Scripture: 2 Peter 2: 20-21

And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before. It would be better if they had never known the way to righteousness than to know it and then reject the command they were given to live a holy life. 

Scripture Commentary: As Christians we know Christ.

We study His words and try to live a life that is as close to His as we can. But we are human and easily get tangled up in our weakness. But we know Our Lord!

We know we can call on Christ in our need and not give in to our weakness.

When we gave ourselves to Christ to be His servants, we placed ourselves in His hands. We are to live a life as close to His as possible so others can see the Christ in us.

In these verses, Peter speaks of people who have learned about Christ but reject the truth and return to their old ways. These people are worse off than before because they rejected the only way out of sin. They rejected the way to salvation and are now truly lost in sin.

If we refuse to follow God, we will follow our own desires and become enslaved to what our bodies want. However, if we submit our lives to Christ, He will free us from slavery to sin.

Serve Christ and free yourself from all sin!

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2 Peter Chapter 2

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One Day Is as a Thousand Years

Be Willing to Accept Jesus Into Your Heart

Scripture: 2 Peter 3: 8-9

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. The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some men count slowness; but is longsuffering to toward you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

Scripture Commentary: Live one day at a time doing your best for God

When we decide to put our struggles in God’s hands, there is often an expectation that he will help us in the near future. People often desire instant gratification, but what is one day to us, is as a thousand years to God.

Have you ever found yourself in a troubling situation and considered how you got there? Often, we (ourselves) are the cause of our own struggling. If God cleared up our obstacles immediately, then we wouldn’t have the opportunity to learn something and grow stronger.

God seems slow, but he is not; God is on a different time table

Jesus is waiting for more sinners to repent and turn to him before he returns. We cannot sit around and wait for Jesus to return. We must live with the realization that our earthly time is short, and there is important work to be done for the Kingdom of God on earth.

Live in eager expectation of the coming of the Lord, and know that God has provided you with all that you need to survive.

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2 Peter Chapter 3

Scripture: 1 Peter 2: 21-25

For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:  Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:  Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.  For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

Scripture Commentary: Where would you be now if not for Jesus?

We are not lost if we have Jesus Christ in our lives.  We cannot go astray as long as we walk with Him.  He suffered for us and gave His life for our sins, and as a result He has redeemed us and we have been set free.

O what a day it was for you and for me when we chose to take Jesus into our lives!  Jesus didn’t sin – there was no guilt in Him.  We cannot say the same about ourselves but it doesn’t matter because when we ask Jesus to forgive us our sins, we are washed clean.

The stripes they beat into Jesus are our stripes, but He took them for us!  When Jesus leads us to His Father, He keeps us from going astray.  Where would you be now if not for Jesus?  You may have suffered some but it was the direct result of your own sin.

Christ has set us free.  He died in our place for our sins so that we wouldn’t suffer the punishment we deserve.  This is called substitutionary atonement.

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1 Peter Chapter 2

Scripture: 2 Peter 3: 3-4

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? For since the father fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.

Scripture Commentary: Jesus’ return is promised

God is not slow; he is not on our timetable. Scoffers will say that Jesus is never coming back, but that is Satan talking. Jesus is giving us time to repent and turn to him.  God gave us a promise – Jesus is coming back for His own.

The Christians who accepted Christ but returned to their sinful way of life have been given a chance to realize their error. Do not be like a person sinking in quicksand who refuses to take the rope thrown to him. Don’t turn away from Christ and refuse the only way to escape eternity in hell.

What would you like to be doing when Christ returns? Are you working for our Lord Jesus Christ? Or are you working for worldly things? We must not sit and wait for Christ to return. We should live with the realization that our time is short.  There is work to do in His name.

This world will end, so put your confidence in what is eternal. Do not be bound to this earth’s finite treasures and pursuits.

Are you spending more time piling up possessions? Or are you striving to work for God?

Do the work God has called you to do. His return is promised.

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2 Peter Chapter 3

Scripture: 2 Peter 3: 3-4, 8

Knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, And saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the father fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” (3, 4)  But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is a thousand years, and a thousand years is one day.(8)

Scripture Commentary: We have the promise of His coming

What are you afraid of? If this world was to end today, this second, why would you be afraid?  Only those who do not know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will have fear.  Be assured of his coming.  Those who have Christ in their life, who live for Him, have no fear.

Neither Man nor woman know God’s timetable, only He knows. We are to live for God everyday of our lives, and do His work everyday while we are here on earth.

When the day comes that you are not here, or can not do the work of our Lord, that can be your last day. What will you say when He asks, “What have you done in my name?”

Do not fall asleep without working to spread his Word to others. These are our last days, and this is the time between Christ’s first and second coming.  Thus we, like Peter, are living in the last days. Be ready to meet our Lord Jesus Christ anytime, even today. If you serve Him, you will meet Him.

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2 Peter Chapter 3