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The Precious Treasure of Faith, March 2
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of
God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath
given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through
the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.
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Peter 1:2, 3
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“Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that
have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of
God and our Savior Jesus Christ: ... 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.”
2 Peter 1:1-4
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“Like precious faith” ... is a genuine faith. It is not a fruitless faith.
True, saving faith is a precious treasure of inestimable value. It is not
superficial. The just lives by faith a truly spiritual, Christlike life. It
is through faith that the steps are taken one at a time up the ladder of
progress. Faith must be cultivated. It unites the human with the divine
nature.
The life of obedience to all of God’s commandments is a life of
progression, a life of constant advancement. As the elect, precious, have
increased understanding of the mediatorial work of Jesus Christ, they see
and grasp the rich promises that come through the righteousness of Christ.
The more they receive of the divine grace the more they work on the plan
of addition.
“Grace and peace” will be multiplied “through the knowledge of God
and of Jesus our Lord.” Here is the Source of all spiritual power, and
faith must be in constant exercise, for all spiritual life is from Christ.
Knowledge of God inspires faith in Him as the only channel to convey
heaven’s blessing to the soul, elevating, ennobling, refining the soul, as—
through the knowledge of God—it is brought up to the high attainment of
glory and virtue. “According as his divine power hath given unto us all
things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him
that hath called us to glory and virtue.”
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