New Versus Important
2 Peter 3:1-10
The search for something new to you in the Scriptures can overtake our ability to maintain focus on what’s important. When this happens, the opportunity to be misled can become a reality. Peter warns the first-century believers about being persuaded away from the truth of the gospel through the efforts of false teachers.
The false teachers were “denying the Master” (2 Peter 2:1 ESV), therefore perverting the way of truth. The second element of opposition Peter acknowledges is the effort of scoffers, trying to portray the promise of the return of Jesus as never to happen. And their failure to remember God’s power that spoke the earth and the heavens into existence, giving humanity a stable environment to live and prosper, is the same word that promises judgment.1
Along with Peter’s warning against misunderstanding the patience of Jesus’ return as neglect, he identifies the perspective of false teachers as a “deliberate overlook” (2 Peter 3:5) of the facts identified in the Scriptures. In 2 Peter 2:4-9, he highlights the judgment imposed on angels, the generation of Noah, and of Sodom and Gomorrah. God has clearly expressed His ability to judge, but to experience His ability to save is built with anticipation know that “the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials” (2 Peter 2:9).
The steps we take in life need to reflect the belief in God’s patience. From there we can see flaw of humanity and particularly ourselves being slow to love and follow God, “who desires all people to be saved” through the truth of Jesus (2 Tim. 2:4). The path of this life is seen through remembering the consistency of the perfect character of God exercising His ability to be Eternal, Judge, and Savior from a perfect moral position. 2
The search for something new to you in the Scriptures can overtake our ability to maintain focus on what’s important. When this happens, the opportunity to be misled can become a reality. Peter warns the first-century believers about being persuaded away from the truth of the gospel through the efforts of false teachers.
The false teachers were “denying the Master” (2 Peter 2:1 ESV), therefore perverting the way of truth. The second element of opposition Peter acknowledges is the effort of scoffers, trying to portray the promise of the return of Jesus as never to happen. And their failure to remember God’s power that spoke the earth and the heavens into existence, giving humanity a stable environment to live and prosper, is the same word that promises judgment.1
Along with Peter’s warning against misunderstanding the patience of Jesus’ return as neglect, he identifies the perspective of false teachers as a “deliberate overlook” (2 Peter 3:5) of the facts identified in the Scriptures. In 2 Peter 2:4-9, he highlights the judgment imposed on angels, the generation of Noah, and of Sodom and Gomorrah. God has clearly expressed His ability to judge, but to experience His ability to save is built with anticipation know that “the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials” (2 Peter 2:9).
The steps we take in life need to reflect the belief in God’s patience. From there we can see flaw of humanity and particularly ourselves being slow to love and follow God, “who desires all people to be saved” through the truth of Jesus (2 Tim. 2:4). The path of this life is seen through remembering the consistency of the perfect character of God exercising His ability to be Eternal, Judge, and Savior from a perfect moral position. 2
- Lucas, R. C., and Christopher Green. 1995. The Message of 2 Peter & Jude: The Promise of His Coming. The Bible Speaks Today. Leicester, England; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. 135.
- Lucas, The Message of 2 Peter & Jude. 137.
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