The Word "Through"

"Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue." II Peter 1:2, 3

Here is a "blue stone" verse which I prize highly. It has made it simpler for me to lay hold of the faith I have been given.

Peter has used the word "through" in two instance here, both of which let enough light shine through to make this a noticeably brilliant "stone." "Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord." This lets me know once and for all that grace and peace will be mine only through finding out what God is really like. When I am sure of His intention toward me, I am peaceful. When I am sure of His intension toward me, I am willing to take the grace which is knowledge of Jesus Christ assures me is always flowing toward me.

Using the same word "through," Peter goes on to say that "according as His divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness through the knowledge of Him," we are to accept this gift and begin at once to partake of the very life of god which has been put within us.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature . . .

By Eugenia Price, taken from "Share My Pleasant Stones"