The New Testament book, the Second Letter of Peter is believed to be the last New Testament book to be written, as letter to Christ’s followers after Peter’s death. Within this letter you will find encouragement to live a virtuous life and warnings against false teachers. Like other letters to the early church, Christ’s second coming was imminent, and they must, as faithful followers, persevere till that time.
II Peter 3:11-18
“11Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, 12waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire? 13But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home. 14Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish; 15and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other scriptures. 17You therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, beware that you are not carried away with the error of the lawless and lose your own stability. 18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
Prayer
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, may I as well find strength in the Holy Spirit to preserve with mutual affection and love for you people and world. May Christ’s teachings continue to guide me in life till I too am welcomed into your glorious eternal kingdom. Amen.
