EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/29/2025 10:23 PM
My Worship Time Focus: “Urgency”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 2 Peter 1:12a
Message of the verses: “12 Therefore, I will always remind you about these things”
It looks like this SD will be a bit shorter than the recent Spiritual Diaries as we look at the first part of 1 Peter 12a.
I remember listening to different sermons in the past and some of them were talking about the word “therefore” by saying “What is the therefore, therefore?” Well this Therefore refers back to the greatness of salvation seen in 1:1-4) and the blessedness of assurance (1:5-11), themes that are so crucial that they must never be forgotten. Peter did not want his readers in any way to forget that they were saved as seen in verse nine: “9 But those who fail to develop in this way are shortsighted or blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their old sins.” Peter did not want his readers to forget the blessings of their salvation as seen in 1:3 “3 By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. We have received all of this by coming to know him, the one who called us to himself by means of his marvelous glory and excellence.” When Peter used the future tense, will always be ready, he was first indicating that he would remind his readers of truth whenever given the opportunity, including when writing this Spirit-inspired epistle. But he also anticipated all who in the ages to come, would read this letter and be reminded of the great things God gave him to say, and that would include us as we study this second letter that Peter wrote.
John MacArthur writes “The apostle Paul, like Peter, knew the necessity of repeating the truth: “Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you’ (Phil. 3:1; cf. Rom. 15:15; 2 Thess. 2:5). Jude also sought to remind his readers of what they once knew (v. 5).
“Contrary to the beliefs of some, there is no such things as brand-new spiritual truth, only a clearer understanding of the timeless truths (Isa. 40:8; 1 Peter 1:23-25; cf. Matt. 5:18) in God’s Word. People do not always know the truths of Scripture, nor do they always hear t rue and accurate interpretations of it. Therefore, some in that condition may think certain truth is new—and it is to them. But there is no new revelation from God (cf. Jude 3). All who preach and teach the Scriptures are reminding people of what God has said in His Word so constantly that His repetition and theirs makes truth stick.
“Certainly 2 Peter 2 and Jude’s letter vividly illustrate this principle of divine repetition in Scripture. The New Testament epistles deal with the same gospel in all its richness by revealing it in different terms and analogies. The Synoptic Gospels tell the same story three ways. Jesus repeated His message in sermons, parables, and object lessons everywhere He went, exposing His followers to the truth again and again. That was critical in the training of the Twelve.
“Even the messages of the Old Testament prophets are essentially the same as they preach law, judgment, and forgiveness. The Psalms repeat the attributes and works of God. The books of Chronicles rehearse material from 1 and 2 Samuel and 1 and 2 Kings. Deuteronomy 5:1-22 is a second giving of the Law at Sinai (Exodus 20), which reminded the people of it and readied them to enter the Promised Land.”
These last three paragraphs have given us some great understandings of the Bible, something that was very short, but right to the points of the Old and New Testaments.
10/29/2025 10:49 PM
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