Reading for April 5th

Read 2 Peter 2.1-10a. In verses 1-3: First look at the opponents. Farwell addresses typically predicts the future crises ((Acts 20.29-30), here, the advent of false teachers. In verses 1-3: When they deny the Master, they declare that God does not judge, a common deviant doctrine among the Greek and Judeans. One reason for thinking this is the observation of the slowness of judgment: it is idle or God sleeps (3.8-9). In verses 4-10a: First response. Responding to a denial of divine judgment, peter cites proof from the Bible. Inverses 4-8: God did not spare evil angels; God saved Noah but brought a flood on the ungodly; God recused Lot but turned Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes. In verses 9-10: These examples prove that the Lord knows how to rescue the goodly and to keep the unrighteous until the day say of judgment, the author also defends the belief in survial after death, when God's judgment will reward the good and requite the wicked. Comments or Questions..