2 Peter 3:1 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Peter 3:1

God’s Promise Is Not Slack

1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which ^aI stir up your pure minds by way of reminder),

2 that you may be mindful of the words ^awhich were spoken before by the holy prophets, ^band of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,

3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, ^awalking according to their own lusts,

4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of ^acreation.”

5 For this they willfully forget: that ^aby the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth ^bstanding out of water and in the water,

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Now you know it's not like that. Things aren't continuing as they were, and the reason you know is because God has given you and me discernment of the times and seasons that we are living in. It's not going to continue the way it is. It's going to get worse before it gets better. So Peter is reminding us.

Excerpted from Don't Be a Prudent Agnostic

Articles

Are These the Last Days? (Part 1)
Are These the Last Days? (Part 2)
How Much Longer Do We Have?
Our Uniqueness and Time
The Gun Lap
The Sovereignty of God: Part Six
To Watch and Keep
Where Is the Promise of His Coming?

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The Great Flood (Part 1)
The Days of Noah
Grace, Mercy, and Favor (Part One): To the Beaten
Keeping God's Standards
Going on to Perfection
Finishing Your Gun Lap
Why Are We Here and What Is Our Focus?
Grace, Mercy, and Favor (Part One): To the Beaten
Does Doctrine Really Matter? (Part 1)
The Beginning of Sorrows
Hebrews: Its Background (Part Five)
Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen (Part Ten)
The Ultimate Gift
Shrugging Off Scoffers (Part One)
From Both Sides Now and the Feast of Tabernacles
We Must Work for What We Believe
The Sovereignty of God (Part 6)
God's Rest and the Millennium
Don't Be Indifferent
God's Perseverance With His Saints (Part One)
Shrugging Off Scoffers (Part One)
We Must Learn to Fly
Following God Through a Spiritual Wilderness
You Are What You Choose
God and Reality
Trumpets: Soon To Be Fulfilled?
How Satan Destroys Faith
How Long, O Lord? (1994)
Spiritual Minefields
Where is the Promise of His Coming?
Preternatural, Natural, Unnatural, Supernatural (Part One)
Uniqueness and Time

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