2 Peter 3:11 KJV
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
The difference between the scoffer and the believer is not only in what they say (they believe) but in how they behave because of what they believe. In our days there are some who are verbal scoffers concerning Christ's coming. They openly and scoffingly declare their disbelief concerning Christ's coming and mock the faith of those who claim to believe Jesus is coming again - and soon.
But the real problem is that far more who claim to believe He is coming again scoff and His return, not in word, but in deed and behavior.
The word ought means binding and necessary.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
The difference between the scoffer and the believer is not only in what they say (they believe) but in how they behave because of what they believe. In our days there are some who are verbal scoffers concerning Christ's coming. They openly and scoffingly declare their disbelief concerning Christ's coming and mock the faith of those who claim to believe Jesus is coming again - and soon.
But the real problem is that far more who claim to believe He is coming again scoff and His return, not in word, but in deed and behavior.
The word ought means binding and necessary.
When a Christian is convinced that Jesus is coming again and that His return is imminent, then that faith binds the Christian to holy conversation and godliness. He is compelled by his faith to behave in a manner consistent with that faith. To claim to believe that Jesus is coming again at any moment but to fail to behave in holy conversation and godliness is not only hypocrisy, but it is also the worst form of scoffery.
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