Growing Faith (7)
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Giving honor to God the Father and, God the Son and, the Holy Ghost pastor Thomas, Rev. Perry in his absent Rev. Tarver officers members and friend good morning and may God bless you all with this message Amen.
Giving honor to God the Father and, God the Son and, the Holy Ghost pastor Thomas, Rev. Perry in his absent Rev. Tarver officers members and friend good morning and may God bless you all with this message Amen.
Introduction:
Introduction:
Purpose
Purpose
Theme
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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:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Knowledge and the Word of God
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The key word of the epistle is knowledge, which occurs twelve times in its various forms (1:2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 20; 2:20, 21; 3:3, 17, 18). In a letter that aims to combat false teaching, the knowledge of the truth is the key idea. Together with this,
Peter stresses the importance of remembering certain things (, ; ) and shows the danger of forgetting important truths (; ).
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.
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.
12 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.
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
Thus, throughout the letter, the teachings of the Word of God are represented as true and normative for the Christian life.
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
God has made full provision for the spiritual life of the believer (). Thus, the believer’s responsibility is to avail himself of the divine resources so that he will be neither “barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ” (). This is Peter’s opening thought in the epistle, and by means of these statements he prepares the way for his main arguments.
God has made full provision for the spiritual life of the believer (). Thus, the believer’s responsibility is to avail himself of the divine resources so that he will be neither “barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ” (). This is Peter’s opening thought in the epistle, and by means of these statements he prepares the way for his main arguments.
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2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
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:
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:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Knowledge and the Word of God
Knowledge and the Word of God
12 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.
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
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.
17 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.
18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
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:
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
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.
Purpose and Content
God has made full provision for the spiritual life of the believer (). Thus, the believer’s responsibility is to avail himself of the divine resources so that he will be neither “barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ” (). This is Peter’s opening thought in the epistle, and by means of these statements he prepares the way for his main arguments.
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.
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:
First, the Word of God given by the Holy Spirit (, ) is that to which we should give heed (). Because its source is divine, its message is authoritative. It should be stressed that the chief thrust of the statement in , is regarding the origin, not the meaning, of Scripture. It came not “by the will of man” but “by the Holy Ghost.”
First, the Word of God given by the Holy Spirit (, ) is that to which we should give heed (). Because its source is divine, its message is authoritative. It should be stressed that the chief thrust of the statement in , is regarding the origin, not the meaning, of Scripture. It came not “by the will of man” but “by the Holy Ghost.”
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
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.
Knowledge and the false teaching
Second, the path taken by the false teachers, who deny “the Lord that bought them,” leads toward certain judgment () and “the latter end is worse with them than the beginning” (). Those who follow them can expect nothing better. The sure judgment of God upon the sinners of the Old Testament (, , , ) is a solemn warning to all.
2. Second, the path taken by the false teachers, who deny “the Lord that bought them,” leads toward certain judgment () and “the latter end is worse with them than the beginning” (). Those who follow them can expect nothing better. The sure judgment of God upon the sinners of the Old Testament (, , , ) is a solemn warning to all.
20 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.
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.
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;
5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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;
15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Knowledge and the Second Coming
Third, the Second Coming of Christ will be God’s vindication of His name and purpose, and “the day of the Lord” will be the day of judgment for the scoffers of the world (chap. 3). Those who deny the reality of this event forget “this one thing,” says Peter, “that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (). Only because God is longsuffering, “not willing that any should perish,” do the scoffers even remain to carry on their false ways ().
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.
Third, the Second Coming of Christ will be God’s vindication of His name and purpose, and “the day of the Lord” will be the day of judgment for the scoffers of the world (chap. 3). Those who deny the reality of this event forget “this one thing,” says Peter, “that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (3:8). Only because God is longsuffering, “not willing that any should perish,” do the scoffers even remain to carry on their false ways (3:9).
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.
Conclusion—Steadfastness and growth
This final message leaves a challenge with the readers of the letter. “Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless … But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever” (, ).
Remember that Jesus died on the the cross ,but the Father got him up with all power in haven and earth. He died our sin so we have eternal life. Amen
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.
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.
Dunnett, W. M. (2001). Exploring the New Testament (p. 90). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.
Exploring the New Testament Purpose and Content
First, the Word of God given by the Holy Spirit (1:20, 21) is that to which we should give heed (1:19). Because its source is divine, its message is authoritative. It should be stressed that the chief thrust of the statement in 1:20, 21 is regarding the origin, not the meaning, of Scripture. It came not “by the will of man” but “by the Holy Ghost.”