2 PETER (Letter 61, Larry Crabb’s 66 Love Letters)

I Know How to Rescue My Children From Their Worst Problem

We now share His nature. We have within us the power necessary to resist every natural impulse that stands in the way of loving others as He loves us. Neither fear, failure, nor temptation is stronger than the divine power available to us that can keep us walking the narrow road to life.

We cannot escape from the desire for our own happiness and well-being. And he doesn’t want us to. But we can escape from the demand to arrange for our own happiness and well-being. We can do so by trusting Him with our life and devoting ourselves to revealing His nature to others by how we relate.

Many of God’s followers are nearsighted and blind. They see only the possibility of socializing their self-centeredness into what they mistakenly regard as an acceptable way for His followers to live. He calls them and us to crucify our old way of relating, not to disguise it beneath a friendly Christian looking veneer. But false teachers come along with stories they have made up that pervert His story into an opportunity to use Him for the satisfaction of their self-obsessed desires. If we buy into their lives, we will relate out of self-interest and see nothing wrong with it. We won’t even realize we’re relating from that energy. We will recognize no conflict between relating in a way that gains personal advantage and living as a follower of His Son.

A second error in thinking leads to a greater concern for making this life work well than for personal holiness.

If we listen to such false teaching we will not be rescued from our worst problem of selfish relating into selfless relating.

2 PETER: From Ray Stedman

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2 PETER – David Jeremiah (Understanding the 66 Books of the Bible)

Key thought: While awaiting our Lord’s return, we must stand on His great and precious promises, which provide all we need for life and godliness.

Key Verse: Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble. 2 Peter 1:10

Key Action: Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, wihout spot and blameless 2 Peter 3:14