Last night we began our study of Peter’s Second letter by reading through the whole thing and then discussing it. Here’s the brief observations I shared:
Thoughts after reading the letter:
1. We live in times which have certain dangers. There are things to make us fall, and things to make us be led away with errors. We need to live with open eyes—Spiritually. (3:17-18)
2. To be aware of, and to avoid these dangers, we need reminding of the things we already know, and stirring up to respond to them with our lives. Scripture is what does that for us. (1:12-15, 3:1-2)
3. God spoke, and had it written down. It’s how we can continue to “have a reminder” of what He said at certain times in history. It’s a continual, living witness to the existence of the speaking God, for all time. (1:15, 3:2)
4. To be faithful Christians, and true to what our God desires, we must give careful, diligent attention to learning, remembering, and living out what God has spoken as it is recorded in the writings of the prophets and the apostles—that is, both the Old and New Testaments. (3:2)