Object Lesson for Kids - Growing in Godliness – 2 Peter 1-1-11

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Object Lesson for Kids -Growing in Godliness – 2 Peter

1:1-11

This Object Lesson for youth, uses a nestedRussian doll to illustrate our growth as

Christians.

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Materials

A Matryoshka doll (ideally with at least 8 nested dolls)

A Russian Matryoshka doll is a set of hollow wooden dolls which

split open into a top and bottom half to reveal additional dolls ofdecreasing size each placed one inside the other. The outer doll is

traditionally a woman, as reflected in the name which means

“little matron”.





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The inner dolls can be male or female. The innermost

doll, made from a single piece of wood is typically a

baby. While they are smooth rounded wooden

carvings, the painting of each doll can be very intricateand often follows a theme.





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Scriptural Background

• Approximate Date: 63-68 A.D. – shortly after 1

Peter. Nero’s persecution began in 64 A.D., and

Peter was martyred approximately 67 A.D.• Place of Writing: Babylon





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• Three-Fold Purpose: 1)

Encourage growth, 2) Tocorrect against false

teaching, 3) Promote holy

living.

• Theme and Key Word:

Knowledge.

• Key verse: 3:18 – “But

grow in the grace and

knowledge of our Lord and

Savior Jesus Christ. To Himbe glory both now and

forever! Amen.





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Chapter 1 has been labeled “The Bible’s Arithmetic

Chapter”

• Multiplication – “Grace and peace be multiplied to

you … ” (1:2)

• Addition – “Add to your faith … ” (1:5-7)• Subtraction – He has been cleansed from his past

sins … ” (1:9)





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Outline:

• 2 Peter 1:2-3 God’s Provision – Describes God’s

provision and the believer’s enablement

• 2 Peter 1:5-7 Our Responsibility – Describes our

human responsibility of seeing to it that the

various Christian virtues are included in our lives.





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• “The divine nature works at its best efficiency when

the believer cooperates with it in not only

determining to live a life pleasing to God, but

definitely stepping out in faith and living thatlife.” ~Kenneth Samuel Wuest





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Key Lessons

1:5-7 – Peter begins with “for this very reason (because

you are a partaker of the divine nature) make every

effort (pareisphero)” – that is, “add or contribute on

your own part” the necessary actions to confirm your

profession of faith by godly living.





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The verb rendered “add” (epichoregeo – “to supply in

copious measure”) is not simply to add one virtue to

another. Rather, the meaning is to develop one virtue in

the exercise of another, with each new grace springingout of and perfecting, or tempering the other.





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• In the exercise of faith, believers are to generously

provide goodness.

• In the exercise of goodness, believers are to

copiously provide knowledge.

• In the exercise of knowledge, believers are to

lavishly provide self-control.





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• In the exercise of self-control, believers are to

plentifully provide perseverance.

• In the exercise of perseverance, believers are to

abundantly provide godliness.





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• In the exercise of godliness, believers are to bountifully

provide brotherly kindness (Philadelphia).

• In the exercise of brotherly kindness, believers are to

generously provide agape love.





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1:8-9. Peter’s promise is that those who possess these

virtues and build on them will grow spiritually and will

not be idle in pressing toward a fuller knowledge of the

Lord Jesus Christ. Those who do not are “spiritually

nearsighted”, having forgotten his initial salvation

experience.





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1:10-11. Verse 10 is the key to this section. The believer

will “make his calling and election sure”, that is, he will

satisfy himself that he is saved, or confirm his salvation

by his godly living. There is some debate of the securityof the believer,





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which some say is objective and cannot be disturbed,

and the subjective experience of knowing and feeling

you are saved because you are “doing your part” in

allowing the Holy Spirit to produce the kind of virtues

characteristic of a Christian.





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Icebreaker Questions to Stimulate Discussion

• What did you want to be when you grew up?

• What are your current dreams for the future? What

kind of person do you want to be? How do you want

your life to be remembered by others?





