Message Notes

SATURDAY MORNING 16 JULY 2022
SESSION # 3

10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.
13 Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you,
14 knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.
15 Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease.
2 Peter 1:10-15

1. Our Call and Election

a) Call to Salvation

b) Call to Service

c) Election (Chosen)

d) To make sure of both our Call and Election

2. Never stumbling

a) Israel stumbled badly

b) The nation went into Captivity

c) The Challenge of not stumbling

d) Doing the things Peter wrote about (2 Peter 1)

e) Entrance into the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ
Abundant supply of all we need!

3. Peter’s Example of Ministry

a) Not negligent

b) Reminding always

c) To stir up by reminding

d) Ensuring that there is a reminder (his epistles as a legacy)

REGARD FOR THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

16 For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
17 For He received from God the Father honour and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.
19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;
20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,
21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

2 Peter 1:16-21

1. Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ

a) Not cunningly devised fables

b) Eye-witness knowledge of the Majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ

2. The Testimony of seeing the Transfiguration of the Lord Jesus
Matthew 17

a) The Voice of God

b) The Declaration of the Lord Jesus as the “Beloved Son”

3. The Prophetic Word confirmed 2 Peter 1:19

a) It is to be heeded

b) It is compared to light

i) It shines in a dark place

ii) Dawn

iii) Morning Star to arise in the heart

4. The Interpretation of the Scriptures 2 Peter 1:20-21

a) No private interpretation

b) Prophecy is not by the will of man

c) Holy men were moved by the Spirit of God to write

CONCLUSION

1. Regard for the Scriptures to be carefully taught

a) A proper regard

b) A high regard

2. Handling of the Scriptures

a) Light

b) Full enlightenment

3. Personal Commitment

a) To read

b) To remember

c) To bring about Renewal/ Revival of Faith and Life