Christians who float will drift off course.

This is a sobering reality and a sobering warning from 2 Peter chapter 1 verses 5 to 11.

I'll read the text to begin today's episode.

This is what Peter writes.

For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue and

virtue with knowledge and knowledge with self-control and self-control with steadfastness and steadfastness

with godliness and godliness with brotherly affection and brotherly affection with love.

For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or

unfruitful in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.

For whoever lacks these qualities is so near-sighted that he is blind, having forgotten that

he was cleansed from his former sins.

Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election.

For if you practice these qualities, you will never fall.

For in this way, there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom

of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Peter now is John Piper and a 1982 sermon to explain this text.

Last week, Karsten brought home a book from the library, Glinda's Long Swim from the

Incredible series.

This is a fantastic series of books.

So I assembled my triumvirate around on the couch, Benjamin here, Karsten here, and Abraham

right here, and read this book.

Here's what the story says.

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