Everything I need

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Once again from Ray C. Stedman’s Adventuring through the Bible comes this gem from 2 Peter 1:3

“Peter says in effect, ‘You don’t need any new experience or revelation. You already have all you need to be spiritually empowered and energized to serve God, please God, and imitate God in your lifestyle. If you have come to Christ, you have all there is to have of Him, and you have all He has to give to you. You have all power and all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him. If something is missing, it’s not because you need more of Christ. It may be that Christ needs more of you. You simply need to turn more of your life and your will over to Him.”

“If what Peter says is true (and it is), then we have no excuse for failure. If we have everything in Christ, we only need to know more of Him and to yield more to Him.”

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  4. Your post reminded me of a saying of a former pastor: “God doesn’t call the equipped he equips the called.”

    Frankly, this is a fresh way to look at this verse, and it reminds me that God‘s grace is sufficient – no matter what our circumstances.

    Thank you for sharing! God bless.

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  5. There’s a rich balance in this thought that’s worth sitting with. On one hand, Peter really does say we already have, in Christ, “all things that pertain unto life and godliness.” That means God isn’t holding back some secret ingredient we still need to chase. The issue isn’t a shortage on His side, but often a withholding on ours. If something feels missing spiritually, it’s usually not that Christ has given too little, but that there are still corners of our heart, habits, or will we haven’t yet opened to Him.

    At the same time, saying “we have no excuse for failure” can be misunderstood if we forget that growth is a process. We do stumble, we do struggle, and the Bible is honest about that. The point isn’t that a true believer will never fall, but that falling is no longer final when we keep coming back to Jesus in repentance and trust. We already have everything in Him; the lifelong journey is learning to know Him more deeply, yield more fully, and let His life shape ours in the everyday, ordinary places.

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