2 Peter 2:2 "And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of." "Pernicious" in the verse above, means spiritual ruin, or loss. It is so strange to me that more people will believe a lie than will believe the Truth. It is so interesting to me that many other religions today, such as the Muslim, believe the Christians are heathen. Those, who do not believe in Jesus, think we are evil for following Him. Many people will profess to be Christians but deny Christ’s lordship over their lives, refusing to live as obedient servants to Christ and His Word, following instead the lusts of the flesh, the world, and the devil. Such nominal Christians tragically will be included in the Lord’s condemnation of hypocrites at the judgment (Matt. 7:21-23; Jude 4, 7). Denying the lordship of Christ while claiming to be a believer destructively infects other people and discredits the gospel. 1 Corinthians 1:18 "For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." “The way of truth shall be evil spoken of”: The world mocks and scoffs at the gospel of Jesus Christ because of nominal Christians who do not follow the Lord they claim, and have been unmasked as hypocritical people. Verses 3-9: Future universal “judgment” of this world is illustrated by the reference to the “flood” (Greek kataklusmon, “cataclysm”) of Noah’s day which came upon the “old world,” that is, the antediluvian world. The universal extent of the Flood is assumed by the author as an illustration of coming universal judgment at the end of this age. The deliverance of “Lot” from “Sodom and Gomorrah” is used to illustrate the fact that God will deliver His own from the coming universal judgment.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:20:12 +0000
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