"According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." (2 Peter 1:3,4 KJV).

Two amazing verses of scripture. When we were born again and became Christians our spirit was made new but not our soul (mind, will and emotions) or body (John 3:3,5-6). We need to work to sanctify our body and soul (Rom 12:2; 1 Cor 9:27) or bring them under the control and dominance of our spirit, influenced by the Holy Spirit.

Our passage from second Peter above shows us how God provides for us to sanctify and change our body and soul; to put off the old man and put on the new life in Christ (Eph 4:22-24). We are told we can have God's divine nature and put off the ways of the world (v4). We can live the kind of life God lives and walk in godliness (v3). We can discover his new life in Christ, all God's promises to us, as we grow in the knowledge of our Father God and our Savior, Jesus.

How do we do this? We do it by spending time in the Bible. As we prayerfully ask the Holy Spirit to reveal God's word to us (John 14:26), the revelation releases the power of the Holy Spirit to bring change in our lives and enables us to walk in all God has for us. Wow. What a deal, what a loving God! He gives us salvation freely by his grace; gives us our operators manual, the Bible and also the power of the Holy Spirit to change. All we have to do is cooperate.

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