BIG IDEA:
GROW AND GLORIFY
I. SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS THE PERSONAL GOAL
“but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
McNab: “Knowledge of God implies personal experience and continuous fellowship, the secret of Christian steadfastness and progress.”
II. THE GLORY OF GOD IS THE COSMIC GOAL
“To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
Green: “The false teachers detracted from Christ’s glory now, by a wicked life, and from His glory then, by denying the parousia. Peter is determined to reverse both trends.”
Ritchie: “What should we be doing now that we know Jesus is coming again? Building bomb shelters? Buying white robes? Stockpiling food? Peter is not interested in our activity, but in our attitude. Here are his wise words to us in our generation. Let us align our thinking with the word of truth about Jesus as we find it in his Scripture. Let us work diligently to be found in peace. Let us be above reproach and blameless in this corrupt society. Let us realize that the Lord’s patience with mankind is so that others may enter into a relationship with him. Let us be on guard against false teachers and mockers who distort the truth, to their own destruction. Finally, let us grow in grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ.”