REMEMBER

STUDIES ON 2 PETER

LESSON 3

REMEMBERANCE

2 Peter 1:10-15 (KJV)

¹⁰Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: ¹¹For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ¹²Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. ¹³Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; ¹⁴Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. ¹⁵Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.

2 Peter 1:10-15 (AMP)

¹⁰Because of this, brethren, be all the more solicitous and eager to make sure (to ratify, to strengthen, to make steadfast) your calling and election; for if you do this, you will never stumble or fall. ¹¹Thus there will be richly and abundantly provided for you entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ¹²So I intend always to remind you about these things, although indeed you know them and are firm in the truth that [you] now [hold]. ¹³I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle (tent, body), to stir you up by way of remembrance,¹⁴Since I know that the laying aside of this body of mine will come speedily, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. ¹⁵Moreover, I will diligently endeavor [to see to it] that [even] after my departure (decease) you may be able at all times to call these things to mind.

1.    INSTEAD OF LACK AND LOSS…

v  Give diligence – ratify, strengthen, make steadfast

v  Your calling and election (God called, you answered, He elected you to eternal life)

v  Entrance into the everlasting kingdom (heaven) – abundantly

2.    PETER’S JOB AND PURPOSE

v  Put you always in remembrance of these things (vs.5-9)

v  “I will not be negligent”

v  Even though they already knew these things (repetition brings continuance)

v  As long

v  Soon will die

v  Have these things ALWAYS in remembrance

OUR JOB & PURPOSE SHOULD BE THE SAME.  PRACTICE IT THIS WEEK.