Text: 2 Peter 1:5-8 Topic: Growth In Christian Virtue. Thesis: Believers Must Work Out

Text: 2 Peter 1:5-8 Topic: Growth in Christian Virtue. Thesis: Believers must work out their own salvation. Title:

Climbing the Christian Construct,

Step Six-Godliness

Kingdom Points: Faith-April 3, 2005 Whether good or evil, right or wrong, saintly or sinful, we are we are responsible for our behavior.

Kingdom Points: Goodness-April 10, 2005 “Goodness is not a mere passive quality, but the deliberate preference of right to wrong, the firm and persistent resistance of all moral evil, and the choosing and following of all moral good.” Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Kingdom Points: Knowledge-April 24, 2005 “For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.” (1Co 13:12 NRSV)

Kingdom Points: Self Control-May 15, 2005 Through self control, we say no to temptation.

Kingdom Points: Patience-May 22, 2005 Problems produce patience.

“And without controversy great is the mystery of _________…” (1 Ti. 3:16 AV)

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness…” (1 Ti. 3:16 AV) “Our imitation of God in this life…must be an imitation of God _________…” C. S. Lewis

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness…” (1 Ti. 3:16 AV) “Our imitation of God in this life…must be an imitation of God incarnate…” C. S. Lewis

Godliness… 1.

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Godliness… 1. What is It? The devil tempted Eve… “…for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, _______ ___________."” (Genesis 3:5 NRSV)

Godliness… 1. What is It? The devil tempted Eve… “…for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."” (Genesis 3:5 NRSV)

To be godly is to be like God not only in knowledge, but also in consistently acting in ____________.

To be godly is to be like God not only in knowledge, but also in consistently acting in righteousness.

Godliness… 2.

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Godliness… 2. Why Do We Need It? For ________ “_______ is the man that walks not in the counsel of the _______, nor stands in the way of ______, nor sits in the seat of the _______.” (Psalm 1:1 AV)

Godliness… 2. Why Do We Need It? For Ourselves “Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.” (Psalm 1:1 AV)

For ______ “He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until _________________."” (Mt. 13:33 NRSV)

For Others “He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."” (Mt. 13:33 NRSV)

Dude, Is Your Antenna Up?

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Kingdom Point: To become godly is to become ____ _____.

Kingdom Point: To become godly is to become like Christ. "Whoever has seen ___ has seen the _____.“ (John 14:9 NRSV)

Kingdom Point: To become godly is to become like Christ. "Whoever has seen Me has seen the Father.“ (John 14:9 NRSV)

Godliness… 3.

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Godliness… 3. How Do We Get It? We become like what we love.

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Godliness… 3. How Do We Get It? The New Testament Greek speaks of godliness as the result of “____________.”

Godliness… 3. How Do We Get It? The New Testament Greek speaks of godliness as the result of “well worshiping.”

So… We ____ for it… “looking to _____ the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the ____, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.” (He. 12:2 NRSV)

So… We pray for it… “looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.” (He. 12:2 NRSV)

and… We ____ for it. “…training us to renounce ______ and _______________ and in the present age to live lives that are ___ _________, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:12-13 NRSV)

and… We work for it. “…training us to renounce impiety and worldly passions and in the present age to live lives that are self controlled, upright, and godly, while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 2:12-13 NRSV)

“…our model is the Jesus, not only of Calvary, but of the workshop, the roads, the crowds, the clamorous demands and surly oppositions, the lack of all peace and privacy, the interruptions. For this, so strangely unlike anything we can attribute to the Divine life in itself, is apparently no only like, but is, the Divine ____________ ____________________.” C. S. Lewis

“…our model is the Jesus, not only of Calvary, but of the workshop, the roads, the crowds, the clamorous demands and surly oppositions, the lack of all peace and privacy, the interruptions. For this, so strangely unlike anything we can attribute to the Divine life in itself, is apparently no only like, but is, the Divine life operating under human conditions.” C. S. Lewis