Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Stand Firm to God’s Perfect Word

As I am getting older, I definitely have these times when I think back over the things that God has done in my life. It is amazing to see the ways that God has put different people at different times and the different things that happen in my life that just drew me closer and closer to God. Do you ever just take some time to reflect and remember to share with others all the wonderful things about God? Here Peter is about to past away from this world and he is reflecting and sharing that we have to always remember God and all that He does in our lives. He is going to do that until he finally departs and gets to spend time with God in heaven, something that he eagerly desires.

Read II Peter 1:12-21

Peter wants so desperately all of us to catch the main reason for writing this section. He is one that is passionate because he is about to pass away and also because he sees people that are true and really do love Christ. He doesn’t want to see them deceived and not live fully for what God is telling them. So we see that Peter emphasizes the return of Christ in glory and judgment at the end of history
According to douglas Moo, the reason Peter focuses so narrowly on this one doctrinal point while ignoring or saying little about matters such as Christ’s atoning death, his victorious resurrection, and the work of the Holy Spirit, is clearly because the false teachers were attacking Christian truth at precisely this point. But Peter hints that he is also here thinking about the false teachers and their agenda by denying that the apostles’ teaching about Christ’s return come from “cleverly invented stories” (1:16). In the light of 3:3 – 4, we can assume that the false teachers were dismissing the truth of Christ’s return by attributing the apostles’ teaching to fables or myths.

We are being attacked today as well on the truth of God’s Word. Many are not necessarily telling us that it is fables or myths (but some do), however many are attacking the inerrancy (the Bible has no errors) of Scripture. First, how well do you know Scripture? How well are you prepared to share how you know Scripture to be true? Reflect on these two questions and ask God to show you how to prepare yourself to answer in a loving, gentle but bold way.

Tuesday: Pray for your family
Lift up any burdens that have been hurting your family.

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