Participants: Tom Shepherd & Deyvy Rodriguez
Series Code: PBOTB
Program Code: PBOTB00025B
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00:01 And we're back with "Books of the Book."
00:02 We're studying our last Chapter in 2 Peter. 00:05 Dr. Shepherd, wasn't there more in verse 15? 00:09 Yes. Would you read verse 15 again for us? 00:12 "And consider that the longsuffering 00:14 of our Lord is salvation, 00:15 as also our beloved brother Paul, 00:18 according to the wisdom given to him, 00:20 has written to you." 00:22 Okay. So the first part of this, we already said, 00:24 kind of quickly but we stated that, 00:27 we are supposed to count the patience of God. 00:29 Remember this is His slowness to anger. 00:32 He's patiently waiting for people to repent. 00:35 He says, count the patience of our Lord as salvation. 00:40 If you repent you will be saved, you see. 00:42 And so his patience waiting 00:45 is his opening of the door for us to be saved. 00:49 Some people wait too long, 00:52 you know, they wait too long until it's too late. 00:55 Now the Apostle Paul says, "Today is the day of salvation." 00:59 Don't wait to give your life to Jesus. 01:02 It's never too late as long as there's life, 01:05 there's hope but it's never too early 01:10 to make things right with God. 01:12 So he goes on after that 01:14 he says, "Just our beloved brother Paul 01:18 also wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him." 01:25 Now the main reason that he inserts Paul's name here, 01:32 you know, he puts Paul in here 01:35 he's going to answer a problem 01:37 and that's he's gonna come to in verse 16. 01:42 And why does he mention Paul after all? 01:44 Yeah, after all why mentioned Paul, 01:46 why not just, you know keep going? 01:48 Well, maybe we should read verse 16 as well. 01:51 Verse 16? Yeah. 01:52 "As also in all his epistles, 01:54 speaking in them of these things 01:56 in which are some things hard to understood, 01:59 which untaught and unstable people 02:02 twist to their own destruction 02:04 as they do also the rest of the scriptures." 02:07 All right. 02:09 Now let's just think for a moment 02:11 as to the reason God gave the scriptures. 02:17 We've studied this before really 02:19 how all the scriptures are inspired 02:22 and the prophesies or the soak word 02:25 they're the foundation for our faith. 02:28 They are the light that guides us on the path 02:32 and they give us hope and solve-- 02:35 they are the promises the precious promises of God 02:38 wherein we find the promises 02:43 that point to the building of character. 02:45 It's so kind like book ends, 02:46 you know, he's been talking about the scriptures. 02:48 Talks about them in the beginning 02:50 and he talks about them at the end. 02:52 And the scriptures are meant to grow us. 02:57 They're meant to grow us. 03:00 It's really sad when people fight over the scriptures. 03:06 You know, when they use them to jab somebody, 03:10 to make a point or they use them to, 03:14 you know, clap it somebody over the head 03:17 or they use them to keep people away. 03:22 There's any variety of ways that people misuse the Bible 03:28 and the Apostle Peter here you know, wants is to know 03:34 that we're not supposed to misuse them 03:36 like they did the Apostle Paul's writings. 03:40 Now some people like to suggest here 03:42 that Peter himself had difficulty understanding 03:46 what Paul wrote. 03:49 Well, I dare say, that the man who wrote 1 Peter, 03:53 that we have seen as, as profound theology 03:57 as the Apostle Paul. 03:58 I don't know that he had difficulty understanding 04:01 what Paul was writing. 04:04 Instead he likely penned these lines 04:08 because there were some people 04:10 who were misrepresenting Paul and twisting what he had to say. 04:16 And he says the twist the rest of these scriptures as well. 04:21 Okay, so he is writing to those who twist Paul 04:26 and maybe those who find Paul challenging. 04:31 Well, that might be any number of us 04:33 who read him and wonder, 04:35 you know, exactly what did he mean. 04:40 But Peter here refers to two groups people. 