something that we cannot do without His direct empowerment. That is, we cannot please God, without individually inviting, & corporately inviting(as the church), God’s direct empowerment.

•“Godliness” describes the constant actions, born from the heart, in honoring God’s “gift”(“given”). “Godliness” is living according to God’s design.

•By means of God’s “divine power”, He freely “gives”“all things”(everything) that are needed to make YOUR ‘mere’ biological “life” whole & meaningful!

•He equips ANYONE & EVERYONE who approaches Him by faith in Jesus!

•Jn. 10:10—Jesus said,—““...I have come that they[disciples/followers/His people] may have life(zwh), & that they may have it more abundantly.”

Likewise, & it naturally follows that “all things” that surround, flow from, & flow to the living of “life” within the character of “godliness”, is also supplied “to us” by “His divine power.”

There is absolutely NOTHING pertaining to, surrounding, or relating to the original intention of man’s “life & godliness”, that has NOT come to him by means of God’s/Jesus’(“His”) “divine power.”

“All Things”—pav—Adj. Accusative Plural Neuter—1) individually—1a) Each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything; 2) collectively—2a) Some of all types. Strong—All, any, every, the whole; apparently a primary word.

“Life”—zwh—Noun Accusative Sing. Fem.—1) Life—1a) The state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate, 1b) Every living soul; 2) life—2a) Of the absolute fulness of life, both essential & ethical, which belongs to God, & through him both to the hypostatic “logos” & to Christ in whom the “logos” put on human nature, 2b) Life real & genuine, a life active & vigorous, devoted to God, blessed, in the portion even in this world of those who put their trust in Christ, but after the resurrection to be consummated by new accessions(among them a more perfect body), & to last for ever. Zwh denotes existence, having death as its antithesis. Strong—life(literally or figuratively).?zwh corresponds to Hebrew—yx. A)quch—Breath, i.e. by implication--Spirit, abstractly or concretely--The animal sentient(perceptive) principle only, which is distinguished from B) pneuma—The rational & immortal soul, & C)zwh—Mere vitality, even of plants. These terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew...A)vpn, B)xwr & C)yx.