Stairway to Heaven 5

Stairway to Heaven #5: Add to Your Faith - Virtue

Text: 2 Peter 1:5-11

I. The Foundation of Virtue - Moral Conviction of God's Truthfulness

Biblical virtue begins with an unshakeable conviction about God's Word. According to Strong's concordance, virtue represents our moral conviction of the truthfulness of God. There's an old saying that goes: "God said it, I believe it, that makes it so." But we need to correct this understanding - God said it, and that makes it so, regardless of whether we believe it or not!

The truth of God's Word doesn't depend on our faith in it. Scripture stands as absolute truth because it originates from the unchanging, eternal God. However, when we believe God's Word, that demonstrates wisdom on our part. When we act upon what God has said, tha...