2 Peter 1:12 (KJV)
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
The Present Truth
John Gill writes, “‘the present truth’ may be meant either the whole scheme of the Gospel, which was now come by Christ, in opposition to the exhibition of it under the former dispensation, by promise and type; and it being so called, shows that it is always now, and new; that there will be no alteration in it, nor addition to it, it being like the author of it, the same yesterday, today, and for ever, and will not give place to another; or else the particular truth of the coming of Christ….”
The present truth, I believe, would be the New Testament truth but, in particular, the truth that he was teaching at the moment:
• The knowledge of Jesus Christ (v. 8)
• That they had been purged from old sins (v. 9)
• That there is a coming kingdom of our Saviour (v. 10)
And more specifically, that they had been established in the virtues the apostle taught would minister an abundant entrance into that kingdom: faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity.
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Timeless Truths: Living in the Light of the Present
- Are you truly living out the virtues Peter emphasized?
- Why not take the next step today to grow in these areas?
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