Download Lesson: 11.5.17 Class Notes – 2 Pet 3.10-18

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Because we don’t know the day or the hour of our Lord’s return, we must constantly be ready. We need to be diligent to live godly lives, win the lost, and grow spiritually. As the author Sheila Walsh said, “Our life is one long worship service to the Lord.”

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Download Lesson: 10.22.17 Class Notes – 2 Pet 3.1-9

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God is delaying Christ’s return out of his love for the unsaved. We have all been called to share the gospel with those whom God has placed in our circles of influence. Let’s do our part to reach the lost.

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Download Lesson: 10.15.17 Class Notes – 2 Pet 2.15-22

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False teachers appear to have successful ministries, but in the end, they are bound to fail. The important thing is that we have the assurance of a true experience with the Lord, and that we have nothing to do with these counterfeit ministries, no matter how popular they may be.

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Download Lesson: 10.8.17 Class Notes – 2 Peter 2.12-14

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Beware of false teachers who are experts in greed. Their technique of getting what they want is, through long practice, highly developed. They know exactly how to motivate people to give. While the true servant of God trusts the Father to meet his needs and seeks to help people grow through their giving, the apostate trusts his “fund-raising skills” and leaves people in worse shape than he found them. He knows how to exploit the unstable and the innocent.

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Download Lesson: 10.1.17 Class Notes – 2 Peter 2.10-11

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We will do well to heed Peter’s warning against false teachers. He’s given us a heads up on the attributes to look for to help us ferret them out. As Christians, we can wage spiritual warfare more effectively if we know our spiritual enemies, the techniques they use, and the end result of their deception.

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Download Lesson: 9.24.17 Class Notes – 2 Peter 2.4-9

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God’s people, as weak as we are, will be delivered from judgment by the grace and mercy of God. God could not judge Sodom until Lot and his family was out of the city. Likewise, God will not send wrath on this world until He takes His own people out and home to heaven. “For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep [live or die], we should live together with Him” (1 Thes. 5:9–10).

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Download Lesson: 9.17.17 Class Notes 2 Peter 2.1-3

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I hope this lesson inspires us to reach the lost. They face eternal separation from God that will be tormenting. The true minister of Jesus Christ has nothing to hide: his life and ministry are an open book. He preaches the truth in love and does not twist the Scriptures to support his own selfish ideas. He does not flatter the rich or minister only to make money. We need to be alert and refuse to support ministries that exploit people and deny the Savior. Religion can be a tremendous tool for exploiting weak people, and these false teachers use religion just to get what they can. They are not ministers; they are merchandisers.

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Download Lesson: 9.10.17 Class Notes – 2 Pet 1.16-21

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The truths of Scripture have been firmly established. Peter saw firsthand the power and majesty of Jesus. By reminding his readers of the Transfiguration, Peter affirmed several important doctrines of the Christian faith. He affirmed that Jesus Christ is indeed the Son of God, affirmed the truth of the Scriptures, and affirmed the reality of God’s kingdom.

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Download Lesson: 9.3.17 Class Notes 2 Pet 1.8-15

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The church is always one generation away from extinction. If there were no dependable written revelation, we would have to depend on word-of-mouth tradition. If we did not have a dependable written revelation, the church would be at the mercy of men’s memories. People who pride themselves on having good memories should sit on the witness stand in a courtroom! It is amazing that three perfectly honest witnesses can, with good conscience, give three different accounts of an automobile accident! Our memories are defective and selective. We usually remember what we want to remember, and often we distort even that. Let’s thank God for the written Word.

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Download Lesson: 8.20.17 Class Notes – 2 Peter 1.6-7

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It is impossible for fallen human nature to manufacture these seven qualities of Christian character. They must be produced by the Spirit of God. To be sure, there are unsaved people who possess amazing self-control and endurance, but these virtues point to them and not to the Lord. They get the glory. When God produces the beautiful nature of His Son in a Christian, it is God who receives the praise and glory.

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