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