Strength 5 – Add to your Patience Godliness (7 Divine Strengths That Makes Us)

II Peter 1v6c “…and to patience godliness” Godliness: - having Godlike qualities, - Devoted to or worshiping God, - Having a sense of God - Holiness, righteousness, devoutness, The only way to have a sustainable balance of patience is to have a strong support structure that works beyond human endeavour. The next level that is stronger then natural or human endeavours is the Spirit realm from God. Not forgetting that there is also an evil spiritual realm. The sole purpose of the evil realm is to destroy good nature (divine nature). Galatians 5v17 [KJV] speaks on one of our main weaknesses that cause us not to sustain a strong balance or composure of patience. “For the flesh (natural) lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would,” This also proves that the only way to sustain a good composure of patience is to submit to the Spirit and to add godliness to patience. In other words you will need godlike patience. Godlike patience was manifested through Christ. In 1Timothy 3v16 we read “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,” In other words the secrecy (mystery) of godliness/godlikeness was proven (manifested) in the flesh (human nature) through Jesus Christ and justified (warranted or qualified) in the Spirit. What we also see within this portion of the verse is that the Spirit must approve or justify your godliness/godlike, so that your godliness is not self-righteous and weak. God himself took on the form of sinful flesh as Jesus Christ – Heb. 2v14&16, II Cor.5v19 to demonstrate for us the possibility. Hebrews 2v10-14. Verse 10 “For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory,” – Now who has brought all things into the existence? Genesis 1v1 “In the beginning GOD created…” Heb. 2v11a “For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all one:” which is a fulfilment from what God has spoken in Ezekiel 38v23 “Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD” Please note that the subject of God in Christ is an entire subject on its own. When Jesus Christ died, He died to lay of the weakness of the flesh. When we physically die, we die because of the weakness of the flesh. Jesus was a healthy 33-year-old young dynamic Man when he died. When He died, He died unto sin – Romans 6v10 “For in that he died, he died unto sin…” When we die, we die because of sin. Romans 5v12 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” The sole purpose of God in Christ was to bring us unto a newness of life through salvation. Romans 6v4 “Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.” Godliness or godlike nature was demonstrated as God became like man so that man becomes like God, hence we have the nature of godly-ness or god-like-ness. Doesn’t the following statement sound familiar – “He/she’s trying my patience”, or “I’m getting tired of this now” “My patients is up” The fact is we can loose our patience, no doubt. But we don’t have to. Add Godliness to Patience and you will be an overcomer. Romans 15v5 “Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:” Just be patient. God was and still is patient with many of us. You know what, as strange is at might be, godliness cannot be effective without Brotherly Kindness. You got to add Brotherly Kindness to Godliness.