EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 01/03/2026
4:40 PM
My
Worship Time Focus:
“Immorality”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2
Peter 3:3b
Message
of the verses: “following after their own lusts,”
This
evening’s SD will be very short, but very important.
“Whether
or not they admit it, immorality is the real reason that false teachers deny
the second coming. The word rendered following
after is a form of the verb poreuomai, which literally means ‘travel’
or ‘go.’ It denotes a course of conduct
or long-term behavior (cf. Luke 1:6; Acts 9:31; 14:6).”
(cf.
Luke 1:6; Acts 9:31; 14:6)
“6 And they were both righteous before God,
walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.”
“31 Then the churches throughout all Judea, and
Galilee and Samaria had peace and were edified. And walking in the fear
of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.”
“6 they became aware of it and fled
to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.”
“For false teachers, their lifestyles focus on their
own lusts and sensuality (cf. 2:10, 13-14, 18).”
(cf.
2:10, 13-14, 18)
10 ¶ and especially those who walk after the
flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. They are
presumptuous, self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil of
dignitaries,”
“13 and they will receive the wages
of unrighteousness, because they count it pleasure to
carouse in the daytime. They are spots and blemishes, revelling
in their own deceptions while they feast with you, 14 having eyes full of adultery and that
cannot cease from sin, beguiling unstable souls, having a heart trained
in covetous practices, accursed children.”
“18 For when they speak great swelling words
of vanity, they entice through the lusts of the flesh, through
lewdness, those who barely escaped from those who live in
error.”
“Thus they
deny Christ’s return because they hate the thought of divine retribution (cf.
Rom. 1:18).”
(cf. Rom. 1:18)
“18 For the wrath of God is revealed from
heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the
truth in unrighteousness,”
“They want
the freedom to pursue all kinds of lustful pleasures without any fear of future
punishment. In the words of Michael Green:
“Anthropocentric
hedonism [man-centered pleasure-seeking] always mocks at the idea of ultimate
standards and a final division between saved and lost. For men who live in the world of the
relative, the claim that the relative will be ended by the absolute is nothing
short of ludicrous. For men who nourish
a belief in human self-determination and perfectibility, the very idea that we
are accountable and dependent is a bitter pill to swallow. No wonder they mocked! (The Second Epistle
of Peter and the Epistle of James [Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1968], 127)”
“In contrast, believers embrace the
fact that the Lord will return (Acts 1:10-11), that they will give account for
their lives (Rom. 14:12; 2 Cor. 3:12-15).”
(Acts 1:10-11)
“10 And
as they looked steadfastly towards heaven as he went up, behold, two men
stood by them in white apparel, 11 who
also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This
same Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like
manner as you saw him go into heaven.’”
(Rom. 14:12; 2 Cor. 3:12-15)
12 So then, each of us will give an
account of himself to God.”
“12 ¶ Therefore, though we have such hope, we
use great boldness of speech— 13 and
unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so the children of
Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing
away. 14 But their minds were blinded.
For until this day, the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old
Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. 15 But even to this day, when Moses is
read, a veil lies on their heart.”
“They also
believe that when Christ comes, He will reveal the secret things of the heart
(1 Cor. 4:5).”
(1 Cor. 4:5)
“5 Therefore judge nothing before the
time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things
of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. And then the praise of every
man will be from God.”
“Those who
truly hope in His return have an incentive for holy living (Phil. 3:20-21; 4:1;
1 John 3:1-3) because they realize that ‘each one of us will give an account
of himself to God’ (Rom. 14:12).”
(Phil. 3:20-21; 4:1; 1 John 3:1-3)
“20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which
we also eagerly wait for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body to be
conformed to his glorious body, according to the working by which he is
able even to subdue all things to himself.”
“1 ¶ Therefore, my beloved and longed for brethren,
my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved.”
“2 Beloved, now we are the sons of God,
and it has not yet appeared what we shall be, but we know that when he appears,
we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man who has this hope in him
purifies himself, even as he is pure.” 1/3/2026
5:18 PM
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