"Make Your Calling And Election Sure" - 2

"For I say, through the Grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. For we have many members in One Body, and all members have not the same office: So we, being many, are One Body in Christ, and every one members one of another." (Romans 12:3-5) Do you wonder what this portion of scripture has to do with what we are talking about? Well for one, Paul, like Peter, had something which he could look back upon and show him the vast contrast between Saul and Paul. For each of us who are 'Alive in Christ', we have a 'knowledge' within us of our change, each one unique, but all of the same changing. In the opening verse of 2 Peter, he writes, "to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ"; which, if you look closely, really says that we have 'obtained like (precious) faith', or the same faith; because in Romans 12:3, Paul does not say 'a' measure of faith, but 'the' measure of faith. And no one can tell you, or show you the Way to 'the knowledge of God'; but rather, it is experienced by each and everyone of us individually; because that particular type of 'knowledge' is obtained through personally being involved in the process of obtaining the 'knowledge' with the object from which the 'knowledge' is being given. In other words; the 'Knowledge of God' that we have, as individuals, is birthed in us as we are transformed from darkness to Light; and no one can tell us, or show us what this 'Knowledge' is, but rather, it must be experienced by each and everyone of us individually. However; this individual 'knowledge experience' is the same 'Knowledge'; with the only difference being, that the same 'knowledge' was birthed within each of us, individually and personally. Secondly, we must remember, that 'But For The Grace Of God' that we would not be changed in the first place, and that it is because of God's Grace that we remain: We can do nothing outside of Jesus Christ! In the opening verses, Paul says, "but to think soberly", which means to be in your right mind; in other words, to remember that from which you came. This is very similar to what Peter says in 2 Peter 1:9, "But he that lacketh these things (virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, and charity) is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins." The reason that this is similar, is because both passages speak of being in our right mind, or seeing the big picture; which ever way you look at it, we all need to be mindful of 'who' we are in Christ, 'how' we got in Christ, and 'why' we remain in Christ; because if we are not mindful of these things, we can definitely find ourselves walking in our own strength, and not His... "Wherefore the rather, brethren, give 'diligence' to 'make your calling and election sure': for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For 'so an entrance' shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the Everlasting Kingdom of or Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye 'KNOW' them, and be established in the Present Truth." (2 Peter 1:10-12)