Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
… and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
Summary: What happens when we get “bumped?” What sloshes out of our heart onto those around us? Today’s meditation looks at the importance of keeping our heart, soul, and mind focused on Jesus.
Continue reading “2 Peter 3:2b Part V — The Bucket”
… 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”
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness…
Summary: The way of righteousness is in knowing Jesus as Savior. Knowing about Jesus is not the same thing as knowing and following Jesus.
Continue reading “2 Peter 2:21a — The Way”
…and are again entangled in it and are overcome,
Summary: Peter shows us the heart of the false teacher and explains why they teach destructive heresies.
Continue reading “2 Peter 2:20c — Entangled”
… by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ…
Summary: In the midst of his rant about false teachers, Peter points us to the elegant simplicity of salvation.
Continue reading “2 Peter 2:20b — Eight Little Words”
If they have escaped the corruption of the world …
Summary: Until we find Jesus, there is only one thing that occupies our minds whether we know it or not. We are looking for some way to escape the corruption of the world.
Continue reading “2 Peter 2:20a — Escape”