If Ye Do These Things

IF YE DO THESE THINGS Sunday Morning: May 2, 1999 Text: 2 Peter 1:10-11 "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure [KJV - firm, of force, stedfast, sure; NASB - certain(2), firm(2), firmly grounded(1), more sure(1), steadfast(1), unalterable(1), valid(1)]: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall [fall, offend, stumble]: 11. For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." If we do these tings we will never fall or stumble and we will have an abundant entrance into the coming kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. These things were are to do are found in verses 5-7. These things are to be added to faith and they are to abound in us. 2 Peter 1:5-7 "… giving all diligence, add to your faith … virtue … 6. … knowledge … temperance … patience … 7. … godliness … brotherly kindness charity." TAKE HEED 1 Corinthians 10:12 "Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." The word fall in this verse is not the same word as in 1 Peter 1:10 but it is a form of the same word. In the context of this verse we find the children of God suffering for the sin in their lives that caused them to perish in the wilderness. Even Moses perished in the wilderness for his rebellion before the rock. They fell and so can we. A CASTAWAY 1 Corinthians 9:27 "But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means ...