Shortsighted In Your Faith?

(2 Peter 1:1-11)

"Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained likewise precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust."

"But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins."

"Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

Have you forgotten that, or how, you were cleansed from your old sins? It was by the life lived by Jesus Christ and, ultimately, His cross. Those Peter was addressing had "obtained like precious faith with us (Peter, John, James, Paul as examples)".  They, like those in Paul's letter to the Ephesians, had trusted in Him to begin by the gospel of salvation. They believed and were sealed by the Holy Spirit of promise. They were coming to the understanding of Jesus' calling. Now, with Peter's letter, they were becoming aware of the works of His calling to which they must "give all diligence". Any excuse for shortsightedness was being removed. He was explaining to them how to make their calling and election sure. The anointing of the Holy Spirit for the testimony of Jesus will show you how!