Deeds – Page 3 – Three Minute Bible

2 Peter 2:13c — Paint Job

They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

Summary: Our ability to see blots and blemishes is a reflection of God’s work in our lives.

They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done.

Summary: God’s nature is such that He is not capable of desiring revenge. Instead, we condemn ourselves if we reject His Son and His Word.

Bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to heap abuse on celestial beings;

Summary: Peter tells us something important about false teachers, something easy to recognize: they are bold and arrogant.

… if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;

Summary: In between judgment and execution, there is another step. This story shows us how much attention God pays to the details.

… and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.

Summary: Jesus did not come to make us perfect. He came to redeem us from being imperfect. (1 Timothy 2:3-5)

Many will follow their depraved conduct …

Summary: Peter challenges us to examine our priorities. Do we share God’s priorities as we should?

Many will follow their depraved conduct …

Summary: Peter’s words today are prophetic. It is important to understand what this means.

… even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them …

Summary: When we use the word “deny,” we must be careful that Satan does not lull us into a false sense of misunderstanding.

They will secretly introduce destructive heresies …

Summary: Peter begins his description of the false teacher by telling us what they do.

… but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Summary: They say that “seeing is believing.” Not everything can be seen.