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Warns The Believers of Scoffers
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Warns The Believers of Scoffers
II Peter 3:1–7
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Many have bought into the God is only love theology of today. However, the plain meaning of this theology is still in affect, whether we believe it or not. Our modern scientific minds silently scoff at God bringing sickness and death as judgement, because to us, that is just the … More
Peter in this passage does not try to reveal something new but he asks the readers to reflect on things which were told them by the apostles (vv. 1-2). He points out that one characteristic of the last days is that those who live primarily for the things of this world will doubt the second coming of Christ (v. 3). He goes on to tell us how the world is heading toward a great climax and final judgment.
Peter warns the believers concerning scoffers who would come (v. 4). These mockers would deny the fact of His coming and say that this world is an unchanging system and God does not intervene in the course of history. They will say this because they want to forget that long ago the heavens and the earth were made at God’s command. The earth came out of water and was made from water (v. 5). Peter uses history to refute this argument as he points out the flood and how God did intervene (v. 6). He goes on to say that these people are deliberately shutting their eyes to the facts.
The earth as we know it, will one day undergo an even greater change. Just as God in the past changed the course of history by sending the flood will again change history by refining the earth with fire (v. 7). Many today are looking for the world to get better and better when actually just as the Scriptures say it is waxing worse and worse. To us as Christians, the state of the world today should only confirm our faith in Christ and the Word of God.Application
There are many things that I see happening in our world today that would indicate that the second coming of Christ may be very near. I want to be busy until He comes.
II Peter 3:1-7 (English Standard Version)
This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, "Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation." For they deliberately overlook this fact, that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God, and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
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