2 PETER 3:18

But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.

CLOSING WORDS
If you are to say some final words to family or close friends, what would you think of to say?

Would it be words of encouragement, words of comfort, words of love?

All these three things are summed up in this glorious verse, I suppose this is our dearest wish for any of our brothers and sisters. This is our dearest and deepest wish for our families, our wives and our children.

In Chapter 1 vs 5-7, Peter tells us to add grace upon grace, now in closing, he tells us to grow in the full knowledge of those graces. Only by growing in grace, can we avoid being dragged back into the world and into error.

We also have to come to know Christ more and more, some of us stop growing at a certain age, this is never the case for the believer, he/she is constantly growing, he is always pushing the boundaries, he is saying like Caleb is Joshua 14:12, give me this mountain, I want to do the hardest work for God.

There is no early retirement in the Christian life, you cannot sit back and relax and say “that’s me done”, life is on a continual upward focus, Paul wanted to know Christ in a deeper way than ever as he got older. See Philippians 3:7-14. Why do we do this?

For his glory and his honor, all our service, all our growth is to bring him glory, praise and worship.

May our constant focus be this verse, lets keep on growing spiritually.
Amen