“WARNING: PERILOUS TIMES AHEAD!!”
Therefore,
dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may
not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure
position. But grow in the grace and
knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
To Him be glory both now and forever! Amen. 2 Peter 3:17-18
This is the
end of the Apostle Peter’s letter to Christians, in churches, in various areas
of his ministry. And it is very
INFORMATIVE, ENLIGHTENING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING and for some of us very
INSPIRING.
In this
letter, the Apostle Peter is issuing a call to Christians for SPIRITUAL GROWTH,
in order for them to be able to fight apostasy as they anxiously await the
return of the Lord Jesus Christ. This
was an impassioned plea for the Christians to GROW in their FAITH and to become
MATURE in their Christian life. He
described the characteristics of MATURE Christian believers, and encouraged
them to GROW in the KNOWLEDGE and GRACE of their FAITH.
The verses preceding
our verses, today, describes some of what lies ahead in the last days. Peter, tells us that there are some DANGEROUS
or PERILOUS times ahead, there will be scoffers who will ridicule our FAITH,
they are the ones who follow their own evil desires, but they forget the
DESTRUCTION that lies ahead for them and those who follow their example. In Noah’s day the world was destroyed by
WATER. In the LAST DAYS, the world will
be destroyed by FIRE, it is now being kept for the Day of Judgment and
destruction of the UNGODLY.
So the
Apostle Peter WARNS the TRUE BELIEVERS that they should be on GUARD, and
protect their FAITH. They should CONTINUALLY GROW and MATURE in their SPIRITUAL
life. READING and STUDYING the Word of
the Living God. GROWING in the KNOWLEDGE
and GRACE of the Lord Jesus Christ, so that they will NOT be INFLUENCED by the
error of the lawless, and risk falling from their SECURE position. This does NOT mean that they could lose their
SALVATION, but they would definitely lose their rewards and will be chastised
for their disobedience. Their SPIRTUAL
GROWTH would truly suffer from such an act.
It is a lot like raising a child, when a child is BORN into a family,
the parents realize that the child must grow and mature, when the child
disobeys the parent, that parent doesn’t make the child leave the family, but
they discipline the child and TEACH them to do the RIGHT THING. So it is with our LOVING Heavenly Father and
His Children. He expects us to GROW in
our FAITH and to develop a STRONG, INTIMATE relationship with Him, so we are
not led astray by every wind of doctrine, but we have KNOWLEDGE of who we are
and to whom we belong, and will FOLLOW our Lord and live in His ways.
Have you
come to God for the SALVATION of your soul?
Or are you walking in darkness, living like those who are following
their own evil desires, those who are headed for DESTRUCTION. Those who will spend an eternity in Hell, the
place of ETERNAL torment, torture, pain, agony, heartache, and despair with NO
WAY of escape. God is giving you the
opportunity NOW, to change your direction, by coming to Him with a TRUE
REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING, your sins to Him and asking Him for His
FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU, and is
ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift
of SALVATION, and GROW in the KNOWLEDGE and GRACE of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Do it NOW, while you still
can. He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!
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