Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. Welcome to the Wednesday in the Word podcast, equipping our leaders of this great weekly Bible study held at Dario, our wonderful, gracious host. all across North Carolina. This is to equip, encourage, and guide you as you prepare to teach the word and guide the discussion. At each location each week, and we continue our journey now through the book of Daniel.
Here we are with today's special guest, Dr. Sam Warren. Here we are in Second Peter. A new journey, a new book. We have gone from.
the fiery trials of 1 Peter And the roaring lion of First Peter to the fiery furnace of Daniel. and the lion's in of Daniel. and all the false prophets that were beleaguering and attacking. Viciously, In Jeremiah's day and in Daniel's day, telling the people not to stay in Babylon and try to overthrow it. To the false prophets in Second Peter.
We're in a new book. And it's neat how the scriptures are all connected, Dr. Horn. God's word, it's just this tapestry of redemption, this scarlet thread running all the way through. I guess we could, it's a lot.
That's a, that could be a lot of review. We like to do review and preview as we jump into a new book. How do you do that? You know, maybe speak a little bit to 1 Peter, Daniel, and now 2 Peter, which really does look ahead. It's kind of Peter's swan song.
That's an interesting way to put it because if you go all the way back to the Apostle Peter. 1st and 2 Peter are really the story of his life. uh he's just writing out of the overflow of what happened to him if you remember uh Decades earlier, he walked with Jesus. and he talked with Jesus and he was the disciple that was never shy. He was the disciple that was never lacking for an answer.
And whenever he opened his mouth. And his heart was submissive to the Lord. Wonderful things came out, but sometimes. Peter got in the way, as we often do, and the Lord had to really humble him. And so in my mind, as I read 1 and 2 Peter, I'm cognizant of the power of the word to humble a man and strengthen a man so that he's useful.
I remember, you go back into the gospels in. Uh two accounts uh remind me of Of the power of what we're talking about. Remember when Peter was rebuking the Lord and And the Lord said to Peter, Satan has desired to have you. but I prayed for you. And when you are turned, you will strengthen many.
In other words, you know, Peter's so... Arrogant. He's like, Lord, if all these other people leave you, I will never leave you. And Jesus knows what's coming, and he says, Satan wants to destroy you, Peter. But I'm praying for you.
And I'm going to do a work in your life. And when that work happens, you're going to strengthen. My people. And then not too many chapters later, you find Peter going back after the resurrection, discouraged because he felt like he abandoned the Lord. He denied the Lord.
And he was just going to go back and fish. And the Lord met him on a seashore, prepared breakfast. and had this amazing conversation where he asked Peter three times the same question. Do you love me? Because at a fire Another fire.
the fire that was outside of the high priest's home. Peter denied the Lord three times. And so the Lord prepared a fire and he fed Peter from food cooked on that fire. And he said, Peter, Do you love me? And Peter said, I love you.
And the Lord said, feed my sheep three times.
Well, decades later, we come to the end of this man's life, and that's what he's been doing. He's been going in the strength of that commission. And 2 Peter is the culmination of that. We are going to find out. how God can do in our life what he did in Peter's.
Yeah, good word. And that's, by the way, the voice of uh My partner on this podcast, Dr. Sam Horn, who's an author, pastor of Great Church in the upstate area of South Carolina, just outside of Greenville, Palmetto Baptist Church. He is a radio pastor as well. He does a lot of work, a lot of speaking, a lot of preaching, a lot of teaching.
He's led universities and seminaries, and we're just honored to have him with us, Dr. Horne. We're looking at 61 verses in 2 Peter. We're looking at three chapters. It is power-packed.
One pastor told me he's about to take his congregation through this in three years. He's really drilling down on that. He's going word by word. He's not going verse by verse. That's right, word by word.
And you know what? I'm not going to argue with him because, sadly, a lot of our sermons have become TED Talks and motivational messages and not scripture-driven.
So I'm not telling our leaders, and we're not going to go through it that long. We may. We won't be anywhere near that length. I just read it before recording with you, Doctor Horne, and it took me just under eight minutes. To read every word.
And to comprehend every word with my attention span is tough sometimes. And all 61 verses, it took me just under eight minutes of the three chapters of 2 Peter.
So There's a whole lot going on here. I'd love for you to give us the 5,000-foot view. You know, you've got three chapters, you've got a lot on. Our identity in Christ and adding to our faith growth in Christ. You got a lot on these.
