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The Daily Word of Righteousness
Holiness Unto the Lord, #18
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation [conduct] and godliness, Looking for and hasting unto [hastening] the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? (II Peter 3:10-12)
The same "Flee from the wrath to come!," "Prepare for the Day of Wrath!" exhortation found in I Peter 4 is seen also in II Peter (above).
Chapter Three of Second Peter does not appear to assume that the Christian will escape judgment. If Peter were making such an assumption, some evidence of it should be manifest in the third chapter. Here is the type of statement we should be finding:
"The elements shall melt with fervent heat. But the judgment of God shall never touch you, beloved. Now that you have accepted Christ as your personal Savior there is no way in which the Lord's judgment on sin can possibly affect you."
Or:
"You, beloved of our Lord, shall take your ease with Jesus in the mansions of glory. Therefore, put your minds at rest concerning the Day of God. The grace of God has forgiven all the sins you are practicing and will yet practice. On your profession of faith in Christ you are totally free from sin and the judgment thereof. Though the Day of the Lord will be a time of terror to the unbelievers, you as a Christian can never be brought into judgment concerning your sins."
Or:
"Rejoice in Christ, my brothers, for He will never allow His own to come under the judgment of God."
The preceding three "passages," which we have composed from our knowledge of evangelical sermons, are in keeping with the doctrine of grace on which millions of Christians are resting their hope. However, the three statements are alien to the teaching of the first-century Apostles.
The Christian churches must prepare for the Day of God!
Godly living and the Day of the Lord.
There is a relationship between godly living and the Day of the Lord.
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. (II Peter 3:14)
We are to live a holy life because we are looking forward to the destruction of the world and the spirit of the world, and to the creation of "new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness."
The Apostle John has written a letter to us. The main burden of the letter is the overcoming of sin in the life of the disciple. John warns us concerning sin:
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (I John 1:8)
John states the purpose for his writing:
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: (I John 2:1)
The theme of the epistle is emphasized:
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. (I John 2:6)
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. (I John 2:15)
To be continued.