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We've been looking through 2 Peter 1, beginning

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with verse 3, and the last time we ended up with

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the end of verse 7. So beginning in verse 8 today,

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and it says for or because. If you possess these

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qualities, and let's look again at what the qualities

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were. Faith adds goodness. Knowledge. Knowledge

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adds self -control. Self -control, perseverance.

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Perseverance, godliness. To godliness, mutual

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affection. And to mutual affection, love. For

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if you possess these qualities in increasing

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measures. Now these are like meters, and if they

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just keep going up as you are walking out your

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faith in Christ. We keep adding these things

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and adding them by increments even. They will

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keep you from being ineffective. Ineffective

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is when you can't get done what you're supposed

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to get done. And unproductive, and that's when

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you can't produce what you're supposed to produce,

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in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. It's

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one thing to know about Jesus. It's another thing

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to know Jesus. And it's another thing to know

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Jesus and have our knowing of Jesus equal. productivity,

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and effectiveness. And here Peter is telling

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us how to do those things. To add these characteristics,

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make a mental note of these verses, 2 Peter 1,

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beginning in verse 3, and we've now reached through

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verse 8. And it tells you how to be productive

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and effective in your knowledge of the Lord Jesus

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Christ. I want to say God bless you today. I

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want to say we can do this. God has made us able

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to have the divine nature and to walk out. following

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him despite our own desires and the corrupt nature

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we once