The Christmas story unfolds in several different places. Over the coming weeks I want you to pack your bags and travel with me as we spend some time in each of these “Christmas Towns” and explore and experience where the story of Jesus took place.  And as we walk through these towns together, you’ll see people who are just like you and me as they wrestle with doubts, fears, uncertainties...yet God still was working in and through them.  And who knows…you might just catch a glimpse of yourself and what God is doing in your life. The place our story begins is Hebron.

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Peter starts with Faith, but ends the list of virtues with love…and he was specific. He wrote: “to brotherly love add agape” love. Unconditional love. It’s a God-like quality. God IS love. “For God so agaped the world that he gave his one and only Son…” 

I think it’s brilliant that Peter makes agape love the ultimate outcome of faith. We are never more LIKE God then we love others unconditionally. Start with faith…end with love. Faith is having confidence that God exists and rewards those who diligently seek him. 

Agape Love is the active pursuit of the best for someone else, even when they don’t deserve it. It’s a process. Peter is clearly telling us that building a life that lasts begins with us believing IN God and results in us becoming LIKE God. Again, it’s a process. 

2 Peter 1:3-11

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Today we’re talking about mutual affection. Mutual affection for who? The word in the original language that is used by Peter can also be translated as “brotherly kindness.” 

There are very few things, if any, that most of us value as much as our family. What is true of us was especially true for those who lived in the ancient middle east during the time of Jesus - family was everything. Yet, no longer is family to be primarily defined by shared last name or DNA, but rather it is defined by faith in Jesus Christ. 

Peter has in mind all those who have been born into the family of God through faith in Jesus. We know this intellectually, but if we do not believe it to the core of our being we are in big, big trouble. As you look around wouldn’t you agree that Satan has doubled down on his efforts to divide us as a people based on homeland, skin color, politics, economics, how to handle Covid, you name it. We cannot allow this to happen among believers because we are family. We need each other.

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Godliness is our focus today. What is it? It sounds a lot like goodness. There is a commonality between the two, but also a huge distinction. You can be good, but not be godly. A godly person is going to be and do good, but not every person who is and does good is godly. So, what is it that makes a good person godly? What is godliness? The word is intended to describe “who you are.” 

2 Peter 1:3-11

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“I quit!” Have you ever felt desperate to speak those words? Desperate to quit a job, a relationship, a volunteer position? “I quit” to learning a new skill, finishing a project, chasing a dream? Sure you have. We all have. 

Sometimes quitting is the best possible decision one can make. Do you know when it is NEVER the right time to quit? When it involves matters of faith - of trusting in and living out our faith in Jesus. We’re working through the eight qualities necessary for Building a Life That Lasts. Today we’re looking at the fifth quality which is perseverance. 

2 Peter 1:3-11

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We’re working through the eight qualities necessary for Building a Life That Lasts. Today we’re looking at the fourth quality which is self-control. The big news is that the seeds of each of these virtues are in you…and if they are growing…they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of Jesus Christ. 

Too often we lose control simply because we’re being lazy in our decision making. We let things slide until it’s too late. We let things get worse and worse until we’re fully convinced that self-control is impossible or at least impractical.

2 Peter 1:3-11

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We’re working through the eight qualities necessary for Building a Life That will last. Today we’re looking at the third quality which is knowledge. Faith plus goodness equals knowledge. If you truly want to have knowledge of something…live it. Don’t just talk a good game…get in the game. 

When it comes to knowledge about the Lord Jesus Christ you can’t afford to be ineffective and unproductive. What Peter specifically has in mind here is God’s truth. He is setting the expectation for us to continually grow in our understanding of what God reveals about His nature, the world He created, our humanity, and His desire and purpose for us. 

2 Peter 1:3-11

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Our focus this week is on the second quality: goodness. For those that know better, it's time to live better. One version reads, “add to your faith, moral excellence.” Another version reads: “make every effort to add integrity to your faith.” I like that. In other words, don’t stop at believing. Let your faith be more than just words. Let your faith do what it was intended to do…produce goodness, increase integrity, bring us to moral excellence. 

Building a life that lasts start with faith, but it doesn’t end with faith. Faith is the foundation of everything else. Faith is the root system for all other qualities. As faith increases so should everything else. When you see goodness its ROOT system is faith. Faith feeds goodness. A life rooted in faith is a life that will last. 

2 Peter 1:3-11

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Where does spiritual growth and maturity begin? When Peter wanted to remind Christ followers what they’d need most to be effective and productive in their faith, out of all the qualities he could have chosen, he chose to start with FAITH. He said, “make every effort to add to your faith…” He then lists eight qualities necessary for growth and he leads with faith BCS each virtue originates in faith. The importance of faith cannot be overstated because faith happens within…inside of you.  

2 Peter 1:3-11

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Today we’re kicking a series called “How to Build a Life That Lasts” that is based on 2 Peter 1.  Consider this a course about how to grow spiritually. These nine verses have sustained my faith my entire life and they can sustain your faith too. That’s why they were written in the first place. 

Really what we have in this passage is powerful and makes the promise that focusing on these qualities will make you effective and productive in your knowledge of Jesus Christ.  And when it comes to your faith who doesn’t want to be productive and effective. We all want to hear, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant” not “Why didn’t you get off the couch and actually do something?” 2 Peter 1:3-11

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