Godliness

Feb 11, 2024    Rick Keller

2 Peter 1:3-7 (NKJV)


What is Godliness?

Eusebeia: reverence, respect towards God

Matthew 5:6

Matthew 4:4

1 Peter 2:1-3

John 6:48

2 Peter 1:3

2 Timothy 3:1-5

2 Timothy 3:7

2 Timothy 3:10-13


Lifeway/Pew Report

Strongly Affirm the Basics of God’s Word: dropped from 10% to 4%

From 2005 to 2022 the % believe that these are morally wrong

Abortion: From 51% to 38%

Sex Outside Marriage: 39% to 23%

Homosexual Relationships: 51% to 25%

Polygamy: 92% to 75%

Pornography (Added in 2011): 66% to 56%

Sex between Teens (Added in 2012): 64% to 48%

Changing Genders (Added in 2022): 51%


2 Timothy 3:14-17

Psalm 119:160

Romans 3:4

Isaiah 40:8

Matthew 5:18

Matthew 24:35

1 Peter 1:25


How then should we live?

2 Peter 3:10-13


Colossians 1:15-18


1 Timothy 3:16


Romans 8:3-14 (NLT)