"That Means Me"

2 Peter 1:4-5  

"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these 

ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption

that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, 

add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;" 

    He is the Christ of power. In him there is the divine power which cannot be defeated or frustrated. In this world one of the tragedies of life is that love is so often frustrated, because it cannot give what it wants to give, cannot do what it wants to do and must so often stand helpless while the loved one meets disaster. But always Christ's love is backed by his power and is, always an victorious love.

    Christ by whom we escape the world's corruption, by His death on The Cross;  However Peter had to meet the antinomians, the people who used the grace of God as an excuse for sin, just the same as some still do today. They declared that grace was wide enough to cover every sin; therefore, sin does not matter any more, the grace of Christ will win forgiveness for it. For any man to speak like that is simply to show that he wants to sin. But Jesus Christ is the person who can help us overcome the fascination of the world's lust and cleanse us by his presence and his power. So long as we live in this world sin will never completely lose its fascination for us; but in the presence of Christ we have our defense against that fascination
    My Friends, He is the Christ of the precious and great promises. Paul put the same thing in a different way when he said that all the promises of God are Yes and Amen in Christ. "For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us," (2 Cor. 1:20). That is to say Christ says, "Yes. So let it be," to these promises; he confirms and guarantees them. It has been put this way--once we know Jesus Christ, every time we meet a promise in Scripture which begins with the word "Whosoever," we can immediately say to ourselves, "That means me." 
Amen!

Reading: 2 Peter 1:1-7
Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry