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Ordinary to Extraordinary

2 Peter 1:1-4 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence,

4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

1.) KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

Luke 22:31-32: “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”

Matthew 16:18: “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church.”

2.) KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE…

2 Peter 1:1 To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

Ephesians 4:4-6 There is one body and one Spirit- just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

2 Peter 1:2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

2 Peter 1:3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence…

Romans 8:32 (ESV)

“32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?”

Colossians 2:9-10 (NKJV)

9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

2 Peter 1:4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, …

Ephesians 3:20

20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us…

John Bunyan

“The pathway of life is strewn so thickly with the promises of God that it is impossible to take one step without treading upon one of them.”

Psalm 145:13:

“The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has made.”

3.) KNOW WHAT YOU DON’T HAVE…

3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

2 Peter 1:4 having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.

2 Corinthians 5:17

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.