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DILIGENCE . 2 PETER 1:5-11 1 TIMOTHY 4:12-16. Diligence. The beginning and end of 2 Peter 1:5-11 “giving all diligence, add to your faith…” v.5 “be even more diligent to make your call and election sure” v.10 Adding to faith = growth Adding to faith security
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DILIGENCE 2 PETER 1:5-11 1 TIMOTHY 4:12-16
Diligence • The beginning and end of 2 Peter 1:5-11 • “giving all diligence, add to your faith…” v.5 • “be even more diligent to make your call and election sure” v.10 • Adding to faith = growth • Adding to faith security • Abounding being fruitful v.8 • Diligencewill be rewarded v.11, Heb. 11:6 WHAT are we to add?
Add To Your Faith • Abundantly supply: • Virtue • Knowledge • Self-discipline • Perseverance • Godliness • Brotherly love • Love
1 Tim 4:12-16 • Be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. • Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 2 Tim. 2:15 • Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all. • Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. • Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself and those who hear you.
Applications of 1 Tim 4:12-16 • Attendance to assemblies Hb 10:24-25 • Notifying others when you can’t make it • Habit of Bible classes Dt 6:6-9 • Bringing Bibles, prepared lessons for classes • Taking notes during classes, sermons • Greet everyone Rom. 16:16 • Study at home • Read and pray every day Ax 17:11, Mt 6:9-13 • Encourage someone each day Hb 3:13