Peter’s second letter warns against false teachers and reaffirms important spiritual truths.
INTRODUCTION TO
2 Peter
Outline:
- Salutation. (1:1-2)
- Growth and knowledge in Christ. (1:3-21)
- False teachers and their condemnation. (2:1-22)
- The Day of the Lord. (3:1-18)
Author: The Apostle Peter.
Date Written: Between a.d. 64 and 66.
Title: From the book’s author, Peter.
Background: This second letter of Peter is written not long before his death. Whereas his first letter to the believers combated persecution from the outside, this time Peter is addressing the second major threat—false teaching from the inside. Such false teaching has greatly contributed to the apostasy of the Christians in Asia Minor to whom Peter is writing. The mission of Peter’s words is to expose these false teachers and to encourage the believers to mature in the truth of God. Tradition has it that Peter was crucified upside down in the city of Rome.
Where Written: Probably Rome.
To Whom: To all Christians.
Content: This letter from Peter encourages believers to grow in Christ, which is made possible by a proper knowledge of the gospel. God’s Word gives the promises necessary for obedience and can be totally relied on as revealing all truth and prophecy. Peter discusses in detail the danger and destructiveness of the evil ministry of false teachers, whose interests are not in God, but in self-glorification and worldly lusts. But God’s righteousness shall prevail when, at the Day of the Lord, the old earth will be laid bare and a “new heavens and a new earth” will replace it (3:13).
Key Words: “Knowledge”; “Last Days.”
Peter’s method of refuting the false “knowledge” being propagated is to remind the believers of the true “knowledge,” which is based on a personal experience with Christ. This growth in the grace of God is aided by a better understanding of the “last days,” when the ungodly will receive their judgment.
Themes: • Deceit comes in many forms, but truth comes in one form (the form of God). • God has delayed His judgment so that more may come to repentance (3:9). • Destruction comes to those who scoff at the Word of God. • Maturity in God will come as we develop an intense and personal relationship with God’s Son, God’s Spirit, and God’s Word. • Righteousness shall prevail over wickedness in the end.
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