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• What are some of the qualities you admire in

others? Other youth? Parents? Adults? Leaders?

Famous people?

• If you had a magic lamp with a genie and he could

grant you three personal qualities, what would youwish for?





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Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-11

In 2 Peter 1 Chapter 1, Peter talks about our growth as

Christians. This growth begins with faith and culminates in

love. Like the innermost Matryoshka doll we begin as babes

in Christ. We are spiritually born again through saving faith

in Christ. But to live life forever as a baby would be atragedy. Peter says that if we fail to grow, it is akin to being

nearsighted and blind and forgetting that our sins have been

forgiven.





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This list of qualities are things that are added to our godly

character as we grow in Christ. Each new quality does not

replace the one before it, but adds to it. These are not

things that we possess then give up, as a child outgrows old

clothes. These qualities are not marks on a growth chart,but things that we hold inside our hearts and that we carry

forward with us as we continue to mature in Christ.





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Here’s the list:

• faith

• goodness

• knowledge

• self-control

•perseverance

• godliness

• brotherly kindness

• Love





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NOTE: As you mention each quality, add a new shell

to the inner doll so that it continues to grow in size.

“As we add each one, we become more effective and

productive. ”





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Take it to the Next Level

Questions for discussion

• How do you define each quality/ characteristic?

• How does each character quality relate to the

one before it?





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• Why is each quality important to living a godly life as

a youth?

• For each of these qualities, what would the effect

be if a Christian youth was missing that quality in hisor her life?





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• What are some of the possible ways that each qualitywould be expressed in the way a youth lives his or her

life? Are these qualities something we possess or

something that we do?

•

For each quality, what are some things youth can do orpractice the make that quality part of who they

personally are?





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• As we grow in Christ, there is always a combined effort

with God, to live the Christian life. We have to make

decisions and choose to act, but God empowers us,

guides us, and provides for us. What are the thingsthat God does for us according to this passage?





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1. Gave us faith through Christ

(2 Peter 1:1)

2. Grace, Peace and Knowledge of God and Christ (2

Peter 1:2)

3. Everything we need for life and godliness (throughhis divine power) (2 Peter 1:3)





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4. Called us (2 Peter 1:3)

5. Knowledge of God (2 Peter 1:3)

6. An example – God’s Glory and Goodness (2

Peter 1:3)

7. Precious Promises (2 Peter 1:4)





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• What are some of the promises of God that might helpyouth to grow in each of these qualities?

• How do the actions of God listed in this passage apply

to each of these qualities that we grow into as

Christians? How do they help us to live life as a youthto reflect these character traits?

• Why has God given us all these things?





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1. To participate in the divine nature (becoming Christlike)

(2 Peter 1:4)

2. To Escape the corruption of the world caused by evil

desires (2 Peter 1:4)

3. To be effective and productive in our walk (2 Peter 1:8)





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4 To reinforce our faith (2 Peter 1:10) so that we are

secure in faith – know that have been saved.

5 So that we will not fail (2 Peter 1:10)

6 To be richly welcomed into heaven (2 Peter 1:11)





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Application to Youth

• What are some ways you can practice these as a youth?

• When you look at this list of qualities, which ones do you

possess and practice most? Which are most lacking in

your life? Which do you find most difficult?





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• What are some ways you can express these qualities

this week as you encounter others at school, at home,

or in church?

• How do these qualities prevent us from being in

effective and unproductive?





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• How can those in the youth group support each other

and encourage one another toward growth in these

areas?

• What can the youth ministry and parents do to help

you to grow?





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• If you were to have all these godly qualities in

increasing measure, how would it effect your life, your

testimony, your actions?

• What are the benefits of pursuing godliness?





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Closing Prayer

Go through each of the qualities in prayer with God. Ask

him to reveal the truth about these qualities in your own

life. Ask him to make clear opportunities to express yourfaith to through these qualities as a living testimony to

Christ.



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