2 Peter 1:10-11

V.10. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall; v.11. for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

The admonition of the apostle, therefore, is altogether timely: So be all the more eager, brethren, to make sure your calling and election; for, doing this, you will never stumble. God has issued to us the call of grace in the Gospel, thus assuring our hearts of His justifying and saving grace, Rom. 8, 30. And this is in accordance with His election: for to this end God has predestinated and foreordained us, that we should be called, be justified and sanctified through faith, and be given eternal salvation, 1 Thess. 1, 4. 5.

This call and election of God is sure on His part, 1 Pet. 1, 5; John 10, 27-30. But it would be the height of foolish arrogance for a Christian to argue that he can act and live as he chooses in the world; for, according to the will of God, His elect children are to walk forward to the realization and enjoyment of their hope on the paths of sanctification, 2 Thess. 2, 13. 14; Eph. 1, 4.

The argument of the true believer, therefore, is this, that he will be happy only on the ways of righteousness, in order that he may be certain and comfort himself with the assurance that he belongs to the elect of God, Eph. 4, 1: Phil. 2, 12. Those that foolishly risk their soul’s salvation by a life of sin and self-indulgence will soon find that they will stumble and fall, never to arise again. God will not be mocked.

The believers that are in every way conducting themselves as true children of God have the comforting assurance: For thus shall be richly furnished to you the entrance to the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. If Christians thus follow the will of their heavenly Father in making their calling and election sure, then God will mercifully reward their faithfulness. He will offer to them, He will open up before them, the way, the entrance to the riches of His mercy, that they may enter into, and enjoy to the fullest extent, the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Note the heaping up in this verse of words suggesting splendor and richness.