Grow in Grace

"But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen."
(2 Peter 3:18 NKJV)

Peter has been writing this letter to his fellow followers of Jesus (note that he phrases it "our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"). So for those of us who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ, what does it mean to grow in grace? It means that we need to become more and more dependent on God's grace. We need to know why we need God's grace, and that comes with an understanding of who we are before God. We cannot live righteously in our own efforts. Living righteously happens only by God's gracious enabling. We need the Holy Spirit to produce the fruit of the Spirit within us.

Plants can't make it rain nor can they cause themselves to grow, but they still need to take in nourishment. In the same way, we can't produce the fruit of the Spirit by our own efforts. However, we do need to take in spiritual nourishment as it were. We need to spend time reading God's word and thinking about it and asking God to use it in our lives. We need to spend time with other Christians who will encourage us to make God's word a priority and an authority in our lives.

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