These beleaguering and attacking You know, from the outside and from the inside, these false prophets and Peter goes after them hard. You got a lot on the day of the Lord, his return, the greatest event yet to happen in history is before us. How would you How would you kind of describe this book, Dr. Horne? What can we expect, and what are some of the themes we can see?
They kind of pulsate from verse to verse through these verses of 2 Peter.
Well I've always, you know, when I've come to a book like this, no matter how short or long it is, I always want to find. In the author's mind, I don't want to just bring my own thoughts to it, I want to really. Drill down into the book like you're doing. It takes about eight to 10 minutes to read it. And I would really challenge our leaders and anybody who is participating in our Bible study through 2 Peter, you need to read this book every day.
Invest 10 minutes of your day and read 2 Peter over and over and over and over and over and over, and let the flow of the book unfold. And when you let the book unfold, The thought, the river of thought that Peter unleashes in the book divides very naturally in this way. There's an introduction. It's like when you get in the boat. In fact, there's an analogy of a ship being prepared and outfitted for a journey.
um and so the sort of you're on the dock getting in the boat and the captain Peter is telling you what you need to know about the journey in the first four verses. When you land at the end of the book, chapter 3, verse 18, sort of is the epilogue. It's the concluding comment. Uh and and so Peter is going to tie it all together and he's going to bring you back at the end to where he started at the beginning. And what he's going to talk about is grace and knowledge.
with regard to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And what we're supposed to do in light of grace and knowledge, we're supposed to grow in grace and knowledge. And the reason for that is we want to glorify Christ now in this life, like we will in the life to come.
So that's the big idea. that that we are to grow in grace.
Now, chapter one is going to talk about what that looks like internally. in my life.
So you can say chapter one is the look inside. And Peter is going to take us on a journey through chapter one. About how, in fact, we are to grow in grace. There is the divine enablement that helps us to grow in grace. but we're supposed to grow in grace ourselves.
There are things that God tells us to do that will allow us to grow in grace. And there is a particular resource that God has given to us that will enable that to happen in our life. And that resource is the word of God that we find talking, that Peter talks about in chapter 1, verses 16 through 21. And so that's the look inside.
Now the reason that's so important is because of what's going around outside, right?
Now there's a look outside. And when you start looking around, what Peter focuses your attention on is there are enemies of the gospel. And those enemies are very cunning, they're very deceitful, they make all kinds of promises. And the thing that is most stunning about these enemies that we meet in chapter two is that they're inside the church. They have crept in unawares.
into the body of Christ, into the community of faith. And they are ravaging that community like a wolf would ravage a flock of sheep. And we're going to find out that the sheep let the wolf in. And many of the sheep have actually become mesmerized. By the wolves and are being decimated.
They're being defiled, they're being destroyed. And actually, they're being turned away from the grace of God that saved them and that strengthens them. And we're going to find out a lot about these false teachers. What do they look like? How do you recognize them?
What are you supposed to do? when you find them. And most importantly, how do you avoid them? And then there is this. Comfort and warning that God gives in chapter two.
He says to the sheep, Now, the reason you need to know this is you need to know that God knows how to judge the wicked. And he talks about how God judged angels who rose up in pride and in arrogance, how he judged the wickedness of Sodom and Gomorrah. And so, as you read this view to the outside, as impressive as these false teachers are, and as compelling as they are, and as powerful as they seem, Peter says, I want you to know something. God knows how to judge the wicked. And then he says something else.
God knows how to deliver the righteous. And he talks about a man named Lot. Who lived in the middle of Sodom and Gomorrah, and God knew how to judge that wicked city, and He knew how to deliver righteous Lot. And that's exactly what we need to know in our own day. And so that's chapter two.
And then chapter three is a look ahead.
So there's a look inside. What do I need to do in my life? There's a look around, what's going on around me in the church? How do I avoid these false teachers? And then there's a look ahead.
And the look ahead has to do with a promise that God made that the false teachers have challenged. And the promise is the one we saw in the book of Daniel that we studied some time ago: that there is a kingdom coming. and when the lord appears he will set up that kingdom and we will rule and reign But thousands of years have come and gone. And over time, people start to wonder, did I get it wrong? Maybe I didn't understand it.
And then they start doubting the Lord. They're like, well, maybe the Lord isn't really going to come back or maybe the Lord isn't going to really fulfill this promise. And Peter is reminding us. In chapter three, That the promise of God is sure, and we can depend on it no matter how much time has passed. No matter how much we think the Lord has forgotten, there is a reason for the delay.
