Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election.
Summary: We have received a wonderful invitation. Now it is time for us to respond.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:10a — Wedding Bells”
…forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
Summary: Our little brains seem to have a limited capacity for remembering the good things people have done for us.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:9b — Bee Business”
But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind…
Summary: The truth about God is not hard to find. He has given us an entire book about himself. Ignoring the truth is not only possible, it is our natural instinct.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:9a — Don’t Blink”
…in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Summary: There is knowledge, and there is knowledge. The kind of knowledge Peter is talking about is precise and detailed.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:8d — Zoom!”
…and unproductive…
Summary: Productivity is not really a biblical concept, but fruitfulness is. Peter is helping us understand the kind of person Jesus wants us to be.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:8c — Growing Fruit”
… they will keep you from being ineffective …
Summary: The Greek word for “ineffective” can also be translated as “lazy.” Peter is helping us to avoid being a lazy Christian.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:8b — The Lazy Christian”
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure …
Summary: Talking blind is like walking blind, only with your mouth. When we talk about spiritual things, we are talking about the unseen. If we are not quoting the Bible, which is our only source of accurate information about spiritual things, then we are making things up.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:8a — Talking Blind”
… and to mutual affection, love.
Summary: Peter has taken us up the mountain with him, and in today’s passage, he shows us the peak.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:7b — Top of the Mountain”
… and to godliness, mutual affection …
Summary: The humanist approach to life is very different that the direction we get from God.
Continue reading “2 Peter 1:7a — A Tale of Two Pyramids”