2 Peter

Harry Uprichard

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Peter’s first letter encourages Christians to live for Christ in a suffering world, his second letter instructs them how to grow in Christ amid false teaching.

Peter’s second letter is about growing in Christ amid false teaching so that Christ’s character will be reflected in our lives. Peter begins by explaining true knowledge of God. It is a saving, growing, fruitful, assured and remembered knowledge. The source of this true knowledge of God is Scripture. Scripture comes from God. Men spoke from God carried along by the Holy Spirit.



Peter next contrasts false knowledge of God with true knowledge of God. There are false teachers among the churches Peter addresses, whose precursors are the false prophets of the Old Testament. Arrogance, sensuality, and emptiness characterize these false teachers. They not only deny the truth but also live immoral lives. False knowledge of God leads nowhere but to God’s condemnation and to eternal death.



Peter finally writes of practical knowledge of God. He recalls the predictions of the prophets and the commandment of their Lord and Saviour through the apostles. Practical knowledge of God produces godly living, assures that God fulfils all his promises in Scripture, and confirms growth in grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. All of this is possible through Scripture. Let’s together see how Peter explains in detail how to grow in Christ amid false teaching.

Sujets

• Christian Living
• Mentoring
• Teaching
• Philosophie et théologie
• Growing
• False
• True
• Morality
• Education
• Religion
• Leadership
• Knowledge

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 03 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664239678
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

2 Peter
Growing in Christ amid False Teaching
 
 
 
 
 
HARRY UPRICHARD
 
 
 
 

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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK) ® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
 
Excerpts from: Exposition of James, Epistles of John, Peter, and Jude by Simon J. Kistemaker, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group.
 
Excerpts from: The NIV Application Commentary: 2 Peter, and Jude , by D.J. Moo. (U.S.A., Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1996). Used by permission of Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.
 
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Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960,1962,1963,1968,1971,1972,1973,1975,1977,1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org
 
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ISBN: 978-1-6642-3966-1 (sc)
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WestBow Press rev. date: 07/27/2022
 
ENDORSEMENTS
Following on his fine commentary on 1 Peter, Harry Uprichard again demonstrates the same blend of careful scholarship, theological judgement, and pastoral awareness in this rich exposition of 2 Peter. In Dr Uprichard’s company we soon find ourselves wondering why this little book has been so neglected. For here he takes us, step by step, into a treasure trove of doctrine and application profoundly relevant to our own times. Preachers and teachers will find in these pages all the resources they need to expound 2 Peter--and by the end they will have gathered several baskets of fragments to help them, like Peter himself, ‘feed the flock’ in the future as well as in the present.
Sinclair B. Ferguson, Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA, and Teaching Fellow, Ligonier Ministries.
Second Peter is arguably one of the most neglected books in the New Testament. From an academic perspective, it has received little attention yet it carries important and relevant messages for the contemporary church. In this commentary, Dr Uprichard brings the key lessons of the letter clearly into view as Peter addresses the false teaching of those who deny the second coming of Christ. Dr Uprichard carefully unpacks the truths that Peter affirms, namely, that Jesus is coming again, that the false teachers will be judged, and that we ought to listen carefully to God’s authoritative messengers as they call on us to pursue a life of holiness. As we await the new heavens and the new earth in which righteousness dwells (3:13) we need to reflect carefully on these important lessons which are laid out so clearly for us in this book.
The Very Revd Dr Stafford Carson, Minister and former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, former Principal and past Professor of Ministry at Union Theological College Belfast, past Executive Vice President of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia.
CONTENTS
COPYRIGHT © 2022 HARRY UPRICHARD.
ENDORSEMENTS
PREFACE
KEYNOT E:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 

CHAPTER 1

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
AUTHOR
2 PETER 1:1 A

 

CHAPTER 2

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
READERS
2 PETER 1:1 B

 

CHAPTER 3

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
GREETINGS
2 PETER 1:2

 

CHAPTER 4

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
SAVING
2 PETER 1:3, 4

 

CHAPTER 5

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
GROWING
2 PETER 1:5-7

 

CHAPTER 6

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
FRUITFUL
2 PETER 1:8, 9

 

CHAPTER 7

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
ASSURED
2 PETER 1:10, 11

 

CHAPTER 8

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
REMEMBERED
2 PETER 1:12-15

 

CHAPTER 9

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
APOSTOLIC WITNESS
2 PETER 1:16-18

 

CHAPTER 10

TRUE KNOWLEDGE
PROPHETIC PREDICTION
2 PETE R 1:19-21

 

CHAPTER 11

FALSE KNOWLEDGE
FALSE TEACHERS
2 PETER 2:1-3

 

CHAPTER 12

FALSE KNOWLEDGE
EXAMPLES
2 PETER 2:4-10 A

 

CHAPTER 13

FALSE KNOWLEDGE
ARROGANCE; SENSUALITY
2 PETER 2:10 B –16

 

CHAPTER 14

FALSE KNOWLEDGE
EMPTINESS
2 PETER 2:17–22

 

CHAPTER 15

PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE
SCRIPTURE REMEMBERED
2 PETER 3:1, 2

 

CHAPTER 16

PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE