2 Peter 3:14-16 • Spotless & Blameless
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011—2 Peter 3:14-16 (NASB)
So what is the apostle Peter's advice on how to live in expectation of Christ's imminent return? That we should be found "spotless and blameless", biblical terms most often used to describe an acute disassociation with sin. He doesn't tell us to buy a white robe and go stand on a hill, he doesn't advocate building and stocking a bunker, he doesn't even encourage us to seek the signs confirming all that the prophetic Word of God has promised will happen. No, we're called to live in the Last Days exactly the same way we're supposed to live each and every ordinary day of our life: in faithfulness to His Word, forsaking all sin.
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