Provision for Fruit

"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." 2 Pet 1:3-4

 

 

          Divine nature in vs. 4 is the key word for immediate scrutiny. Nature is the source out of which fruit must come. This is true in every department of creation, whether it be plant nature, animal nature, or human nature. Fruit always corresponds to the nature. What is true in plant, animal, and human nature may likewise be expected of spirit nature. For there is resident within spirit nature the life qualities for the fruit of the spirit. There is, therefore, only one way to possess these and that is by being made partakers of the Divine Nature. By this, one comes to possess the qualities of the Divine Nature which are declared to be all things that per­tain to life and godliness (vs. 3).