back to indexBerean Community Church Wednesday Night Bible Study 2 Peter 1:1-4
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So we're going to get started in about five, six minutes. 00:06:46.620 |
Just for the sake of those who are farther back 00:06:53.700 |
But as you get situated, let's join our hearts 00:07:01.260 |
And then we'll get started with some songs of worship 00:07:07.060 |
Heavenly Father, we lift up to you our hearts 00:07:14.780 |
what a privilege it is that, God, we know you, 00:07:27.100 |
Thank you, God, that we have the assurance that, Lord, you 00:07:33.660 |
And Lord, ultimately, you have granted to us all things. 00:07:37.340 |
And Lord, you're leading us that we would be blameless and holy. 00:07:40.980 |
Father, in this process, God, of growing together, 00:07:53.020 |
We also lift up to you with our hearts joined 00:08:11.900 |
Son of God, the vapor of the stars, you alone, 00:08:20.740 |
the dweller of my heart, mighty King, how beautiful you are. 00:08:37.980 |
Son of God, the Father's gift to us, you alone, 00:08:47.020 |
we're broken on the altar of love, precious land. 00:09:06.620 |
Oh, holy one, I sing to you, forgiven, saved, young, 00:10:29.860 |
Oh, holy one, I sing to you, forgiven, saved, young, 00:11:20.100 |
Jesus, oh, holy one, I sing to you, forgiven, saved, young, 00:11:47.660 |
Just the time I think that I'm at peace with the world, 00:12:26.780 |
that shakes me till again I know that what I have is not 00:13:02.700 |
And I will give my final breath to know you in your death 00:13:32.460 |
The full supply I find as I move closer to the heart of God 00:13:46.900 |
to strengthen me, to nourish me, to fill my mind with him. 00:14:01.460 |
I've truly grown, but even so, my hunger hasn't gone away. 00:14:11.900 |
Still I long to feel at first to know him more each day. 00:14:44.100 |
And I will give my final breath to know you in your death 00:15:13.220 |
And I will give my final breath to know you in your death 00:15:51.700 |
Please go ahead and come on and take your seats. 00:15:55.260 |
Couple announcements just by way of reminder. 00:15:57.420 |
The first is that if you search your email for the Second Peter 00:16:05.180 |
where you can log in your name for volunteer opportunities 00:16:08.060 |
that include everything from parking to child care 00:16:18.340 |
So please make sure you take a look at that spreadsheet 00:16:22.780 |
If you feel like you're going to forget, just do it today 00:16:27.660 |
The second thing is that today we have a few things going on 00:16:37.660 |
So around 9, 15, I'm going to give out a call. 00:16:40.460 |
And we need help in making sure that we get ready 00:16:45.940 |
So first, we need people in our previous cafe, the crime room 00:16:51.860 |
We're going to need help just carrying tables and chairs 00:16:55.940 |
If some of you guys will, after the Bible study is over, 00:16:58.540 |
head to the current cafe in the sanctuary side, 00:17:05.980 |
you know those little flip-down tables in the sanctuary? 00:17:10.100 |
that we don't have to keep setting things up and stuff 00:17:12.880 |
So we have three distinct areas that you can just go right away 00:17:17.780 |
So you know how they say, many hands make the workload light. 00:17:23.060 |
don't have already pre-scheduled meet-up or something, 00:17:29.540 |
For the people who are listening out on the overflow room, 00:17:41.660 |
Just remember, you too have to put away your table and chair 00:17:55.460 |
At 8 o'clock, we'll circle back together here 00:17:58.580 |
for Pastor Peter's lesson on the passage say for verses 1 01:04:32.380 |
I know those of you guys who are in the rooms. 01:04:44.580 |
So if I can ask the people in the rooms to come back out. 01:05:14.260 |
You'll have time to wrap up your small group afterwards. 01:05:18.780 |
You'll have discussion time, prayer time afterwards. 01:05:23.260 |
So if you guys can come back and grab your seats. 01:06:52.220 |
All right, so my goal in doing an overview of the text 01:06:57.820 |
is not to go through every single meaning of the text, 01:07:05.140 |
So what I'm going to do is kind of highlight some of the things. 01:07:09.900 |
may be a little bit more difficult to understand, 01:07:16.820 |
to kind of show you how inductive study-- at least 01:07:23.700 |
