Click Here to Read 2 Peter 1:1-4 In Peter’s first letter, he identifies himself as an apostle of Jesus Christ (apostle meaning “sent one”, or “one divinely appointed by God to evangelize and equip for the gospel”). In his second letter, Peter identifies himself as a bondservant and an apostle of Jesus Christ. He even makes it a point to list himself as a bondservant first, and an apostle second. So, what is a “bondservant”? Generally speaking, bondservant is just…
This second letter of Peter’s was his final message to us before his martyrdom. He wasted no time in revealing what he felt was the most important message he could leave with us. TRUTH. There were increasingly more and more false teachers within the young church promoting immoral and ungodly living by denying that Christ was really going to return to judge sin. Peter reminds us of the truth he personally witnessed being revealed in Christ, the trustworthiness of the…
“Lord, you know everything there is to know about me. You perceive every movement of my heart and soul, and you understand my every thought before it even enters my mind. You are so intimately aware of me, Lord. You read my heart like an open book and you know all the words I’m about to speak before I even start a sentence! You know every step I will take before my journey even begins. You’ve gone into my future…
“He turns a wilderness into pools of water, and dry land into watersprings. There He makes the hungry dwell, that they may establish a city for a dwelling place, and sow fields and plant vineyards, that they may yield a fruitful harvest. He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; and He does not let their cattle decrease. When they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow, He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander…
“’Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air came and devoured it. Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth. But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away. And some seed fell among thorns; and…