{"id":2248,"date":"2017-08-17T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2022-08-29T14:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T18:00:42","slug":"2-peter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/2-peter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Peter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chapter two<\/strong> paints a picture of false teachers and their teaching as opposed to the true teaching presented in chapter one. Essentially, chapter two is one long excoriation of those that Peter predicted would eventually make their way into the church to pervert it. Using well-known stories from the Hebrew Scriptures, Peter compared the coming false teachers to \u201cTHE ANGELS WHO SINNED\u201d (2 Peter 2:4), \u201cTHE ANCIENT WORLD [OF] NOAH\u201d (2 Peter 2:5), and \u201cSODOM AND GOMORRAH\u201d (2 Peter 2:6), all of whom suffered extreme judgment by God. He called them \u201cBRAZEN AND INSOLENT\u201d (2 Peter 2:10) and \u201cCURSED CHILDREN\u201d (2 Peter 2:14), comparing them to \u201cIRRATIONAL ANIMALS\u201d (2 Peter 2:12) and \u201cWATERLESS SPRINGS\u201d (2 Peter 2:17), and stated that they would have been better off not knowing the truth than turning away from it (2 Peter 2:21).<\/p><p>The reason for all this is because their teaching cuts out the very heart of truth, \u201cEVEN TO THE POINT OF DENYING THE MASTER WHO BOUGHT THEM\u201d (2 Peter 2:1). Though their message promotes freedom (2 Peter 2:19), their lives exhibit greed (2 Peter 2:3), adultery (2 Peter 2:14), debauchery (2 Peter 2:18), and immorality (2 Peter 2:19). They even practice what they preach, encouraging their followers to throw off the demands of Christ and wallow in \u201cTHE FILTHY THINGS OF THE WORLD\u201d (2 Peter 2:20) like dogs and pigs (2 Peter 2:22). Peter said these would be accepted into the church and praised rather than condemned. There is no doubt that prophecy has proven true.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter two paints a picture of false teachers and their teaching as opposed to the true teaching presented in chapter one. Essentially, chapter two is one long excoriation of those that Peter predicted would eventually make their way into the church to pervert it. 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