Tag: 2 Peter
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Only Two Days Gone – Revelation 22:7
Revelation 22:7Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. Jesus closes in with a personal word here. After all the visions, all the scenes, all the warnings, all the promises, He says, “Behold, I come quickly.” That is not just information. That is a wake up…
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Grace Is Not Step One – 2 Peter 3:18
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. Peter ends his letter in a beautiful way. After warnings about false teachers, reminders about the last days, and exhortations to stay steady, he does not close…
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Guard Your Footing – 2 Peter 3:17
2 Peter 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. Peter closes with a warning full of love. He does not speak to strangers. He says, beloved. He is talking to people who know the…
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When Brothers Differ But Scripture Stands – 2 Peter 3:15-16
2 Peter 3:15-16 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto youAs also in all his epistles speaking in them of these things in which are some things hard to be understood which they that are…
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Safe In Him – 2 Peter 3:14
2 Peter 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. Peter brings prophecy down to street level. Since we are looking for a new heaven and a new earth, how then are we to live now? He says,…
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A World Made Right – 2 Peter 3:13
2 Peter 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Peter does not leave us standing in the smoke of a dying world. He takes us beyond the fire and beyond the collapse and points us to a promise. Nevertheless we look. That is the…
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Living Like It’s Near – 2 Peter 3:12
2 Peter 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Peter says something here that makes you stop and think. He does not talk about the coming of the Lord as though we…
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Traveling Light – 2 Peter 3:11
2 Peter 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness. Peter asks a question that cuts through a lot of noise. If all these things shall be dissolved, then what kind of people should we be? That is the…
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When He Lets Go – 2 Peter 3:10
2 Peter 3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Peter turns now from the…
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Mercy in the Delay – 2 Peter 3:9
2 Peter 3:9 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. Peter says the Lord is not slack. Men may look at the passing years and think God is slow, careless,…
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Above the Clock – 2 Peter 3:8
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. After speaking about the ridicule of scoffers, Peter now turns to the restraint of the Lord. Men say, “Why has He not come yet?” Peter…
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Stored for Fire – 2 Peter 3:7
2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. Peter says the same word that once brought judgment by water will one day bring judgment by fire. That is a sobering…
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What They Choose to Forget – 2 Peter 3:5-6
2 Peter 3:5-6 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. Peter says the scoffers are not merely uninformed. They are willingly ignorant.…
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Scoffing on Schedule – 2 Peter 3:3-4
2 Peter 3:3-4 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers,walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. Peter says before anything else, know this. In the…
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One Voice Through Many Men – 2 Peter 3:2
2 Peter 3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour. Peter says he wants believers to be mindful of two streams of truth. First, the words spoken before by the holy prophets. Second,…
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Stirred by Remembrance – 2 Peter 3:1
2 Peter 3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance. Peter is nearing the end now. He knows his time is short. He knows wolves will move in after he is gone. He knows false teaching will not only attack…
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Dogs and Hogs – 2 Peter 2:20-22
2 Peter 2:20-22 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of…
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Beautiful Poison – 2 Peter 2:17-19
2 Peter 2:17-19 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in…
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Madness for Money – 2 Peter 2:12-16
2 Peter 2:12-16 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; and shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time.Spots they are and blemishes,…
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The Lord Rebuke Thee – 2 Peter 2:11
2 Peter 2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. Peter now makes a striking comparison. False teachers speak boldly, casually, even arrogantly about powers in the unseen realm. But angels, who are greater in power and might than we are, do not speak…
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Reckless in the Unseen – 2 Peter 2:10
2 Peter 2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government.Presumptuous are they, self willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Peter is still describing the character of false teachers, and now he shows how deep their corruption goes. They do not simply drift…
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Kept Before the Wrath – 2 Peter 2:9
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished. Peter now brings all of his examples to a powerful conclusion. Angels were judged. The old world was flooded. Sodom was turned to ashes. Lot was delivered. And…
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Lift Your Eyes Higher – 2 Peter 2:7-8
2 Peter 2:7-8 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds). Lot is one of those men in Scripture who catches us off guard. If all you had were…
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Ashes Are a Warning – 2 Peter 2:6
2 Peter 2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly. Peter keeps reaching back into history, and every example says the same thing. God is not casual about corruption. He is not indifferent to rebellion. He…
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No Angel Gets a Pass – 2 Peter 2:4