And the reason for the delay is mercy. God is showing mercy. to generation after generation and generation after generation. And our job is to live in those generations. as lights shining in the dark.
And really, that's really 2 Peter. And that's why when I think about the big idea of the book. It is God using Peter. to develop in me a strong faith. for stormy times.
I love that. And I love how you kind of ended. It's interesting you ended on how we're lights. We don't know when he's coming back, but we're lights in the meantime in this dark time. And how you know, it's interesting how Daniel ended.
Daniel didn't know when this stuff was coming on. He's like, how long? How long to the angel? He's wondering, you know, at the very end, even in chapter 10, chapter 11, chapter 12. And he's told, you're a resurrection light.
You're a light. to shine to bring many to righteousness. you know, 12-3 of Daniel. And to you, you know, you'll live forever. And so Peter had the same attacks, you know, from.
The satanic attacks through these false prophets, really messengers and minions of the devil. Plaguing the church. Questioning, where is the sign of your coming? Is Jesus really coming? Come on.
He stood on the mountain and he ascended. And they said he's going to return in a like manner.
Well, where is he? And so, Dr. Horn, I love how you articulated that. We'll get more into these themes as we break down the book. I want to.
Read the first four verses. We're not going to spend a lot of time on them because this is really where the teachers. And the leaders of, you know, that are leading through, and even pastors that listen to this, if it can help you teach through 2 Peter, then have at it. We hope this is a blessing to you. But the first four verses: Simon Peter, a bondservant.
and apostle of Jesus Christ to those who have obtained Like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. as his divine power Has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him. who called us by glory and virtue. By which by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises That through these you may be partakers of the divine nature.
Having escaped the corruption, That is in the world. Through lust.
So these are the four verses. Dr. Horne, Peter, he doesn't waste any time. He just jumps right in. you know, two feet in the deep end with these rich We look at all these themes of Of precious faith, the righteousness of God and Savior, you know, affirming Christ's deity, he's not just Savior, he's God.
In verse. You know, in verse one, this grace and peace, which is a common greeting in the New Testament epistles. The knowledge of God is mentioned. The knowledge of Jesus is mentioned. His divine power has given us all these things.
This treasure trove of God's generosity poured out on us. Dr. Horn, there's so much in here, and just in these four verses. Challenge as they, as our as folks are preparing to teach this, how they can kind of dig into each of these verses. I don't want.
What we don't want when we teach the word... is to say, you know, is to say a few, you know, read a scripture and then just Go off on an Unrelated or an unconnected thought. Like we got to stay in the text, Dr. Horn. Tell us real quick, guide us on that with these four verses, especially, just real quick before we get out of here.
So I would say that verse one is going to give us. Uh, the foundation of everything else, and it is the gospel. Peter is writing to people who have obtained. In other words, they didn't go out and earn this.
Somebody gave it to them. They have obtained something. That is of equal value to what Peter had.
So, whatever Peter has. These people have the very same thing. And so, this is stunning. When I think about the Apostle Peter, whatever he had. You and I have it today.
And what the text says is faith. We have obtained the same faith. that Peter had. The same gospel, the same salvation, the same faith. It is of equal standing.
When I stand before the Lord, I stand on the same gospel. I have the same access that Peter had, and I got it from Jesus Christ. Who is God and savior. And so all of a sudden, I am. in in very holy territory here when i think of jesus christ I am Peter is reminding me of his identity.
He is the second member of the Godhead, and he came to save us from our sin. And that is how we have obtained righteousness, right?
So. Basically, the first thing I would say as we jump into this is: this book is written to people. who have come to realize and obtain a genuine salvation. Provided to them by a righteousness that was earned for them by Jesus Christ, who is our God and our Savior.
So that's the first thing. And that is why we can have grace and peace multiplied to us. Everybody is looking for peace. Everybody is looking for grace or help. And we can have grace and peace.
only through the gospel that we've obtained Through the Lord Jesus Christ.
So that's verses one and two. Verse three and four are gonna talk to us about. Two big ideas, and here's where I would go with this: big idea number one. is there is a truth about his power. And there is a truth.
about his promise.
So I could take those big ideas.
So what is the truth about his power? And the truth about his power is this. by that power by that authority and that ability he has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness everything we need for eternal life And everything that we need to reflect that eternal life in this life. has been given to us and is energized. in us by power that is outside of us.
And that power comes from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And when that power is exercised. it brings us into something that peter describes as the knowledge of him The word knowledge there is not the normal word for knowing things. This is not Peter saying, hey, listen, you're going to learn more facts about Jesus. We are going to learn more facts about Jesus in this book, and they're stunning.
