2 Peter 3:11 KJV [11] “Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,”      The Bible teaches that this world is headed for destruction. The phrase “what manner of persons” goes beyond our behavior and involves our identity. It is not just about what we do occasionally, but who we are every day. Peter has painted a very clear picture that the world is coming to an end, so we need to heed this warning. These truths should instill in us the desire to live …

2 Peter 3:10 KJV [10] “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.”      A thief does not send notice ahead of time. There is no courtesy warning or calendar appointment. The point is not to inspire fear, but to highlight the certainty of unpredictability. Life, as we experience it, often lulls us into a pattern of assuming that tomorrow will …

2 Peter 3:9 KJV [9] “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”      The problem in this verse is not with God, but with human perception. We live in a world of schedules, deadlines, and where people want immediate results. However, God does not work on man’s scale. Our verse says, “as some men count slackness.” These scoffers are measuring God by their own limited understanding. Men are fools to try to measure the God that …

 2 Peter 3:8 KJV [8] “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”      The building of the ark took a long period of time. To many, it seemed unnecessary and foolish. We know that God did not need over a century to complete the building of the ark, because He could have immediately spoken an ark into existence. This period of time was God’s window of mercy on a lost world. The Lord was giving man time to repent and …

2 Peter 3:7 KJV [7] “but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.”      It is so easy to become comfortable in this world. We build lives, make plans, pursue goals, and sometimes forget that everything here is temporary. The word “ungodly” in our text refers to a life without God. It speaks of a life that is lived with no regard for Him. An ungodly person may appear moral, respectable, and even religious on the outside. However, …

2 Peter 3:6 KJV [6] “whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:”      While the world perished, Noah and his family were preserved. The balance between judgment and salvation is a recurring theme in the Scriptures. During the flood, God addressed both justice and redemption. He displayed both His wrath and His grace at the same time.      Just as then, we live in a world filled with believers and unbelievers. The flood serves as a constant reminder of God’s faithfulness. He is faithful to judge, and He is faithful to deliver. Sinners should pay close …

2 Peter 3:5 KJV [5] “For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:”      Peter is not talking about people who do not know the truth. He is talking about people who choose not to acknowledge the truth. There is a difference between not knowing something and refusing to accept something. Whenever someone refuses to accept a certain truth, they are willingly ignorant. They were given light, but they chose to reject it. This is not a passive …

2 Peter 3:4 KJV [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 the creation.”      The people Peter describes were looking at the world around them and drawing conclusions that nothing had changed. To them, this steady rhythm was proof that God‘s promised intervention was not true. What these scoffers failed to realize was that God does not work on their timeline.      Sometimes, what looks like inactivity is really God’s mercy and patience with mankind. God is not living in time, …

2 Peter 3:3 KJV [3] “knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,”      We are living in a society marked by skepticism, moral compromise, and opposition to divine truth. The world mocks and ridicules Christianity. They despise the teaching of the Bible and the message of the Gospel. They love to make light of its message, because they do not like to retain God in their knowledge.      The phrase “there shall come” teaches us about the growing emergence of these scoffers in the last days. The closer we get …

2 Peter 3:2 KJV [2] “that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:”      I want to pay tribute to the Bible in this devotional because Peter is pointing believers to it in this verse. In the last devotional, we emphasized the Word of God, and we will do that again for this one. I do not think that you can place too much emphasis on the Bible. God has magnified His Word above His name, so we should …