God’s Moral Excellence Inside You

…His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue) (2 Peter 1:3 AMP).

As Christians, we have been called to glory and virtue, meaning that inside of you is the glory of God and the power to do right. Virtue means moral excellence that’s dependent on moral energy—the power to do right. It’s the work of the Spirit of God produced from inside you, but you have to walk in it.

Acts 1:8 says, “…You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you….” This power is operative in you right now!

When the Holy Spirit resides in you, He energises you from within for the life of moral excellence. You’ve got the inherent ability to set your mind to do what is right and refuse what is wrong.

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue…. (2 Peter 1:5).

This doesn’t mean that you’re to try and get virtue and add it to your faith; no! The word “add” is the Greek “Epichoregeo,” and it means to “furnish besides,” that is, to fully supply or sponsor.

Therefore, the ability to set your mind to do what’s right and refuse that which is wrong is inside you; put it to work and supply it lavishly to your faith.