What does it truly mean to enter the kingdom of God? This powerful exploration of 2 Peter 1 reveals that while salvation qualifies us for the kingdom, our entrance into its fullness is progressive and conditional upon our response. We discover that God has lavishly supplied everything we need—His divine power, the knowledge of Him, His glory and goodness, and exceeding great promises—all designed to make us partakers of His divine nature. Yet here's the transformative truth: God requires our partnership. We're called to 'add to our faith' with all diligence, building upon our initial belief with virtue, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. This isn't about earning salvation but about actively participating in kingdom life. The Greek word 'epikhorēgeō' beautifully illustrates this—like a wealthy benefactor who underwrites an entire production, God backs our spiritual growth with unlimited resources. When we supply the effort to grow in these graces, God abundantly supplies our entrance into kingdom realities. This isn't just about heaven someday; it's about experiencing kingdom authority, power, and favor right now. The challenge confronts us: are we merely going through religious motions, or are we intentionally cultivating the character of Christ that grants us access to the very power and presence of God in this critical hour?
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What does it truly mean to enter the kingdom of God? This powerful exploration of 2 Peter 1 reveals that while salvation qualifies us for the kingdom, our entrance into its fullness is progressive and conditional upon our response. We discover that God has lavishly supplied everything we need—His divine power, the knowledge of Him, His glory and goodness, and exceeding great promises—all designed to make us partakers of His divine nature. Yet here's the transformative truth: God requires our partnership. We're called to 'add to our faith' with all diligence, building upon our initial belief with virtue, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. This isn't about earning salvation but about actively participating in kingdom life. The Greek word 'epikhorēgeō' beautifully illustrates this—like a wealthy benefactor who underwrites an entire production, God backs our spiritual growth with unlimited resources. When we supply the effort to grow in these graces, God abundantly supplies our entrance into kingdom realities. This isn't just about heaven someday; it's about experiencing kingdom authority, power, and favor right now. The challenge confronts us: are we merely going through religious motions, or are we intentionally cultivating the character of Christ that grants us access to the very power and presence of God in this critical hour?
We kneel before the Lord Jesus Christ as our supreme Head and this posture settles something against not only principalities and powers, but also towards the flesh. We have been baptised into oneness by the Holy Spirit. We are all different parts of the same Body, the Body of Christ, and every part is essential. Truth, light and revelation are progressive. Truth is a person and will never contradict, but only add to itself. The same is true about revelation, because it is the light which grows ever brighter. From the beginning, God had only one purpose with man and that is that we would be shaped in the inner man into his image and likeness, and towards this end He has gifted the Church with ministries so that the whole Church can grow up into the full accuracy, to the full measure of the stature of the Son of God. We see that every denomination has had a glimpse of God, a pigeonhole through which God is viewed, and it became walls, familiar, comfort zones of our faith, a prison. However, the Spirit will always progress, and we must move away from these pigeonholes and stay in step with him with faith, courage and conviction because there is so much more. The way to step up in the spirit, is to die to self. There is a shift happening wherein God wants to deconstruct our ideas about his Church. We are totally dependent upon the Holy Spirit, and must be permeated with him, even as Jesus was. We need to grow up unto that full image of Christ through being free in the Spirit and anchored in the Word. We are invited to step into, not only the gifts, but the Spirit of God, the Spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of the reverential fear and worship of the Lord – the Spirit without measure. It is also time for the Church to shine in the community around us. As we are grounded on the basic foundations of The Faith, God is pulling us into maturity, into truly being kings and priests unto him.
John Wasserman Podcast
What does it truly mean to enter the kingdom of God? This powerful exploration of 2 Peter 1 reveals that while salvation qualifies us for the kingdom, our entrance into its fullness is progressive and conditional upon our response. We discover that God has lavishly supplied everything we need—His divine power, the knowledge of Him, His glory and goodness, and exceeding great promises—all designed to make us partakers of His divine nature. Yet here's the transformative truth: God requires our partnership. We're called to 'add to our faith' with all diligence, building upon our initial belief with virtue, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and love. This isn't about earning salvation but about actively participating in kingdom life. The Greek word 'epikhorēgeō' beautifully illustrates this—like a wealthy benefactor who underwrites an entire production, God backs our spiritual growth with unlimited resources. When we supply the effort to grow in these graces, God abundantly supplies our entrance into kingdom realities. This isn't just about heaven someday; it's about experiencing kingdom authority, power, and favor right now. The challenge confronts us: are we merely going through religious motions, or are we intentionally cultivating the character of Christ that grants us access to the very power and presence of God in this critical hour?
