Now, after salvation you get baptized, and I'm going to give you a couple more things
here, but this is very important to learn.
So in order for you to be successful in the Christian life, if you want any type of success,
any type of blessings, you need this right here.
2 Peter 1 verse 4 says, Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises,
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, heaven escape the corruption
that is in the world through lust, and beside this giving all diligence add to your faith
virtue and to virtue knowledge.
So he says this, look, exceeding precious promises have been given unto us.
That's what we need for success, right?
But he says, but beside this, you need diligence.
What is diligence?
Consistency.
You need to be faithful, consistent, diligent, faithful, constant, okay, being steadfast.
If you want any type of success in the Christian life, you need this matter of diligence in
your Christian life.
You're not an on and off Christian.
You're not unfaithful.
You can be counted upon.
You're faithful.
You're consistent.
Because here's the thing.
The Christian life is not like one new thing after another.
What it is, is you constantly doing the same thing over and over again and perfecting the
same thing that you do over and over again.
So this right here is vital if you're going to succeed in the Christian life.
You know, if you're going to succeed at knowing any Bible, you need to be consistent at studying
the Bible and reading the Bible.
If you're going to be successful at soul-wording, you need to be faithful and consistent at
doing it, okay?
There's a lot of things that require success, but one of the main things is this.
You need to be faithful.