2 Peter 3:1-2 KJV
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
Peter says that both the prophets and the apostles had this one goal in their preaching, to stir our minds that:
Scoffers will come, don't let them snow you.
They can mock and scoff and argue all they please. God knew it would happen and it doesn't change His plans.
The Lord is longsuffering, don't let that throw you.
We preach that the Lord is going to come at any moment, but he hasn't come in two thousand years now. But that should not bother us. One day is like a thousand years to the Lord. When He comes we will all know that it was soon.
So while we wait, make sure we know Him.
We would best use our days of waiting upon the Lord by growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour. These aren't wasted years so long as we apply ourselves to the right things.
This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
Peter says that both the prophets and the apostles had this one goal in their preaching, to stir our minds that:
Scoffers will come, don't let them snow you.
They can mock and scoff and argue all they please. God knew it would happen and it doesn't change His plans.
The Lord is longsuffering, don't let that throw you.
We preach that the Lord is going to come at any moment, but he hasn't come in two thousand years now. But that should not bother us. One day is like a thousand years to the Lord. When He comes we will all know that it was soon.
So while we wait, make sure we know Him.
We would best use our days of waiting upon the Lord by growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour. These aren't wasted years so long as we apply ourselves to the right things.
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