Concerning this week’s text – I read some of Revelation and heard some sermons preached on it when I was fairly young and to be completely honest it has terrified me most of my life. As a child I was always afraid I was going to do something wrong, that my salvation wasn’t going to…

“This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that…

The first section of text gone over in this blog (2 Peter 1:5-11), was done originally as a sort of sermon outline. While going through 1 Peter, my pastor offered for members of the congregation to submit our own sermon outlines, given that we knew what section of text was coming next week. After procrastinating…

The Doom and Defilement of False Prophets: A Call Against “Casual” Christianity 2 Peter 2:17-22 “These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from…

Understanding the Wickedness of the False Teacher “But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are…

“For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world…

2 Peter 2:1-3 “But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be…

“For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, ‘This is my…

While I recorded a video and never typed up a written outline or my thoughts overall on this section of text, I wanted to provide the link to the sermon preached on it by pastor Darren Adams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALPg0_qC6W8

2 Peter 1:5-11 “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from…