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I'm thinking today of 2 Peter 1, verse 4. 2 Peter

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1, verse 4. We looked at verse 3 last time. And

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verse 3 ends with, by his own glory and goodness.

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Then verse 4, it says, through these he has given

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us his very great and precious promises, so that

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through them you may participate in the divine

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nature, having escaped the corruption in the

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world. caused by evil desires. I guess we've

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got to work this first backwards a little bit

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to understand it really clearly. Where it says

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corruption in the world caused by evil desires,

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we're talking about The things that men want,

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the things that men do that do not honor God,

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that are in contrast to the goodness of God.

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God has a plan for each one of us, and he's trying

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to make us out to be the best version of ourselves,

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far above anything we could hope, dream, or imagine.

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But the world settles in at a place of corruption,

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and that all arises out of their evil desires.

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Remember that God had called us by his own glory

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and goodness, and through these now, he has given

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us... this absolutely wonderful set of promises

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of what he's going to do in us, what he's going

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to accomplish in the long run. And even that

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all of the bad things that we are going through

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will work out for our good eventually, if only

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in that we will be able to comfort others with

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the comfort that we are comforted. Basically...

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Through these great promises, we can participate

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in the divine nature. God is so good to make

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us over, when we're willing, into his image,

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into the image of Christ and the image of God.

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Praise the Lord. We're on our way.