Author - Clay Corvin

10/14              2 Peter 3:3-4

 Most importantly, I want to remind you that in the last days scoffers will come, mocking the truth and following their own desires. 4 They will say, “What happened to the promise that Jesus is coming again? From before the times of our ancestors, everything has remained the same since the world was first created.”

WHAT
All around the world criticizes Jesus.  They lambast us as fools and ignorant.  They speak of their wisdom as enlightened and yet the world murders babys and calls that pro-choice.  The extoll the virtues of lifestyles that are pro-death and against God.  Understand that this is normal in the world as it is dead in its trespasses and sin.  Lost people always act like lost people.  You pray for them.  Pray to the Lord that they might be saved and know Him.  Pray consistently every day and be persistent in pleading for their life. 

10/13              2 Peter 3:2

I want you to remember what the holy prophets said long ago and what our Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.

STUDY

Study the Word of God – Bible – so that you will know and remember what the Lord said.  Don’t depend on others for your knowledge of the Word.  You know what the Lord says and apply it to your life. 

10/12              2 Peter 3:1

1 This is my second letter to you, dear friends, and in both of them I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory.

THINK

Think on the things of the Lord.  We discover these in His Word, from the Holy Spirit and in the hearts and minds of our friends that are following Jesus.  Fellowship with His people.  Memorizing Scripture is also an additional way to refresh your memory. 

10/11              2 Peter 2:18

They brag about themselves with empty, foolish boasting. With an appeal to twisted sexual desires, they lure back into sin those who have barely escaped from a lifestyle of deception. 19 They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you. 20 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. 21 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. 22 They prove the truth of this proverb: “A dog returns to its vomit.” And another says, “A washed pig returns to the mud.”

STAND

You know Jesus.  Focus on Him.  Stand in His strength.  Do not go backwards but instead let Jesus move you forward. 

10/10              2 Peter 2:15-17

They have wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam son of Beor, who loved to earn money by doing wrong. 16 But Balaam was stopped from his mad course when his donkey rebuked him with a human voice. 17 These people are as useless as dried-up springs or as mist blown away by the wind. They are doomed to blackest darkness.

WRONG

You know the things that are wrong.  Don’t do them.  You know the things that are right.  Do them. 

10/09              2 Peter 2:13-14

Their destruction is their reward for the harm they have done. They love to indulge in evil pleasures in broad daylight. They are a disgrace and a stain among you. They delight in deception even as they eat with you in your fellowship meals. 14 They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse.

WICKED
Do not be counted among the wicked.  Turn to the Lord, live under His guidance and let Him lead you step by step so that you are equipped, empowered and able to do the next right thing.  Praise the Lord. 

10/08          2 Peter 2:12

These false teachers are like unthinking animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed. They scoff at things they do not understand, and like animals, they will be destroyed.

AGAINST

Those that are against the Lord will perish.  They do not have a seat with the righteous nor will they see Jesus in Heaven.  When the wicked die they will be eternally separated from the Lord.  You on the other hand will immediately be in the presence of the Lord when you die. 

10/07       2 Peter 2:11

But the angels, who are far greater in power and strength, do not dare to bring from the Lord a charge of blasphemy against those supernatural beings.

LISTEN

Listen to the Word of God. Pay attention to our adversaries. Turn to Jesus to heal your problems. Do not rail against or attempt to fight these supernatural beings instead deliver your problems to Jesus and let Him fight the fight for you.

10/06          2 Peter 2:10

He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire, and who despise authority. These people are proud and arrogant, daring even to scoff at supernatural beings without so much as trembling.

CAREFUL
You and I are careful in the way we live and the way we think and act towards God.  Bless the name of the Lord.  Praise the Lord. 

10/05          2 Peter 2:7-9

But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. 8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day. 9 So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.

GOD

God knows all things and He is able to equip us to live our life under His rules.  We don’t have to work out complicated theories nor do we have to achieve a particular certification or education for the Lord has a plan for our life.  Listen to Jesus, follow Him and you will be equipped for right living.