PASSIONATE PURSUIT...CHASING AFTER HIM

OPERATIONS OF THE SPIRIT

​II PETER 1:4-8
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; AND TO KNOWLEDGE TEMPERANCE; AND TO TEMPERANCE PATIENCE; AND TO PATIENCE GODLINESS; AND TO GODLINESS BROTHERLY KINDNESS; AND TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS CHARITY.
FOR IF THESE THINGS BE IN YOU, AND ABOUND, THEY MAKE YOU THAT YOU SHALL NEVER BE BARREN NOR UNFRUITFUL IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
These are the continuation of the refining process where the Lord encourages us to stay on the potter’s wheel. He has given us access to exceeding great promises, these promises are given by his Holy Spirit. He has pleaded with the true believer to receive of his Spirit and that all we have to do is ask, seek, and knock. These precious things confirm our divine nature in him, that spiritual nature that the adversary has come to stiff through corruptions of this world and the cares of this life. Nevertheless, the Lord says take heed those who think they stand lest they fall and be diligent to seek after his Spirit because within his manifest presence is virtue that builds us in the faith and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Many people speak great swelling words, but deny the power of God. However, when you know Him, you are in unity with his Spirit. There is a godly reverence, you fear the Lord. With that fear is temperance. That self-control says I’m going to wait on the Lord and be of good courage. To the persecuted saints it says I will fret not myself of evildoers, neither be envious of workers of iniquity. Though they spread themselves as a green bay tree, I looked for them and they were no more. The temperance states that when our obedience is fulfilled, then the Lord Jesus will seek out a vengeance on our behalf. That self-control is the birthing of patience of the saints and within this patience and faith is the manifestation of the miracles, signs, and wonders which confirms the faith and edifies the body of Christ on higher levels. With such experiences of the purified love of Christ are we then able to shower that same brotherly kindness one toward another, perfecting that which may be lacking among the members of the body. When the spirit reigns in us in such a way, we shall never be barren, but shall bring forth much fruit in abundance, some thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold. #keeppraising #keepseeking #keeptrusting #keepcontendingforthefaith

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