EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
12/24/2025 6:48 PM
My
Worship Time Focus:
PT-3 “Their
Perversion”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference:
2 Peter
2:20-22
Message of the verses: “20 For if, after they have escaped the
pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the
latter end is worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it was better for them not to have known
the way of righteousness, than, having known it, to turn from the holy commandment
delivered to them. 22 But it has
happened to them according to the true proverb: “The dog returns to his own
vomit,” and “The sow, that was washed, returns to her
wallowing in the mire.”
I begin this evening’s SD in the same way that I begun
the last’s Spiritual Diaries, and that is by quoting from John MacArthur’s
commentary and then at times adding my own comments along with adding most of
the verse references that he adds in his commentary.
In light of this, it would be
better for them not to have know the way of righteousness, than having known
it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them (cf. Matt. 26:24).”
“24 The Son of man indeed goes as it is written of
him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been
good for him if that man had not been born’”
“The way
of righteousness is
the Christian faith” (something we looked at earlier in the fifth chapter of
MacArthur’s commentary earlier.) “Because
of the greater condemnation they face, false teachers would be better off not
hearing about Scripture and doctrine than, having contemplated it, to reject
it. Their insincere consideration of the
gospel gives them access to divine teaching in God’s Word, the holy
commandment (cf. Ex.
24:12; Deut. 6:1, 25; Josh. 22:5; 2 Kings 17:37; Psalm 19:8; 119:96; Prov.
6:23; Matt. 15:3; John 12:50; Rom. 7:12; 16:26; 1 John 2:7).” It will take a while to quote all of
these verses, but Lord willing I will get it done.
“12 ¶ And the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to
me on the mountain and be there, and I shall give you the tablets of
stone, and the law and the commandments which I have written for their
instruction.”
“1 ¶ “Now this is the commandment, and
these are the statutes and ordinances which the LORD your God has
commanded to teach you to do them in the land where you cross over to
possess,” “25 And it will be righteousness for us if we are
careful to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he has
commanded us.’”
“5 But be very careful to do the commandments and
the law which Moses the servant of the LORD, commanded you, to
love the LORD your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep his
commandments and to hold firm to him and to serve him with all your heart and
all your soul.”
“37 And the statutes and the ordinances and the
law, and the commandments which he wrote for you, you shall be careful to
observe for ever, and you shall not fear other gods.”
“8 (19:9) The precepts of the LORD
are right, Rejoicing the
heart; The commandment of the
LORD is pure, Enlightening the
eyes;”
“26 ¶ I have declared my ways, and you answered
me; Teach me your statutes.”
“23 For the commandment is a
lamp, And the law a
light, And reproofs of instruction are
the way of life,”
“23 But he did not answer her a word. And
his disciples came to him, and urged him, saying, “Send her away,
for she cries after us.’”
“50 And I know that his command is everlasting
life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so
I speak.’”
“12 Therefore, the law is holy, and the
commandment holy, and just, and good.”
“26 but now was revealed, and by the
Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the
everlasting God, was made known to all the nations for the
obedience of faith.”
“7 ¶ Brethren, I write no new commandment to you,
but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The
old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.”
“But they
ultimately renounce Christ and His saving truth. Thus, they spurn the only true way of
salvation and are subsequently left without any hope of eternal life. The writer of Hebrews gives a similar warning
against apostasy:
“4 For it is impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have
become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God
and the powers of the world to come, 6 and if they fall away, to renew them
again to repentance, since they crucify for themselves the Son of God,
and put him to an open shame.” (Heb. 6:4-6)
“Later in
that letter, the writer reiterates the same truth in different words:
“26 For if we sin willfully after we
have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a
sacrifice for sins, 27 but a
certain fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which
will devour the adversaries. 28 Any man
who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the
testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose
will he be thought worthy who trampled the Son of God underfoot, and counted
the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing,
and insulted the Spirit of grace? 30 For
we know him who said, “‘Vengeance is mine, I shall repay,’
says the Lord.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to
fall into the hands of the living God.” (Heb. 10:26-31).
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