Feb. 23, 2025
2 Peter 3:1-10
“What Manner of People Ought We to Be”
February 23, 2025 Dr. Don Bazal
Writer: Peter the Disciple
Date: 64-67 AD
Origin: Rome
Audience: Christians of every age (2 Peter 1:1-4)
Destination: Churches in Asia Minor
Reason for Writing: (1) Persecution that rumbles on the horizon: 1 Peter 1:1
(2) Combat the prevalent false teachings pressing upon God’s people such as antinomianism which taught “Grace is more than enough so let us sin” (Romans 6:15-16; Matthew 5:17). Secondly, the heresy of legalism which said “God’s grace alone is not enough. . .Salvation is grace plus the law” such as new moons, feasts, circumcision: Ephesians 2:8.
I Peter 1:1 – Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen
Romans 6:15-16 – What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! 16 Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness?
Matthew 5:17 – “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.”
Ephesians 2:8 – For by grace you have been saved through faith; and [a]that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
Summation of Peter’s Message (3:11) is found in the question “What manner of people ought we to be?” The answer is “we are to be people who live in light of eternity”.
2 Corinthians 4:18 – While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
(v.1) stir-up or rekindle
Sincere minds or serious minds
Ephesians 5:14 – For this reason it says, “Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
LIVING IN LIGHT OF ETERNITY MEANS WE WILL BE GROUNDED PEOPLE vv 1-10.
2 Timothy 2:9-10 – For which I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of God is not imprisoned. 10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory.
Isaiah 46:9-10 – “Remember the former things long past, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things which have not been done, saying, ‘My purpose will be established, and I will accomplish all My good pleasure’;
Genesis 6:11-13 – Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. 13 Then God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth.
I Peter 3:18-20 – For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; 19 in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, 20 who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water.
Isaiah 40:8 – The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.
Matthew 5:17-18 – “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
Psalm 33:11 – The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His heart from generation to generation.
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