2 Peter 1:8 (ASV)
For if these things are yours and abound, they make you to be not idle nor unfruitful unto the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- We want to stay busy about what’s eternally important.
2 Peter 1:3-4
His divine power has given us every we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
- God’s promises can help us look like Jesus and live like Jesus.
Psalm 119:92
If your law (word) had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
Deuteronomy 32:47
They are not just idle words for you—they are your life . . .
2 Peter 1:5 (NKJV) But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge.
FOLLOW ME
Matthew 11:28
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.”
Luke 5:11 (NKJV)
. . . they forsook all and followed Him.
- When we say yes to Jesus, we say no to other things in our life.
Matthew 6:24 (NKJV)
No one can serve two masters . . .
John 6:66
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
Mark 10:29-30 (NKJV)
So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s, who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.”
- In following Jesus, we gain much more than we ever give up.
LEARN FROM ME
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
John 8:31 (KJV)
If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.
- Learn to understand.
John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
- God’s voice is in the pages of His book.
Psalm 19:7-8
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statues of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
OBEY ME
Matthew 11:29-30
“Take my yoke upon you . . . For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
- Jesus asks us to join him in a life that will bring rest.
John 14:15
If you love me, keep my commands.
- Battle the flesh. Galatians 5:16
- Obey what we know. James 4:17
- Don’t give up but grow up. Proverbs 24:16