Have we "FORGOTTEN"???

2 Peter 1:5-9              (1599 Geneva Bible)
"5 Therefore give even all diligence thereunto: join moreover virtue with your faith: and with virtue, knowledge:
6 And with knowledge, temperance: and with temperance, patience: and with patience, godliness:
7 And with godliness, brotherly kindness: and with brotherly kindness, love.
8 For if these things be among you, and abound, they will make you that ye neither shall be idle, nor unfruitful in the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9 For he that hath not these things, is blind, and cannot see far off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins."

I was studying scripture yesterday and was in 2 Peter.  I looked up online each trait that Simon Peter wrote about in this scripture passage.   The definitions are listed below.

Virtue--A virtue is a right inner disposition, and a disposition is a tendency to act in certain ways. Disposition is more basic, lasting and pervasive than the particular motive or intention behind a certain action. It differs from a sudden impulse in being a settled habit of mind, an internalized and often reflective trait. Virtues are general character traits that provide inner sanctions on our particular motives, intentions and outward conduct.

Faith--Belief, trust, and loyalty to a person or thing. Christians find their security and hope in God as revealed in Jesus Christ, and say "amen" to that unique relationship to God in the Holy Spirit through love and obedience as expressed in lives of discipleship and service.

Knowledge--It means, therefore, knowledge that still admits of growth, not yet ripe or complete. It is worth noting that the word for absolute knowledge, epistêmê, does not occur in the New Testament. By “knowledge” here is probably meant spiritual discernment as to what is right and what is wrong in all things; the right object, the right way, the right time.

Temperance--The word here refers to the mastery over all our evil inclinations and appetites. We are to allow none of them to obtain control over us.

Patience--Bearing all trials and difficulties with an even mind, enduring in all, and persevering through all.

Godliness--Piety towards God; a deep, reverential, religious fear; not only worshipping God with every becoming outward act, but adoring, loving, and magnifying him in the heart: a disposition indispensably necessary to salvation, but exceedingly rare among professors.

Brotherly kindness--Love to Christians as such.

Love--Love to all mankind.

Verse nine says "For he that hath NOT these things, is BLIND, and CANNOT SEE far off, and HATH FORGOTTEN that he was PURGED from his old sins."

Peter was not known for his soft speaking, apologetic demeanor!  When he had something to say he said it and let the Holy Spirit work out how it was received. How would you take being told that you were BLIND and CANNOT SEE far off? The point Peter was trying to get across was unless one exhibits the traits above, the person has forgotten where he was SAVED FROM!

There is NO CONDEMNATION (Romans 8:1) to them who are in CHRIST JESUS.  Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame said it quite plainly in his famed GQ interview "“We never, ever judge someone on who’s going to heaven, hell. That’s the Almighty’s job. We just love ’em, give ’em the good news about Jesus—whether they’re homosexuals, drunks, terrorists. We let God sort ’em out later, you see what I’m saying?”  GOD calls me to LOVE people.  HE is capable of judging them!