Holy and Godly Lives
Hello everyone,
How are you doing today? I hope well and
bubbling in the Lord.
Primary Text
“Since everything around us is going to be
destroyed like this, what holy and godly lives you should live, looking forward
to the day of God and hurrying it along. On that day, He will set the heavens
on fire, and the elements will melt away in the flames.” 2 Peter 3v11-12 (NLT)
“Since everything here today might well be
gone tomorrow, do you see how essential it is to live a holy life? Daily expect
the Day of God, eager for its arrival. The galaxies will burn up and the
elements melt down that day – but we’ll
hardly notice.” 2 Peter 3v11-12 (MSG)
I am reminded of the verse which says “For
what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own
soul?” (Mark 8v36, KJV). 2 Peter 3v11-12 tells us since everything around us is
going to be destroyed, it shows how necessary it is for us to live a holy and
godly life. You know how sometimes people will say live as though this were
your last day on earth. Let us be mindful of the fact that the Lord is coming
back, but we do not know the exact day. We look forward to it with expectation,
but it also means that we want to be found in Him when He returns.
Supplementary Text
“And Jesus called [to Him] the throng with His
disciples and said to them, If anyone intends to come after Me, let him deny
himself [forget, ignore, disown, and lose sight of himself and his own
interests] and take up his cross, and [joining Me as a disciple and siding with
My party] follow with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me]. For whoever
wants to save his [higher, spiritual, eternal] life, will lose it [the lower,
natural, temporal life which is lived only on earth]; and whoever gives up his
life [which is lived only on earth] for My sake and the Gospel’s will save it
[his higher, spiritual life in the eternal kingdom of God]. For what does it
profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life [in the eternal
kingdom of God]? For what can a man give as an exchange (a compensation, a
ransom, in return) for his [blessed] life [in the eternal kingdom of God]? For
whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words in this adulterous
(unfaithful) and [preeminently] sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man
also be ashamed when He comes in the glory (splendor and majesty) of His Father
with the holy angels.” Mark 8v34-38 (AMP)
Prayer
Father, we thank You so much for Your Word. Father,
we know that the day of the Lord is coming. We thank You for You have not
called us to condemn us, or incur Your wrath, but that we might obtain
salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. We put on the breastplate of faith and
love, and the helmet of salvation. We pray that You will send labourers into
Your harvest, for the harvest indeed is ripe but the labourers are few, and we
know that You do not want any to perish, but that all should come to
repentance. We love and adore You o God, and look expectantly for the coming of
our Lord, saying, come Lord Jesus come, in Jesus name, amen.
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