Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
…and the earth was formed out of water and by water.
Summary: The Bible is amazingly accurate from a technical standpoint. God’s Word provides a comprehensive understanding of our place in all that exists.
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:5c — Building Blocks”
They [the scoffers] will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.”
Summary: Logic is something we all use in some form. Even the scoffer uses a kind of logic. The question then becomes a question of fact; what do we know?
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:4 — Logic & Reason”
Above all, you must understand that in the last days …
Summary: How we divide up all of history depends on where we are standing when we do it.
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:3a — The Line Between”
… and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
Summary: Loving each other as our Lord has commanded us is a risky proposition. We have to be willing to expose what is in our hearts and deal with what we find there.
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:2b Pt VI — My Real Fear”
… and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
Summary: The workings of a camera illustrate how our Lord’s command works in our daily life.
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:2b Part III — The Jesus Filter”
… and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
Summary: Satan’s strategy often relies on the tactic of “divide and conquer.” When it comes to dividing up Jesus’ commands, we might be falling into Satan’s hands.
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:2b Part II — Focal Point”
… and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
Summary: What does Peter mean by “the” command? How many commands are there? What is a command anyway?
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:2b Part I — Deep Waters”
I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets …
Summary: What do you think of when you recall the words of the holy prophets? If we turn to Jesus, he makes it easy for us.
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:2a — The Deadly Pun”
I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.
Summary: Peter understands how our minds work. He wants to make certain that we keep God’s will first and foremost in our minds all the time.
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:1b — Stirred Up”
… than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.
Summary: Marriage is a metaphor that is used many times in the Bible. As we work to understand Peter’s words, it helps to turn to that metaphor once again.
Continue reading “2 Peter 2:21b — The Ring”