All the Bible is God-breathed revelation, therefore, one verse is not greater than another.  On the other hand, there are some verses that are especially precious to us, because they seem to jump out at us with a special message of hope, promise, or comfort.  One such verse for me, is 2 Peter 1:3, which says that God has given us everything pertaining to life and godliness…   That’s past tense, already done, not might happen someday.

It is as though there is huge umbrella, and if we can position ourselves under that, we are in the blessing of God.  Being born again is certainly the first consideration in coming under the umbrella of God’s blessing, but that is not the end all of the matter.  The way of salvation could have been put on a very few pages of the Bible, so the Bible obviously deals with far more than lost people being saved.  Once we are converted to faith in Christ, we begin a life long process of learning how to receive what Jesus lived and died to give us.

Love is the most foundational characteristic of the blessed Christian.  1 Corinthians 13:1-3 tells us that nothing else that we might ever do will even count, if we do not have love.  This is a commitment kind of love for God, that also flows outward and desires to do good toward other people.  Jesus said that if we have this kind of love, we will do what He says do.  We cannot do what we do not know to do, and that’s why it so important for every Christian to be a serious student of the Bible.

There are people who know that they have believed on Christ as their Savior, yet their lives are in turmoil.  They cry out for help, and they wonder why their life is in such disarray.  In Hosea 4:6 God said, “My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge.”  There is help for the hurting, but it’s only under the umbrella of God’s blessing.