Text: 2 Peter 1:5-8

Topic: Growth in Christian Virtue.

Thesis: Believers must work out

their own salvation.

Title: Climbing
the Christian Construct,
Step Six-Godliness
 Kingdom Points:
Faith-April 3, 2005

Whether good or evil, right or

wrong, saintly or sinful, we are
we are responsible for our
behavior.
 Kingdom Points:
Goodness-April 10, 2005
“Goodness is not a mere passive
quality, but the deliberate preference of
right to wrong, the firm and persistent
resistance of all moral evil, and the
choosing and following of all moral
good.” Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
 Kingdom Points:
Knowledge-April 24, 2005
“For now we see in a mirror,
dimly, but then we will see face to
face. Now I know only in part; then I
will know fully, even as I have been
fully known.”
(1Co 13:12 NRSV)
 Kingdom Points:
Self Control-May 15, 2005

Through self control, we say

no to temptation.
 Kingdom Points:
Patience-May 22, 2005

Problems produce patience.

“And without controversy great is the
mystery of _________…”
(1 Ti. 3:16 AV)
“And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness…”
(1 Ti. 3:16 AV)

“Our imitation of God in this

life…must be an imitation of God
_________…” C. S. Lewis
“And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness…”
(1 Ti. 3:16 AV)

“Our imitation of God in this

life…must be an imitation of God
incarnate…” C. S. Lewis
Godliness…

1. ?
Godliness…

1. What is It?
The devil tempted Eve…

“…for God knows that when you eat of

it your eyes will be opened, and you
will be like God, _______
___________."”
(Genesis 3:5 NRSV)
Godliness…

1. What is It?
The devil tempted Eve…

“…for God knows that when you eat of

it your eyes will be opened, and you
will be like God, knowing
good and evil."”
(Genesis 3:5 NRSV)
 To be godly is to be like God
not only in knowledge, but also in
consistently acting in
____________.
 To be godly is to be like God
not only in knowledge, but also in
consistently acting in
righteousness.
Godliness…

2. ?
Godliness…

2. Why Do We Need It?

For ________
“_______ is the man that walks
not in the counsel of the _______, nor
stands in the way of ______, nor sits
in the seat of the _______.”
(Psalm 1:1 AV)
Godliness…

2. Why Do We Need It?

For Ourselves
“Blessed is the man that walks
not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
stands in the way of sinners, nor sits
in the seat of the scornful.”
(Psalm 1:1 AV)
For ______
“He told them another parable:
"The kingdom of heaven is like yeast
that a woman took and mixed in with
three measures of flour until
_________________."”
(Mt. 13:33 NRSV)
For Others
“He told them another parable:
"The kingdom of heaven is like yeast
that a woman took and mixed in with
three measures of flour until
all of it was leavened."”
(Mt. 13:33 NRSV)
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 Kingdom Point:
To become godly is to become ____
_____.
 Kingdom Point:
To become godly is to become like
Christ.

"Whoever has seen ___ has seen

the _____.“
(John 14:9 NRSV)
 Kingdom Point:
To become godly is to become like
Christ.

"Whoever has seen Me has seen

the Father.“
(John 14:9 NRSV)
Godliness…

3. ?
Godliness…

3. How Do We Get It?

We become like what we love.

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Godliness…

3. How Do We Get It?

The New Testament Greek

speaks of godliness as the result of
“____________.”
Godliness…

3. How Do We Get It?

The New Testament Greek

speaks of godliness as the result of
“well worshiping.”
So…
We ____ for it…
“looking to _____ the pioneer and
perfecter of our faith, who for the
sake of the joy that was set before
him endured the ____, disregarding
its shame, and has taken his seat at
the right hand of the throne of God.”
(He. 12:2 NRSV)
So…
We pray for it…
“looking to Jesus the pioneer and
perfecter of our faith, who for the
sake of the joy that was set before
him endured the cross, disregarding
its shame, and has taken his seat at
the right hand of the throne of God.”
(He. 12:2 NRSV)
and…
We ____ for it.
“…training us to renounce ______ and
_______________ and in the present
age to live lives that are ___
_________, upright, and godly, while
we wait for the blessed hope and the
manifestation of the glory of our great
God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
(Titus 2:12-13 NRSV)
and…
We work for it.
“…training us to renounce impiety
and worldly passions and in the
present age to live lives that are self
controlled, upright, and godly, while
we wait for the blessed hope and the
manifestation of the glory of our great
God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
(Titus 2:12-13 NRSV)
“…our model is the Jesus, not only of
Calvary, but of the workshop, the roads,
the crowds, the clamorous demands and
surly oppositions, the lack of all peace and
privacy, the interruptions. For this, so
strangely unlike anything we can attribute
to the Divine life in itself, is apparently no
only like, but is, the Divine ____________
____________________.”
C. S. Lewis
“…our model is the Jesus, not only of
Calvary, but of the workshop, the roads,
the crowds, the clamorous demands and
surly oppositions, the lack of all peace and
privacy, the interruptions. For this, so
strangely unlike anything we can attribute
to the Divine life in itself, is apparently no
only like, but is, the Divine life operating
under human conditions.”
C. S. Lewis