Building Blocks
“What are We Building?”
2 Peter 1:11

2 Peter 1:3-11 

Eight Building Blocks 
1. Faith – taking God at His word
2. Goodness – morally right and helpful
3. Knowledge – Discernment & discretion 
4. Self-control – getting a grip on yourself 
5. Steadfastness – living for the long haul
6. Godliness – reverent respect 
7. Brotherly kindness
8. Love 

“Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if
you practice these qualities, you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” –2 Peter 1:10-11

The Goals of Sanctification 
1. To make you into a ‘little Christ’ 
A perfect human with a perfect relationship with God

The only way this is possible, is if these qualities are built within a heart that is surrendered to Jesus as Savior and King. 

Are you becoming someone who is …
Faithful
Good/virtuous
Knowledgable
Self-controlled
Godly 
A true friend 
Loving/charitable 

Are you becoming one that will never fall? 

The Goals of Sanctification 
2. To give you entrance into the eternal kingdom

God’s Kingdom 
1. A physical place 
A perfected place where perfected people live in perfect relationship with God and each other. 

New heaven and new earth
 
“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.” –2 Peter 3:10

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.” –Revelation 21:1 

God’s Kingdom 
2. A Kingdom of God’s People (already, but not yet)
		
Are you a part of this Kingdom?

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. –John 3:16

Do you show people what it is like to be a part of God’s Kingdom? 

“Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.” –Revelation 1:5-6

Are you drawing others into the Kingdom of God? 
How do I do that?

Become these things:
Faithful 
Good/virtuous
Knowledgable 
Self-controlled 
Godly 
A true friend 
Loving/charitable