TEXT: ‘So be on guard; then you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing. Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’ (2 Peter 3:17-18 NLT). The epistles Peter wrote are quick to read, but they are packed with truth and well worth meditating upon. Today’s Teaching highlights four words that will help us to avoid error and experience the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. The first two key words we studied were “Faith” and “Precious”. The third word is “Submission”. The key to true submission is firstly, “Submit to God”. When we’re willing to submit to the highest authority, we’ll have no real trouble in submitting to anyone else. There is forced submission, such as in wrestling when your opponent overpowers you and you have no choice but to concede. Many people live under a dictatorship where submission is enforced with an iron fist, and they have no real choice but to obey. Then there is willing submission. This is what Jesus did when He humbled Himself and was clothed with humanity to save us from our sins. He is our supreme example. In his epistle, Peter...
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TEXT: ‘So be on guard; then you will not be carried away by the errors of these wicked people and lose your own secure footing. Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ’ (2 Peter 3:17-18 NLT). The epistles Peter wrote don’t take long to read, but they are packed with truth and well worth meditating upon. Today’s Teaching highlights four words that will help us to avoid error and experience the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. The first key word we studied was Faith, the second is “Precious”. It may be surprising that Peter, a rugged fisherman, used the word “Precious”, but it accurately described his relationship with Jesus. Peter was known for being impetuous, outspoken and even proud of what he had given up to follow Christ, but he never forgot he had been a sinful man, who continued to make mistakes, even denying he ever knew Jesus. Yet he was able to hold on to the promise of Jesus, ‘I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen your brothers’ (Luke 22:32 NLT). In the life of Peter, like the...
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