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Reading:

2 Peter 1:16-21

“The truth we know and present is fabulous, but not a fable.”

Peter assured his readers with this simple, short defense of the Gospel they made known. And he did so as an eyewitness of Jesus’ transfigured majesty. And as an “ear witness” of God’s own voice speaking audibly from Heaven. Continue reading →

Because those who know need reminding
Reading:

2 Peter 1:12-15

  1. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
  2. Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
  3. Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
  4. Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

Peter’s readers knew these things. And they were solidly grounded in that truth. I gather these folks faithfully lived out the truth they knew.

Nevertheless, Peter knew they needed reminding. So he committed himself to being faithful in reminding them. “Always.”

I know a lot about the Bible and about living the Christ life. I am well-established in what I know. But I still need reminding. “Affirming,” they buzz nowadays. Continue reading →

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