Last night we finished our study through 2 Peter. Here are the notes:
3:10
This is a fact: the end will come. What we currently see has a limited time. Everything we now know will be totally changed, some destroyed, and even physically altered. Everything will ultimately be exposed before God…
3:11-12
Since – we’re headed for a shift in reality, since one day all will be evaluated and judged by God, What kind of people should we be?
Seven Christian responses to the coming end of our current age:
1. Holy lives. (conduct that is holy)
2. Godly (see 1:3, 1:6)
3. Waiting for, actively pursuing the new heavens and Earth. (Notice: v.12-13 : no the burning we’re waiting for, but what lies beyond it. New Universe. “Looking for” see 3:12, 3:13, 3:134.)
3:13
“New heavens and a new earth” is from Isaiah’s prophecy. See Isaiah 65:17 In response to the fact that the world we know will soon pass away (2:3, 9; 3:7), we stay holy, since wickedness is passing away but righteousness is eternal (What kind of people..? 1:3-11). “Promise” frames the whole letter: see 1:4
3:14-16
What will come in the future affects how we live now. (Ex: Brides and Grooms to be) Since – we’re waiting for the new eternal earth, be:
4. diligent to be in peace (diligence: 1:5, 10) Is 26:2-4
5. diligent to be spotless and blames (holy)
6. thinking rightly about our time here. The delay in god’s final rescue leads to salvation – ours and others’ (“consider, count” 3:9) (if this is true, shouldn’t it affect the way we see all our time spent here?)
7. knowing and using the scriptures rightly. Ignorant and unstable people twist bible verses…instead of taking time to understand rightly Their destruction: 2:1-2, 3:7
3:17
know this…and watch out for these errors promoted by lawless people…