In these two verses, Peter highlights the resources that God has made available to us. These resources will enable us to attain a godly life. He also shows us the person through Whom these resources flow is none other than Jesus Christ, our Lord.
As believers truly know Him, these two massive resources become available to them. They are: the divine power that flow through Him (verse 3) and the promises that are made in Him (verse 4).
In knowing Christ Jesus through the Gospel, believers have available to them His divine power to attain a godly life. For in Him, everything the believers need to attain a godly life is found. This echoes what Paul said in Colossians 2:9-10, "For in Him (Christ) all the fullness of Deity dwell in bodily form and in Him you have been made complete..."
By these, i.e. His own glory and excellence, Peter also said that believers had been granted His precious and magnificent promises. These promises stated here are two: the promise of being partakers of divine nature and the promise of escaping the corruption of this world of lust.
No wonder Paul prayed for "the eyes of our heart may be enlightened so that we will know what is the hope of our calling, what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints." We must tap these gracious provision and live triumphantly!
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