This is the word for relational knowledge. This is the kind of knowledge that you had, Stu, when you married Julie all those years ago and when I married Beth all those years ago. And now all these years later, Beth and I will be celebrating 39 years of marriage. And I have grown in my knowledge of Beth in 39 years. But I don't mean by that, I learned a lot more facts about her.
I've grown in intimacy. I've grown in cherishing. I've grown in the one-heartedness and one-flesh relationship. And it is so much deeper now. My love for her is so much deeper now than it was 39 years ago.
In fact. You know, if you'd have asked me 39 years ago if I love Beth, I would have told you I love her with my whole heart and I wouldn't have been lying to you. But today I look back on that and go, man, I love her so much more. Than I did. And the answer is: I've grown in my ability to love her.
That's the idea here. There is a growing in the knowledge, the intimate knowledge of God. who called us to his own glory and virtue. And so we have been given something. By God.
as believers That will grow us in our intimacy with him and make us look more like him. That's the idea of excellence.
so that we bring him glory. And so there's a truth about. the power that is that God has that he's using toward us. And then there is in verse four, a truth about his promise. By which he has granted to us precious and very great promises.
so that through them you may become partakers. of the divine nature having escaped. from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. And so, what we're told here is there are promises that God has made. We don't.
Know what they are in verse 4, but by the time we get to the end of the book, we're going to know what those promises are, and those promises have to do with his coming. You know, John talks about the fact that when we think about his coming, we purify ourselves. in first john well that's in essence what peter is saying peter is saying god has given to us extremely valuable and very great promises And these promises. Do something. They're not just sitting in sort of a bank somewhere.
These promises. make us partakers of the divine nature. when we realize the impact of these promises. and what they mean for us. We are motivated by the Spirit of God to do certain things, which we're going to find out later in chapter one, to add to our faith certain things that are going to make us look more and more like Jesus.
And those promises. Really make us partakers of the divine nature because we have escaped the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. At the end of the day, what the Spirit of God does is He uses the Word of God. motivates us by the promise of God so that we mortify our flesh. and we escape the sinful desires of the word this is peter Peter's way of saying what Paul said to the Galatians when he said, walk in the spirit.
and you won't fulfill the lusts of the flesh. This is Peter's way of saying what Paul said to the Corinthians when he said, When we gaze into the word of God with an unveiled heart and we see Jesus, we progress from one level of glory to the other. Peter's just saying that same idea in his own words, and the Holy Spirit inspired those words for our good. Wow, that's beautiful, Dr. Horne.
Those first four verses really provide. A foundation. The framework for the whole book, as we'll see. As we add to our faith, as we get into this, and we'll see Peter saying a couple times: hey, he's trying to remind them, stir up a holy memory. in them So they don't get off.
set or turned turned away by these false teachers. Dr. Horn, what we do, just a little inside baseball for those listening to this, maybe that aren't a part of our ministry, Wednesday in the Word, which is it, a wonderful a restaurant across North Carolina called Dario, and we have women in the Word that meet the the women meet on Thursdays and one group meets on Tuesday and then the men all meet at every Dario, all twelve locations, every Wednesday morning. At 8 a.m. And these are the questions that we prepare.
So I send out a leader notes. With a link to this podcast for everyone to listen to hear you and to hear this conversation. And then, I send out notes with a breakdown of the text.
So these leaders, some are pastors, some are lay leaders, Sunday school teachers, professionals, all different levels, a financial planner. I had lunch with him the other day. He's one of our leaders of the Stanleyville Dario. Matt does a great job. They just I just help them go through the text to understand.
Maybe some Greek words just to help them f See what God is saying, observation, interpretation, application, basic Bible study techniques. We try to send these notes out, and then we send out a handout sheet. That's a discussion guide.
Now, here are the questions for this week's discussion guide, Dr. Horn, and then we'll wrap up this conversation. But for people to hear the goal of these questions. is to connect Those that are in your study, whether it be your church, if you're a pastor and this is helping you, or whether you're one of our Wednesday in the Word leaders, the goal of this is to connect back to the text. And here it is.
First question is. What is the theme? of this epistle. How is it Peter's Swan Song. Question two.
Who is? This bondservant and apostle. Of course, this gets you to go back and look at Peter's life like we did a little bit ago in our time of review. Who is this guy? And he's not so much that impetuous Open mouth, insert-foot guy from the Gospels.
