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Overview
2
Peter
A. Salutation
[OR]
Greeting
(2Pe 1:1-2)
I.) The great Christian virtues [OR] Greeting the Faithful [OR] Growth in Christian Virtue [OR] Salutation [OR] Growth promised by God's grace (2Pe 1:1)
B. God's Power Gives Us the Ability to Live Godly Lives
[OR] Growth (2Pe 1:3-11)
A.) Making One's Calling And Election Sure [OR] The Christian's Call And Election (2Pe 1:3)
B.) Fruitful Growth In The Faith [OR] Peter Exhorts His Readers To Make Their Calling Certain, By Faith And Other Virtues (2Pe 1:5)
C. Prophets (2Pe 1:12-21)
A.) Peter's Approaching Death [OR] Prophecy Of Scripture [OR] Of Which He Takes Special Care To Remind Them, Knowing That His Own Death Is At Hand (2Pe 1:12)
I.) The Scriptures exalted (2Pe 1:15)
1. Pay Attention to God's Words (2Pe 1:16-21)
A.) The Trustworthy Prophetic Word [OR] Eyewitnesses [OR] Eyewitnesses Of Christ's Glory [OR] He Warns Them To Be Constant In The Faith Of Christ, The True Son Of God (2Pe 1:16)
D.
Warnings About False Teachers
[OR] False Prophets (2Pe 2:1-22)
I.) Warnings concerning apostate teachers (2Pe 2:1)
A.) They Will Deny Redemption By Blood: Many Will Follow Them [OR] Destructive Doctrines [OR] False Teachers And Their Destruction [OR] The Rise Of False Prophets [OR] False Prophets And Their Punishment [OR] He Foretells The Coming Of False Teachers And The Punishment To Be Given Them And Their Followers (2Pe 2:1)
1.) Doom Of False Teachers (2Pe 2:4)
2.) The Godly Shall Be Spared This Punishment, As Lot Was Delivered Out Of Sodom (2Pe 2:7)
3.) Depravity Of False Teachers (2Pe 2:12)
B.) The Marks Of The False Teachers (2Pe 2:15)
1.) They Are Like Balaam (2Pe 2:15)
2.) They Are Destitute Of The Spirit (2Pe 2:17)
3.) Their Words Are Learned And Pretentious [OR] Deceptions Of False Teachers [OR] He Describes More Fully The Habits Of Profane And Blasphemous Seducers (2Pe 2:18)
4.) They Affect Liberality (2Pe 2:19)
5.) Unsaved Professors Run After Them (2Pe 2:22)
E. Be Ready for the Day of the Lord
[OR] The Second Coming (2Pe 3:1-18)
I.) The return of the Lord and the day of the Lord [OR] God's Promise is Not Slack [OR] The Day of the Lord [OR] Purpose of This Letter [OR] The Promise of the Lord's Coming [OR] Peter assures them that Christ will return (2Pe 3:1)
A.) The Coming Day Of The Lord (2Pe 3:3)
B.) The Return Of The Lord To Be Generally Disbelieved (2Pe 3:4)
1.) He Tells The Godly That God's Long Patience Will Hasten Their Repentance (2Pe 3:8)
C.) The Day Of The Lord [OR] A New Heaven And Earth [OR] He Describes The Manner In Which The World Will Be Destroyed (2Pe 3:10)
1.) And Exhorts Them To Hss Of Life (2Pe 3:11)
2.) Be Steadfast [OR] Final Exhortation And Doxology (2Pe 3:14)
3.) And To Consideration Of God's Patience In Providing Their Salvation (2Pe 3:15)
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