2 Peter 3:1-7
Write these two letters are to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.
1) recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through the apostles.
2) must understand that in the last days scoffers will come. They deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
There is a neat parallelism in these three verses 5-7:
By his word and by means of water God created the world.
By his word and by means of water, he destroyed it.
By the same word and by means of time he will destroy it in future judgment.
Why?
Years have passed and still Christ's expected return has no happened. The created world runs on as it always has done.
The created world runs on as it always has done. what then of God's promise? There are always people ready to scoff. But God's word, spoken through the Prophets and apostles, will prove dependable. His word commands such power, it brought our whole world into being.
Peter's warning and reminder are true, There are many scoff in this world, They refuse to believe the world was created by the Lord. They say 'where is these coming he promised?'
How?
God was and is until now so His word is truth in the future also.
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