2 Peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment. Peter now raises the stakes. He has been warning about false teachers, greed, looseness, and corruption. And now he says, in essence, “Do not imagine…
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Not for Sale – 2 Peter 2:3
2 Peter 2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you……whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. Peter now tells us what is driving these false teachers. It is not love for people. It is not a burden for souls. It is covetousness. Greed.…
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When Compromise Mocks the Truth – 2 Peter 2:2
2 Peter 2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways…by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. Peter says one of the saddest parts of false teaching is that it rarely stays small. “Many shall follow.” That is sobering. Error has a strange magnetism to it, especially when it promises…
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Feed and Warn – 2 Peter 2:1
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. Peter had been a fisherman by trade, but Jesus gave him another calling entirely.…
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The Book That Saw Him Coming 2 Peter 1:21
2 Peter 1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. Peter tells us plainly where Scripture came from. It did not rise from man’s ideas, religious creativity, or human ambition. Holy men of God spoke…
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No Lone Verse – 2 Peter 1:20
2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. Peter says, “Know this first.” In other words, do not miss this. When you come to Scripture, you must understand from the outset that prophecy is not a matter of private interpretation. That means God did not scatter…
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More Sure Than the Mountain – 2 Peter 1:19
2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy…whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts. Peter says something that almost sounds impossible at first. He has just told us…
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More Sure Than the Mountain – 2 Peter 1:17 to 18
2 Peter 1:17 to 18 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.…
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No Fables Here – 2 Peter 1:16
2 Peter 1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. Peter draws a line in the sand here. He says, in essence, “What we told you was not made up. We were not…
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The Word Outlives the Man – 2 Peter 1:15
2 Peter 1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. Peter knows he is about to leave this world, and he says something very tender here. He is not only thinking about his own departure. He is thinking about the people he will…
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Taking Down the Tent – 2 Peter 1:14
2 Peter 1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. Peter speaks of death in a way that catches your attention. He does not sound frantic. He does not sound bitter. He does not sound like a man coming apart. He sounds settled.…
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Established by Repetition – 2 Peter 1:12 to 13
2 Peter 1:12 to 13 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance. Peter is an…
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An Open Door – 2 Peter 1:11
2 Peter 1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Peter ends this thought with something beautiful. He does not merely say, “Hold on and barely make it in.” He says there is an abundant entrance awaiting the one who walks…
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Steady Feet – 2 Peter 1:10
2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall. Peter is not trying to make believers nervous here. He is trying to make them steady. Some people read a verse like this and say, “I’m afraid I’m going…
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Don’t Forget the Cleansing – 2 Peter 1:9
2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Peter says the problem is not merely weakness. It is forgetfulness. A man stops growing in virtue and patience and godliness because he loses sight of what Jesus…
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Fruit That Follows – 2 Peter 1:8
2 Peter 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. Peter now tells us what happens when these qualities really begin to take root. If faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and…
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Love at the Top – 2 Peter 1:7
2 Peter 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. Peter now brings us near the summit of the staircase he has been building. He has talked about faith, virtue, knowledge, self control, patience, and godliness. Now he says that godliness must be joined to brotherly kindness. That matters more than we might…
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Strength Under Control – 2 Peter 1:6
2 Peter 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness. Peter keeps building carefully here. He is showing us that spiritual growth is not random. One grace prepares the way for the next, and each one protects the one before it. That matters. Because even good things can become dangerous…
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Make Room for the Word – 2 Peter 1:5
2 Peter 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge. Peter now turns a corner. He has already told us that God has given us everything we need for life and godliness. He has told us that precious promises have been placed in our hands. He has…
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Living Up to the Promises – 2 Peter 1:4
2 Peter 1:4 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. Peter says God has given us exceeding great and precious promises. That is a rich phrase. These are not small words…
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Already Given – 2 Peter 1:3
2 Peter 1:3 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. Peter says something here that many of us struggle to believe. He does not say God will someday give us what we…
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Grace Multiplied – 2 Peter 1:2
2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. Peter begins his letter with a blessing that sounds simple, yet it carries enormous depth. He does not merely say grace and peace be given to you. He says grace and peace be multiplied. That word…
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From Simon to Rock – 2 Peter 1:1
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Simon. That name alone tells a story. When we read the Gospel accounts, we see a man who loved the Lord deeply…