2 Peter

Over the next week I am going to be doing a devotional based on 2 Peter through YouVersion (check out the link here). I think it will help me stick with it if I share what insight I am gaining from my readings so that's what I'll be attempting to do over the next week or so.

Today, they had us read the entire book of 2nd Peter. I had taken a class over it in Bible College (it was actually 1 and 2 Peter and Jude) with the amazing Prof. Chesser and remember learning a ton, but, truthfully, I've forgotten a lot of it. I'm so excited to reread it now!

A few verses stuck out to me as I read today. First there was this:
"But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with fabricated stories. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others; 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;  and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless  (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—  if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the flesh^[c] and despise authority." 2 Peter 2: 1-10

Here we are reminded that God will judge the false teachers. He will hold accountable those that exploit His people. No, we may not see it this lifetime, but, if I'm being honest, this is a comfort to me. There are so many people in the world who do evil. Who use God's word and His church for their own personal gain. It's nice to know that in the end, they will get what is coming to them. I don't have to worry about what they may gain here on this earth. 

Also we have:
"But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare." 2 Peter 3:10

The end is coming. Like it or not, accept it or not, the end is coming. And God wants everyone to come to it (it even says exactly that in the previous verse). He doesn't want anyone to perish. What are you doing to reach the lost? What are you doing to help advance the kingdom? What am I doing? I hope we are doing all we can in our own lives and ministries whether your ministry is as a church leader or a Sunday school teacher or as a bug man or a classroom teacher or even just as a wife and mother. My hope for you and I is that we do everything we can where we are to advance His kingdom.