Most believers do not understand what the statement, “God has already given” actually means. Some believers have accepted religion’s definition of “the sovereignty of God” and believe that nothing happens without “the approval of God.” They make God responsible for any and every thing that happens, whether it be good or bad, and completely removes our responsibility as to what happens in our life. Other believers have accepted the other side of the coin, where the belief is that we control what happens to us. They believe that we can motivate, convince, or even persuade God to move on our behalf through our persistent prayer, by our obedience to God’s laws, and even because of the good works that we do. They make us responsibility for any and everything that happens, whether good or bad, and make God’s response subjected to our performance.
“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: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (II Peter 1:1-4).
