These Things

2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Whatever "These Things" are, they must be pretty great because they promise that we will always bear fruit. This, after all, is the goal of our Heavenly Father – John 15:1-2. It’s also proof of our faith in Him – Luke 6:43-44.

If “These Things" can guarantee that we will always be fruitful, that we will always have spiritual discernment, that we will never doubt our  salvation, and that we will never fall as a Christian, we need to know what they are.

2 Peter 1:5-7 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;] And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

We can’t do “These Things” on our own. We need to daily seek the Lord and ask Him to help us with all of them. He will if we let Him.