2 Peter 1:5-11 - Our faith in Christ is certainly a gift from God.  We are saved by God's grace through faith. This faith, then, according to James 2:20, is useless, dead, without works that accompany it.  Peter now provides for us a picture of a growing faith, an active faith, a faith that ends up making us into a God-honoring, body of believers who love the way Jesus loves.