Harvest Time . . . Check the Gardens!

But also for this very reason (the gift of life God has granted us), 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, and 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 short-sighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. ( 2 Peter 1:5-9)

As Peter senses his coming death, he is sure to remind his followers of the responsibility all believers have to GROW in faith. It is simply not enough to be assured of NOT going to hell! As we have been granted an eternal relationship with our Lord and Savior, we now have a responsibility to grow in CHRISTian graces and character. We have NO excuses! As believers, as disciples of Jesus Christ, we are to be developing fruit, or other disciples. After all, this was Jesus' very command as He left this earth (Matthew 28:18-20). We are to go out and make DISCIPLES, teaching them all the things we have learned! As we grow in grace, knowledge, self-control, patience, godliness, and love, we will naturally bring others to know Christ. It will become a way of life! It's time to check the garden . . . How is the fruit coming along?