Pt-3 "The Mist of Darkness" (2 Peter 2:17c-18)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 04/26/2004

My Worship Time                                                                     Focus: PT-3 The Mist of Darkness

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                 Reference:  2 Peter 2:17c-18

            Message of the verses:  “to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error (KJV).”

            We have been looking at reasons why the false prophets are successful in capturing people for their cause and today we will look at reason number three:  “They are successful because they appeal to immature people, people who have ‘very recently escaped from their old ways.”  Peter has a message for the new believers, not the “down and out sinners.”

            Dr. Wiersbe give a good example of how these false teachers get to talk to new believers.  He tells of a pastor friend who was ministering in the Philippines conducting open air evangelist meetings.  The people who trusted Christ would be sent to a tent to receive material to help them walk in their new faith.  The cultists who were around would find the people with the material and pounce on them to talk about their own “religion.”

            I have mentioned in many earlier SD’s that in 2004 (the date this subject was gone over, but I can’t find it) that the Lord allowed me to lead somewhere around 18 people to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.  After they were saved I set up meetings with them to help them get grounded in the Lord, something that is of the upmost importance so that they could get firmly grounded in the Lord.  When someone is born again they are spiritually like new born babies just physically born.  Peter tells us they need milk, the milk of the Word to help them grow, and this is important to feed new believers spiritual milk so they can grow and be grounded in their faith as there are many false teachers ready to pounce on them, cults like the Jehovah Witness, or the Mormons who are ready to try and steal new believers from the truth of God’s Word.

            Dr. Wiersbe concludes “The freedom the apostates offer is a false freedom because it is based on false promises.  There is a second reason why it is false.”  That reason is “It is Offered by False Christians” which is found in 2 Peter 2:19-20, and we will begin to walk our way through this subject in our next SD.

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