In 2 Peter 1:3 Peter answers two of the great mysteries in life: found in the one question,
What is the object of the Christian life?
• To know God: The essential objective of the Christian continues and will always be “To know God.” This is what we Christians should desire above everything else and ought to occupy our prayer life. This is the supreme objective of the Christian as Jesus said in John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
• GODLINESS: To be transformed into His likeness. The second objective of the Christian is “To be transformed into His likeness”, which deals with our sanctification. We are told that to accomplish this objective that the Christian has been given the continual resources of “exceeding great and precious promises”!
Next Peter writes about what were the most memorable characteristics of Jesus’ life?
Of all the things that Peter witnessed of Jesus during those 3 1/2 years he tells his readers he was most impressed with three specific characteristics.
Vs. 3a “His divine power”
Vs. 3d “His glory”
Vs. 3c “His virtue”
Those three things directly impact what the believer has in the bank of Christ to accomplish those two objectives
It is good for the believer to realize that our “resources” match our “objectives”. I suppose that we have all experienced in this life that the lack of our “resources” can directly affect our ability to meet our “objectives”, but Peter guarantees that this will never be the case for the Christian! God has seen fit to make certain that what God has called us to will be supplied 100% by him alone. Our objective is “Life” and “Godliness”; to be those that manifest to the world the divine nature and characteristics. A Christian is not a person who is born in a certain country or family. They do not describe a person who has gone through certain religious ceremonies. Neither do they describe a “good person” who by works try to uplift their fellow man. While some of these are true of a Christian, we must not forget that a Christian is one who is a “partaker of the divine nature.” Every Christian is called to manifest Jesus’ character and nature to the world we live in.
Christians are to be a people who don’t simply ask the question; “Do I like this” which indicate that they are directed by their fleshly appetites and desires instead they desire to be like Jesus and therefore ask, “Is it good, does it glorify the Father and further His kingdom!”