EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 1/29/2026
10:09 PM
My
Worship Time Focus:
“Internal
Peace”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: 2
Peter 3:14a
Message of the verse: “Therefore,
beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in
peace,”
This is a rather short section in
John MacArthur’s commentary on 2 Peter but looking at it in his commentary
there are many verses to look up to help us better understand this section.
“As those who look for these
things—the day of God, the new heavens and earth, the eternal state, and
the glorious everlasting kingdom—faithful believers are motivated to live in a
way that reflects their eternal perspective.
This requires them to be diligent (Ps. 34:14; 2 Cor. 13:11; 2
Tim. 2:22; James 3:18) so that when Christ returns they will be found by Him
in peace.”
(Ps. 34:14; 2 Cor. 13:11; 2 Tim. 2:22;
James 3:18)
“14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace
and pursue it.”
“11
¶ Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for
restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and
the God of love and peace will be with you.”
“22
¶ So flee youthful passions and pursue
righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord
from a pure heart.”
“18 And a harvest of righteousness is sown in of
them peace by those who make peace.”
“The
phrase to be found is a sobering reminder that no one will be able to
hide from Christ when He returns. He
will overlook nothing, but ‘will both bring to light the things hidden in
the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts’ (1 Cor. 4:5; cf. 2 Cor
5:9-10)”
(2 Cor 5:9-10)
“9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it
our aim to please him. 10 For we must
all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive
what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.”
“Peace (Eirene) could
refer to a saving relationship with God and becoming at peace with Him (cf.
Rom. 5:1; Eph. 2:14).”
(cf. Rom. 5:1; Eph. 2:14)
“1
¶ Therefore, since we have been
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
“14
¶ For he himself is our peace, who has
made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of
hostility”
“But the
apostle addressed his readers as beloved, indicating that they were already
Christians (cf. Rom. 1:7; 12:19; 1 Cor. 4:14; 15:58; Eph. 5:1; Col. 3:12; 2
Thess. 2:13; James 2:5; 1 John 3:2; Jude 1).”
(cf. Rom. 1:7; 12:19; 1 Cor. 4:14;
15:58; Eph. 5:1; Col. 3:12; 2 Thess. 2:13; James 2:5; 1 John 3:2; Jude 1)
“7 To all those in Rome who are loved by God and
called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ.”
“19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave
it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,
says the Lord.”
“14
¶ I do not write these things to make
you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children.”
“58
¶ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be
steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in
the Lord your labor is not in vain.”
“1
¶ Therefore be imitators of God, as
beloved children. 2 And walk in love, as
Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice
to God.”
“12
¶ Put on then, as God’s chosen ones,
holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and
patience,”
“13
¶ But we ought always to give thanks to
God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the
firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the
truth.”
“5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God
chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the
kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him?”
“2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what
we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be
like him, because we shall see him as he is.”
“1
¶ Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and
brother of James, To those who are
called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:”
“Peace could
also apply to unsaved but professing people in the church. Perhaps Peter was exhorting them to be diligent
to pursue true salvation’s peace, so that when Christ appears, He will find
them genuinely saved. But that is
probably just a secondary understanding of the expression, as is the idea of
being at peace with other believer.
“In this context, peace
primarily refers to the true peace of mind that accompanies a confident faith
in the Lord. It is an echo of Paul’s
admonition to the Philippians: ‘Be
anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanks
giving let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your
hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus’ (Phil. 4:6-7; cf. John 16:33; Rom.
14:17; 15:13; Col. 3:15; 1 Peter 5:14).”
(cf. John 16:33; Rom. 14:17; 15:13;
Col. 3:15; 1 Peter 5:14)
“33 I have said these things to you, that in me
you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I
have overcome the world.’”
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of
eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
“13
¶ May the God of hope fill you with all
joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may
abound in hope.”
“15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your
hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”
“14 Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace
to all of you who are in Christ.”
“Peter is
speaking about the kind of peace that banishes both earthly worries and cosmic
fears—a peace that comes from knowing for certain that one’s sins are
forgiven. No matter how terrible things
become as human history moves toward final destruction, believers who live in
hope have the settled peace sustained by what the Lord has planned for those
who love Him (1 Cor. 2:9).”
(1 Cor. 2:9)
9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen,
nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those
who love him”
1/29/2026
10:43 PM
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