04:45 He says, he calls them the unlearned and unstable. 04:52 Kind of I said terminology, 04:55 my version says the ignorant and unstable. 05:00 Well, if you turn over to Chapter 2 verse 14, 05:02 would you read 2:14 for us? 05:06 "Having eyes full of adultery, 05:08 that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. 05:12 They have heart trained 05:14 in covetous practices in our cursed children." 05:17 All right. Now these are-- 05:19 This is the work of the false teachers 05:20 but you notice that we had there unstable souls, 05:24 is not what you're sinned. 05:25 Mind says unstable souls. 05:27 Unstable souls, is right. Unstable. 05:28 Yeah, this is the same people, 05:30 the people who are likely to be 05:32 let us stray by the false teachers. 05:35 This could be people young in a faith or others. 05:39 It might have trails of life 05:41 that just lead them to be unstable 05:45 and of course like a good Shepherd, 05:46 you're supposed to God and protect these people. 05:49 All right. 05:51 And so that leads us then to verses 17 and 18. 05:55 Let's read this one more time. 05:57 "You therefore, beloved, 05:58 since you know this beforehand, 06:00 beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, 06:04 being led away with the error of the wicked, 06:07 but grow in the grace 06:09 and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 06:11 To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen." 06:16 All right, in contrast to what he's talked about 06:20 before verses 17 and 18, refer to Peters, 06:23 closing desire for the Christian to whom he writes, 06:26 he gives them two commands. 06:29 The first one is, the word God 06:31 and the other one is the word grow, God and grow. 06:36 Okay, so the word God is a term that is often used 06:42 a protecting or keeping something 06:45 even like keeping the commandments of God. 06:48 All right. 06:49 But interestingly enough here 06:51 in this passage it has no object. 06:53 He would say, keep, keep the commandments, 06:55 God the commandments or God something 06:58 but here there is no object list 07:02 and so it's more likely that the meaning is like beyond God. 07:05 Stand like a sentry, okay. 07:08 Clearly referring to watch enough for the false teachers. 07:11 So be on God, these false teachers 07:14 will want to mislead you and you need to be sober 07:16 and keep your wits about you. 07:19 The guarding has the affect 07:21 to protect them from being deceived. 07:24 So it is to keep there firmness of commitment, 07:28 ready and strong, okay. 07:31 God, what you've been trusted and stay strong and firm. 07:36 He actually uses the word firmness here 07:38 that you're won't fall from your firmness. 07:41 And that is the opposite of the verse 16 07:47 where it talks about being unstable and weak. 07:50 We're actually related terms in Greek. 07:53 So firmness versus weakness or this thing out. 07:57 I remember, I told you 07:58 that I go to the YMCA and lift weights, 08:00 I don't know, if you can tell. Okay. 08:03 I enjoyed a lot. 08:05 Actually it helps my cello playing 08:06 so I do better because the muscle tone is stronger. 08:09 And if you've never done weightlifting 08:11 you need to try it. 08:13 But the lifting of the weights, 08:17 remember I saw this shirt that said, 08:21 pain is weakness leaving the body. 08:23 So no pain, no gain, you lift these weights and it hurts them. 08:26 But it has wonderful effect on it. 08:28 He wants you to be firm on God like a good bodybuilder 08:33 who has been working out, okay. 08:35 And then the next word is the word to grow. 08:39 And there are two fore say of the grow. 08:42 Two things just supposed to focus on, okay. 08:44 The first one is he mentions grace and knowledge. 08:48 Grow and grace and in the knowledge 08:50 of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 08:52 He's used to go hand in hand in Christian experience. 08:56 This is all in the recent 08:58 of where Peter began in Chapter 2. 