The Application of Grace

Lesson Premise
The grace which God has so benevolently showered on us as believers is amazing and life changing. However, if we as believers never proactively engage in that grace, sadly we will not see amazing things happen and our lives will not differ much from its current condition. As wonderful of a gift as it is, grace is not a prize to be admired, but a tool be used in our efforts to become who God created us to be. In this lesson we will study the logistics of God’s grace and the implications that it presents to the believer.

The application of Grace
Text of Focus: 2 Peter 1:2-11 NASB
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in(through) the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord;
Peter begins his missive by informing his audience that true grace and peace can only be multiplied
by the knowledge of Jesus Christ and God the Father. This knowledge which Peter speaks of is not
merely knowing God’s attributes through the study of His word, but knowing and reflecting His character which He only reveals to those whom He is in intimate relationship with.

3 seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and(then) godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.
Contrary to popular belief this verse has nothing to do with any carnal trappings. God would not squander His divine power on anything that could not transcend the physical realm. The life that the writer speaks of is the spiritual life of believers that is regenerated at the point of conversion. The godliness refers the ability to operate in carnal situations from a perspective likened unto God. As we grow in awareness of our spiritual livelihood and Godly abilities we will realize that the grace which we freely partake of was most expensive. Christ traded His glory for grace to share with us and because He was such an excellent steward over what Father God gave Him that He traded His Sonship for Lordship (Philippians 2:5-11).

4 For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.
Through the glory and excellence of Christ we have been granted precious and magnificent promises, which are the objects of our faith that cause us to rely more on the spirit and less on the flesh, which the world was corrupted.

5-7 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.
In light of the major moves that Christ has made on our behalf, the Apostle gives us our logistical expectations, that we are fully capable of carrying out if we operate through God’s grace;
Diligence - We must have a level of consistency in our relationship with God and his ministry.
Faith - Be confident in the fact that the same God that saved you, has the ability to empower you.
Moral Excellence - Strive above grace not beneath it. Example: “I don’t have to be entangled with because God has given me the grace to be holy, not We’ll even thought I mess up a lot God’s grace is sufficient.”
Knowledge - Learn God’s will then prove that you know it by living it.
Self-control - Only say and do what you have learned from the Lord, letting the God in you rule you.
Perseverance - Don’t give up, under any circumstances.
Godliness - Do what God would do even, when no one is watching.
Brotherly Kindness - Let wisdom and benevolence govern all your human relationships.
Love - Be willing to sacrifice all, only to satisfy the Godly longing of your heart.


8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
If you strive and thrive in these qualities you will enhance the persona of God in the faces of those who have yet to come into relationship with Christ.

9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.
If you do not make these qualities a priority in your life, you will lose the ability to see yourself the way God created you to be, and be forced to rely on your past to chart your future.

10-11 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our bLord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.
Prove to yourself that you are saved, resurrected and transformed by acting like it. When Life on this side has concluded we will have the blessed heavenly reward for our faithfulness on Earth.