Shade Tree Wisdom 7/20/15

          St. Peter ends his second letter with these words of encouragement.

“But grow in grace and in the

 knowledge of our Lord Jesus

Christ. To Him be the glory 

Both now and to the day of

Eternity. Amen

11 Peter 3,12

         Which brings up this question, “How much are you growing in grace and knowledge?”  Are you moving at all, or very little in your grace and knowledge?

St. John writes of Jesus in the temple, “and He taught them” (John 8,28). John reports the same thing when Jesus had the disciples aside “to rest a while”.

Growth is essential to knowledge, and knowledge leads to a stronger faith.

          In the culture we are living in, strength of faith is a ‘must’.  The culture we are living in derides faith and all it stands for, faith in Jesus as our Savior for all eternity.

          The word then, for Christians, is growth and knowledge of the Lord always.

“Praise to the Lord,

O, let all that is in me adore Him.

All that has life and breath

Come now with praises before Him.

Let the Amen

Sound from His people again;

Gladly for ever adore Him.”

LSB 790,5

GPD 7/20/15