Category: 2 Peter
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A Cry for Justice
2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” So many people are crying out for justice today. After the George Floyd incident, we saw thousands of people marching not only in the cities across…
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Glorious Reminders
2 Peter 1:12-15 “Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord…
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What sort of people ought we to be?
2 Peter 3:11 “. . . what sort of people ought you to be . . .?” 1 Corinthians 11:1 “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” Psalm 145:8 “The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.” The Bible makes it very clear to us that this world will soon…
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To Live a Lie
2 Peter 2:18 “. . . those who live in error.” So many times, the Bible categorizes all of humanity in simple terms. It talks of those who are lost in contrast to those who have been found. It talks of those who believe as opposed to those who do not. It speaks of those…
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A Light Amid the Darkness
2 Peter 1:19 “And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place.” Light vs darkness: it’s a theme about a great contrast that is given to us throughout the Scriptures. Darkness is used to describe a condition…
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Living in Light of the Future
2 Peter 3:10-13 “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort…
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Our Longsuffering God
2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” Patience: it’s something I wish I had a lot more of, and in particular patience for people, such as my own wife. Too often I have…
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Reserved for Blackest Darkness
2 Peter 2:17-18 “These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.” Perhaps some of the most horrifying words…
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A Word Concerning “Universalism”
2 Peter 3:9 (KJV) “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” Have you heard the term “universalism”? If not, perhaps you’re familiar with the idea and you may unknowingly even subscribe…
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Knowing the Future
2 Peter 3:3-7 “Knowing this, first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, ‘Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.’ For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the…
To Encourage You 