The following verse is very inspiring and gives great hope to those who read it.

What a wonderful promise from God to say that if we do these things we shall never fall. Let’s look at the things which God tells us to do which if we are diligent to obey these things in our life, our future is secure.

2Pe 1:10  Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

Firstly, we will look at the beginning of chapter 1.

Peter addresses this letter to those who are like minded as himself, those who have the same faith as him.

2Pe 1:1  Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:

Now we see the all-important knowledge of God the Father and Jesus mentioned, and that by gaining this knowledge we have peace and grace increased to us. It is absolutely essential for eternal life to have knowledge of the Father and Jesus Christ. This knowledge has been lost until now, and is being restored in the last days.

2Pe 1:2  Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,

We have been given all things, through the Holy Spirit of power, which will enable us to have eternal life. With the Holy Spirit of power, we are able to live a Godly life. This will only come to us when we believe the knowledge of the Father and Jesus Christ. The Father has called us to glory and virtue.

2Pe 1:3  as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue,

When we accept and believe the knowledge of the Father and Christ, we have great and precious promises, we have divine nature which is the Holy Spirit of power living in us, and when we have all these things then we are capable of building our character as follows.

2Pe 1:4  by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

1.     Escape corruption through lust

If we are physically minded then this leads to corruption and lust, but if we are spiritually minded this leads to life.

Gal 6:8  For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.

Jas 1:15  Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death.

2Pe 1:5  But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

We must be diligent to avoid lust and corruption

2.     Filling out your faith with virtue

Without faith it is impossible to please God.

Heb 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

Pro 12:4  An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.

2Pe 1:5  But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge,

3.     With virtue, knowledge.

It is important that we learn the new knowledge of the Father and Christ, this knowledge has been lost until now, but is being restored in these last days.

2Pe 3:18  but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

2Pe 1:6  to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,

4.     Self-control

Self-control is one of the fruits of the Spirit, we must have it in our lives, we must be able to restrain ourselves in all sorts of situations, hold our tongues, be patient, do not show anger, lust or just running with the crowd, we must be different and set apart from the world. Today it is easy to be swept along with gentiles in their thinking and their actions, but we must show self-control and be different.

1Pe 4:3  For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles—when we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries, drinking parties, and abominable idolatries.

1Pe 4:4  In regard to these, they think it strange that you do not run with them in the same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.

1Pe 4:5  They will give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

2Pe 1:6  to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,

5.     Patience

We must be patient, wait on God, for Him to work things out in His time. This is not always easy and people of God have tried to take matters into their own hands, instead of waiting on God and the results have not been the best.

Abraham and Sarah, did not wait for Isaac to be born in the natural way, they opted rather to do things their way, and Ishmael was born. He will cause many problems for Israel in the future.

So, we must simply wait on God, trust in Him. Remember He knows best. God will work things out if we are patient and let Him do things in His time, instead of us putting in our ideas and trying to change things when we feel is the correct time to do something.

2Pe 1:6  to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,

6.     Godliness

We need to be like God in our lives, in our words, actions, thoughts and motives, we need to be holy and try to emulate God.

1Ti 4:8  For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.

1Ti 6:11  But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness.

2Pe 1:7  to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.

7.     Brotherly kindness

Kindness is another fruit of the spirit.

Col 3:12  Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

Zec 7:9  “Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother.

Be kind to mankind, helping where we can, being of a tender mind, not hard hearted.

8.     Love

Another fruit of the Spirit. We must have love for one another, in these last days, the love of many has waxed cold.

Mat 24:12  And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.

We must have love, God loves us and we are sinners, we need to take on the character of God, and God is love.

1Jn 4:8  He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1Jn 4:16  And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

God is love therefore we need to have that fruit of the spirit, if indeed the spirit of God dwells in us.

2Pe 1:8  For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Notice the above verse, if we have these attributes abundantly in our lives, then we will be fruitful in the knowledge of Christ, our goal is to become like Christ, so we desperately need these character traits in our life.

2Pe 1:9  For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins.

This above verse needs to be studied carefully, this is referring to those who have the Holy Spirit, because we cannot be cleansed from sins unless we are repentant. Let’s never forget that Christ died for us and paid a huge price for us. Once we have God’s Holy Spirit, we must continue to grow, constantly looking at ourselves, judging ourselves, to see if in deed we are living the way God would want us to live. Let’s be very diligent in these areas and not lazy and sleepy.

2Pe 1:10  Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;

This above verse is very uplifting and we need to look at it, let’s be diligent to make our calling {receiving of the earnest of the Spirit} and election {receiving of the Holy Spirit of power} sure.

Let’s have the above qualities in our life in great measure, let’s be diligent, let’s judge ourselves, examine ourselves, then we will never fall.