November 7 2 Peter 3:10-18 (ESV) 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies [1] will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. [2] 11 Since all these things [...]
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November 7 2 Peter 3:10-18
Posted: November 7, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Bible Passages, November Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, November 7 2 Peter 3:10-18, November Bible Readings, Scripture
A radically different perspective
Posted: November 6, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 Peter, A radically different perspective, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, God's sovereignty, repentance, return of Jesus, Scripture, second coming of Jesus, sermon, Steven Cole
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach [...]
November 6 2 Peter 3:1-9
Posted: November 6, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Bible Passages, November Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, November 6 2 Peter 3:1-9, November Bible Readings, Scripture
November 6 2 Peter 3:1-9 (ESV) The Day of the Lord Will Come 3:1 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, 2 that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of [...]
November 5 2 Peter 2:17-22
Posted: November 5, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Bible Passages, Devotionals/Commentaries, November Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, November 5 2 Peter 2:17-22, November Bible Readings, Scripture
November 5 2 Peter 2:17-22 (ESV) 17 These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. 18 For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, [...]
Teachers gone astray
Posted: November 4, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 pet, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, false teaching, Mark Driscoll, Scripture, Teachers gone astray
Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing, but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness. (2 Peter 2:15-16 ESV) Click here for “Doctrine From False Teachers [...]
November 4 2 Peter 2:10-16
Posted: November 4, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Bible Passages, November Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, November 4 2 Peter 2:10-16, November Bible Readings, Scripture
November 4 2 Peter 2:10-16 (ESV) 10 and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones, 11 whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. 12 But these, like [...]
2 Peter: Chapter 1 is the carrot, chapter 2 is the crack of the whip over our heads.
Posted: November 3, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 Peter, 2 Peter: Chapter 1 is the carrot, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, chapter 2 is the crack of the whip over our heads., daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Scripture, warnings
John Piper, in an introduction to a sermon on 2 Peter 1, “Destruction is not Sleeping” And now comes chapter 2, and a very significant change in Peter’s approach. I say a change in his approach, not his goal. His goal is still to make us firm and stable and unshakable in our faith. But [...]
November 3 2 Peter 2:1-5
Posted: November 3, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Bible Passages, November Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, November 3 2 Peter 2:1-5, November Bible Readings, Scripture
November 3 2 Peter 2:1-5 (ESV) False Prophets and Teachers 2:1 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. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of [...]
You have nothing else to fall back upon but this Book
Posted: November 2, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, daily Bible, divine inspiration, inspiration, Scripture, You have nothing else to fall back upon but this Book
For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:21 ESV) C.H.Spurgeon comments on 2 Peter 1:21 So that they sometimes spoke what they did not themselves understand; the prophecy carried its own key within itself, and [...]
Piper: sometimes the Bible is strange and complex and hard to understand.
Posted: November 7, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, difficult passages, Dr. John Piper, hard to understand, Piper: sometimes the Bible is strange and complex and hard to understand., Scripture
John Piper concludes his sermon series in 2 Peter 3: ….even though Scripture is inspired, it is not all easy to understand. Verse 16: “There are some things in them hard to understand.” I would love to preach an hour on the implications of that sentence; but since I don’t have time, here is an [...]