1. 2 Peter 1:3-9 (New Living Translation)
3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvellous glory and excellence. 4 And because of his glory and excellence, he has given us great and precious promises. These are the promises that enable you to share his divine nature and escape the world’s corruption caused by human desires.
5 In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone.
8 The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But those who fail to develop in this way are short-sighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.

2. “By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself.”

3. God’s great and precious promises God’s promises to you
(2 Peter 1:3-9)
God’s promises to you
Your past is forgiven
“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!”
(2 Corinthians 5:17)

4. God’s great and precious promises God’s promises to you
(2 Peter 1:3-9)
God’s promises to you
Your past is forgiven
He is with you in the present
“God has said, ‘I will never fail you.     I will never abandon you.’
So we can say with confidence, ‘The Lord is
my helper, so I will have no fear.’ ”
(Hebrews 13:5-6)

5. God’s great and precious promises God’s promises to you
(2 Peter 1:3-9)
God’s promises to you
Your past is forgiven
He is with you in the present
He will one day make you like Jesus
“We know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.”
(1 John 3:2)

6. God’s great and precious promises God’s promises to you
(2 Peter 1:3-9)
God’s promises to you
Your past is forgiven
He is with you in the present
He will one day make you like Jesus
Your response to his promises
Repentance and faith
“This is the message about faith that we preach: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
(Romans 10:8-9)

7. God’s great and precious promises God’s promises to you
(2 Peter 1:3-9)
God’s promises to you
Your past is forgiven
He is with you in the present
He will one day make you like Jesus
Your response to his promises
Repentance and faith
Growing in Christian character
“You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.”
“Love your neighbour as yourself.”
(Matthew 22:37-39)

8. God’s great and precious promises God’s promises to you
(2 Peter 1:3-9)
God’s promises to you
Your past is forgiven
He is with you in the present
He will one day make you like Jesus
Your response to his promises
Repentance and faith
Growing in Christian character
Knowing Jesus better and better
“Everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord... I want to know Christ...”
(Philippians 3:8-10)