He's mature. He's potentially, he's going to die shortly after this epistle as a martyr. And we'll talk about that more as we get along.
So, who is he? How do we see his life fleshed out? through this epistle. Why is our faith so precious? Man, I love that word precious.
It's used in 1 Peter a bunch, it's used here a bunch in 2 Peter. Question for how much Has his divine power given us. How are we partakers of the divine nature? And then we'll get into that.
Now, some folks take that to say, we are little Jesuses, we're little gods. No, there's one Jesus, there's one God, the Father of all, but we are sons, we're joint heirs. And you got to be careful not to step into the heresy of that, which some folks take too far. And then the fourth question, why is the knowledge of him?
So important. Dr. Horn just touched on that. And then the fifth question is a testimony time question to get people kind of discussing these important themes. And there are three questions here.
How have you been delivered from corruption? What great and precious promises have changed your life. Who are you inviting into a life-changing relationship with God? How is this outward turning? Knowing God, yes.
and then making him known.
So Dr. Horn, those are the questions. I wanted you to hear those too. Yeah, amen. There's great questions.
Well, there's a theme here, and we see a little bit in 1 Peter chapter 1. We see it in Ephesians chapter 1. We see it all throughout the epistles, and this idea of this immense wealth. that God has just put in us. That you know that we are Paul says it in 8.17 of Romans.
We're joint heirs with Christ. He's given us everything, right? And he even asked the question in 8.32 of Romans. He says, He who spared not his own son. Shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
1 Corinthians 3. 21 through 23, God has given you all things. Paul telling the carnal Corinthians, quit living. You know, quit living, quit eating dog food. God's giving you a steak, He's giving you a prime rib.
You know, He's blessed you beyond measure. And so, here, Peter, Dr. Horn, comment on that and just. How the treasure trove of every believer, why are we living as paupers when we are sons and daughters of the most high king? Talk about the treasure trove and make some final comments, will you, sir, as we get out of here and maybe even close us in prayer?
Well, I think the treasure trove culminates in the greatest treasure of all, and that is Jesus Christ. You know, there is no greater treasure. And we can spend our whole life. Looking for ways to use Jesus so that we can get whatever we think our little treasure is. Man, if I just.
Man, if I just serve Jesus more, then I'll get this treasure I really want. You know, I'll have a good job. Or if I just If I just do a bunch of stuff for Jesus, then my marriage is going to be better. That's really my treasure. And Jesus is like blowing all of that out of the water and saying, Look, I want you to have a good marriage and I want you to be satisfied in your vocation.
But more than that, I want to be your treasure. And so you brought up the whole heresy of thinking that we're little Jesuses. And partaking of the divine nature. You know, Paul talked about that in the Ephesians. You brought up Ephesians.
Well, in Ephesians chapter 3. He has this prayer. that he prays for for his readers. That they would be strengthened by the Spirit of God in their inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts. through faith.
And when Christ dwells in your heart, he goes on to pray that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. What in the world is he talking about there? And I would say it this way: he is praying, and Peter is reiterating this. He is praying that whatever fills God would fill us. What are the qualities?
What are the character? What are the beautiful things? What are the beautiful attributes that can be shared by human beings that are in God that should be in us?
So being partaking of the divine nature isn't talking about us being little gods. It's talking about those qualities of God that are so stunning in him. Those qualities that fill God should fill us. For example, we know the scripture tells us God is love.
So that's a quality that ought to fill us. Our lives should be so full of love for God. They should be full of God, love for others, for other believers that are in the household of faith. They should be filled with love for our enemies and for those who are lost. But what do we actually love?
You know, when you stop and think about what is it we actually love, we love our life, we love this present world like Demas did, we love health, we love comfort. We love whatever it is that's captured our eyes. And Peter is writing and he is saying, I want God to give you grace and peace in such measure that all of those little loves will be exploded out of your life so that the love that fills God. That love will fill you. Think about joy.
One of the things that marks God is a deep He takes in the other members of the Trinity, a joy that he takes. The Psalms describe God as singing. Isaiah describes God as singing over his people. There's this deep joy. And so, what fills God?
The joy that fills God ought to fill us.
Well, what happens when you run around a Christian under pressure? Man, they're discouraged, they're sad, they're depressed, they're anxious. And Peter is saying, Look, I want what fills God to fill you. I want you to be full of joy. And you can just go down the line, peace, long suffering.
