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“Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.…
“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.” 2 Peter 2:19 I remember sharing God’s Word at the Orange County Jail right here in the county. After the service, the guard who was on duty asked if…
“But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.” 2 Peter 2:1 This past Sunday, we continued our study in the book of 2 Peter. He…
“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:20-21 In the book, Reforming Fundamentalism, by George A. Marsden, 85% of the students in one of…
“Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” — 2 Peter 1:2 Peter, here writing his second letter, indicates that grace and peace – those two most precious of gifts – are ours… But where do we find them in a greater measure? In a measure that…