09:02 2 Peter 1:1-11, regarding growing the Christian life, 09:06 where you're ascending that ladder 09:09 those wonderful virtues that he is giving. 09:10 The guarding is focused outward. 09:13 So you're guarding against the false teachers he's saying. 09:16 And the growing is focused inward 09:18 towards stain and touch with Jesus 09:20 and becoming like Him. 09:22 So Peter ends with the doxology 09:24 were he praises Jesus, now and to the day of eternity. 09:32 So we've come to conclusion. Yeah. Let's have. 09:36 And in the conclusion we can probably be good for us 09:40 to review just a little bit about the theology 09:44 of these two beautiful books. 09:47 What are the main concepts in the Book of the 1 Peter 09:51 and main the concepts in the Book of 2 Peter. 09:54 Here's just a few ideas to ponder, okay. 09:57 First of all in 1 Peter. 10:00 God is focused on as our-- God is focused, 10:06 He's focused on our spiritual growth 10:08 and connection with Jesus Christ. 10:11 Jesus Christ is both the Savior of our life 10:14 and the great example for us to follow. 10:16 You remember that central chapter 2 10:18 and how it focused on 10:20 the example of Jesus and following Him. 10:22 Salvation is the gift of the God, 10:25 it is the new birth that He gives to you. 10:28 And it has consequences of our life, 10:32 holiness and submission. 10:35 We are upward facing and outward engaged 10:39 to draw others to our Lord by our life of holiness. 10:43 Our life is not to be wasted in pagan passion. 10:46 Number 4, suffering is real, but it is not forever. 10:52 It is a privilege to be linked with Christ, 10:55 suffering has He did. 10:58 5th Christian leadership, is about service. 11:03 Entered willingly carried out faithfully, 11:07 focused on following Christ example. 11:10 Those are some of the key ideas in the Book of 1 Peter, 11:14 when we come to 2 Peter, 11:16 we find again that God has provided 11:19 all we need for successful and growing Christian life. 11:24 And the best protection against evil 11:27 is to focus on what is good. 11:30 You focus on those growing elements of Christian faith 11:33 and he says, you'll never fall, you'll faultier, you know. 11:36 The false teacher will be like just bouncing off of you 11:41 because you're strong and firm in Christ. 11:44 And once the evil is real 11:47 and must not be minimize or underestimated. 11:51 Its power can ruin people's lives. 11:54 We must not lets such treats go on recognize or unrebuked. 11:59 Number 4, Jesus is coming back soon. 12:04 His coming isn't delayed, 12:06 God is just giving you time to get ready. 12:09 And number 5, And light of the beginning and end 12:13 we must live Holy and godly lives 12:16 and help others to get ready for our Lord soon return. 12:20 My friends, we've been talking 12:21 quite a while about from 2 Peter, 12:22 I hope you enjoyed the studies 12:25 and I hoped that the messages 12:26 that we have shared with you here, 12:30 are not simply something for your mind, 12:33 not simply ideas for your head 12:36 but they also spoken to you heart. 12:39 And that is you've heard these messages 12:42 it warmed your heart to turn towards Jesus 12:45 to be more faithful to Him, 12:47 maybe to help somebody else to come to know our Lord. 12:50 I thank you, for participating and opening your Bible with us 12:54 and I hope that you'll continue to open it everyday 12:57 and that God will richly bless your life. 13:01 And Dr. Shepherd, I also want to thank you 13:03 for coming all the way from the Andrews University 13:05 and helping us here with 1 and 2 Peter. 13:08 My privilege. I have been blessed 13:10 and it has encouraged me also to search the Bible 13:14 and also search it thoroughly with even the Greek. 13:19 Yes. 13:20 And we also want to thank our viewers 13:21 and our listening audience who have been joined us 13:24 all this time studying 1 and 2 Peter. 13:27 I'm sure you too have been blessed. 13:29 And we leave you with the words of Peter, 13:31 "May you also grow in the knowledge and grace 13:34 of our Savior Jesus Christ." 13:35 Till next time. |
Revised 2014-12-17