All of the things that fill God. God is so full of longsuffering toward his enemies. That for thousands of years he delays his coming to the point that people actually get really bad impressions of God and come to really wrong conclusions about him in 2 Peter. But the whole reason that he is delaying his coming is because he's full of longsuffering toward his enemies and he wants them to repent.
Well, we ought to be filled with that. And so when Peter says we are going to partake of the divine nature. Here One of the most amazing things in the Bible. If we will listen to Peter. We will add to our faith the things that fill God.
And the Spirit of God will fill us with those things. And when we are filled with those things, we will do immense damage to the kingdom of darkness. Amen. That's a beautiful statement. You know, you think about this word precious used so many times.
You know, how often do we think of the Lord as precious? How often do we... Thank you the Lord is the pearl of great price. You know, as that treasure, you know, the word treasure, like valuable, dear. You know, when someone takes his name in vain.
It's not okay. You broke a commandment. You're on time out. We're putting you in the penalty box. No, man, that's my Jesus.
He's my best friend. And there's a tenderness and there's a connection, there's a love, there are tears, there's an intimacy. And that Peter experienced on that mount, and he'll talk about that, we'll get there. In a couple weeks. Where he experienced the majesty of Christ on the mountain and he brings us into it, man.
It's glorious.
Well, Dr. Horn, it is glorious. Thank you for that word. This is a real, this is a real Everstead of Scripture, another one here in 2 Peter. And we just pray for our leaders and as they navigate, as they study.
You know, we've got to really get into it ourselves. And I liked what you said earlier. You know, Dr. John MacArthur, late John MacArthur.
Someone asked him, how do you recall the Bible? How do you memorize the Bible? How do you, you know, bring this stuff up? How do you have such command of the scripture? And Dr.
MacArthur said, Well, let's start with a short epistle. 2 Peter or like 1 John. And he challenged people to read a short epistle like 2 Peter. In that case, he said, 1 John. He said, read it.
He said, read it twice a day for a month, for 30 days. By the end of that time, you'll know the book. You'll have it practically memorized. You know, and that's just a infra. And this is even shorter than that one.
This is that's five chapters. This is 2 Peter's only three chapters, 61 verses. And I read it in eight minutes.
So that's you know, 15 minutes a day. You could read it almost twice and And every day, just to kind of get it in. But the power is in what it now that now it gets in you. And now that's where this, you start to, you start to get these promises. And you start to.
To digest and ingest and ruminate, meditate. On God's word, and then God's word. I go to bed every night with a verse because my body, my mind, my soul needs that. purging you know and then And then, of course, when you're out there, what goes in comes out, right?
So when people press you. You respond. you know biblically And that's the prayer, and the Holy Spirit. you know, being filled with the Spirit. is letting His Word dwell on you richly.
You know, Colossians 3:15 in his piece as well.
So, yeah, that's thank you, Dr. Horn, for the insights. And I'm excited about this journey. We'll do this next section.
Next week, and I'll send all the leaders out a little outline, you know, of kind of how we'll break down the book. And take it, you know, of course we're going to take it verse by verse. And just to try to really, you know, you don't want to eat a steak in one bite. You know, you don't even want to take too big of a bite. You want to savor every bite.
You want to enjoy it, and you want to. Let your palate. Kind of fully, you know, engage in all of that, you know, the culinary taste, and you want to let your body kind of digest it so it gets in there and it and it assimilates into your system. And that's you know, how the word of God is, and so. That's what we're going to try to do here as we get into 2 Peter.
Amen. Well, let me pray for us and ask God to do all of that in your life and in mine and in the life of our dear. and all these people that will be studying God's word together. Lord, we are humbled. that even talking just for these.
40 minutes or so about 2 Peter. There's so much treasure we've unpacked in these few moments. I know what to do with it. just to think about the fact that we can add to our life. qualities and virtues.
and characteristics that mark you.
So that in essence we can partake of your divine nature. Lord, we used to be children of wrath. We used to be by nature disobedient. and because of the precious salvation the precious faith equal to that of Peter's. that you obtain for us.
by a righteousness that you earned for us. We can become partakers of your nature, Lord. We are. We marvel at that. We're so grateful.
And we pray that as days get dark and times get hard, we would always remember. that what fills you fills us. and by the power of your spirit We can grow in grace. and we can cultivate a strong faith. or stormy times.
And we'll thank you for it in Jesus' name. Amen. Thank you, Dr. Horne, and thank you for joining us for this Wednesday in the Word podcast. Learn more at wedintheword.com.
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He is a shield to those who put their trust in him. Proverbs 30, verse 5.