And then so, again, I may not cover everything 01:07:31.860 |
Next week's-- not next week, but the following week 01:07:39.780 |
So if you cram, next week is praise and prayer. 01:07:43.620 |
So if you don't touch your Bible until right before Bible study, 01:07:47.580 |
it's going to be probably too much for one week. 01:07:50.300 |
So you're going to have to break that down into two weeks 01:07:53.780 |
Do first half one week, and then next week, and then 01:07:59.660 |
So again, I just want to make sure that you understand that 01:08:02.980 |
and say, hey, you didn't talk about this issue. 01:08:07.780 |
My goal is to kind of help you to be better students 01:08:14.880 |
But as I mentioned last week, one of the first things 01:08:20.980 |
helped me to break down the text is by sentence structure. 01:08:27.540 |
Simon Peter, obviously he's the main subject, 01:08:41.420 |
If I do that, like way back there, you guys can see it? 01:09:04.980 |
Simon Peter, a bond servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. 01:09:16.140 |
of faith-- again, there's no one way to do this. 01:09:28.420 |
You know what, I'm going to have to make this font a little bit. 01:10:04.940 |
A Simon Peter-- Simon Peter, a bond servant and apostle 01:10:20.820 |
of Christ to those who have received a faith. 01:10:35.460 |
By the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. 01:10:39.660 |
So for me, when I break down the text like that, 01:10:44.900 |
Because you can see Simon Peter's the one speaking. 01:10:54.940 |
And then of the same faith, a same kind of ours. 01:11:02.260 |
So these are all like describing each line going down. 01:11:08.940 |
it helps me to see, oh, this is the thought flow. 01:11:13.340 |
into do the inductive Bible study, because the thoughts are 01:11:17.460 |
Instead of looking at it as one sentence or paragraph, 01:11:21.400 |
it helps me to kind of hone in on the verses. 01:11:24.460 |
So if you keep doing this as a habit of doing that-- 01:11:28.340 |
and I know some of you guys may not do this and say, 01:11:33.980 |
do for inductive Bible study, Bible study, sermon prep, 01:11:38.380 |
this is probably the most helpful thing that helps me. 01:11:56.140 |
It causes you to slow down, look at the verses, 01:12:17.300 |
you know that certain words get repeated in your head 01:12:25.100 |
didn't think about when you weren't memorizing. 01:12:31.220 |
and just kind of read it, then you're always just kind 01:12:35.100 |
So this helps me to break down each verse, each word, 01:12:53.540 |
In the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 01:12:58.220 |
Seeing that his divine power has granted to us everything. 01:13:13.340 |
Through the knowledge, through the true knowledge of him 01:13:19.660 |
Who called us by his own glory and excellence. 01:13:23.380 |
For by these, these meaning up there, he has granted to us-- 01:13:47.500 |
of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that 01:13:57.980 |
All right, so doing this helps me to see the outline. 01:14:18.700 |
So whenever I look at the text, I'm looking at this page, 01:14:24.740 |
And I'm not going to go through all of it, like Simon Peter. 01:14:30.460 |
he calls himself bond servant and an apostle. 01:14:34.380 |
Because in 1 Peter, he only says he's an apostle. 01:14:38.140 |
Another thing that's different between 1 Peter is that-- 01:14:51.580 |
You may just be like, oh, he's just writing it. 01:14:53.580 |
There might not be any specific significance to this. 01:15:07.500 |
What would make this letter a very special letter? 01:15:20.060 |
You probably put a little bit more thought into it. 01:15:47.500 |
2 Peter, they believe that Peter himself wrote it by hand. 01:15:58.140 |
So it's an uneducated fisherman who's writing it. 01:16:05.060 |
didn't write the first letter, because the grammar 01:16:07.180 |
and the education level is very different between 1 01:16:21.660 |
where 1 Peter, they believe that he wrote it himself. 01:16:28.220 |
Because this is his last letter, most likely. 01:16:32.460 |
So everything he says here, I think he's being thoughtful. 01:16:42.860 |
it's interesting, because he calls himself Simon Peter. 01:16:45.980 |
Remember, Peter is the name that Jesus gave to him. 01:16:52.380 |
Simon is his Hebrew name, which means hearer or listener. 01:17:12.060 |
Some of you guys may have two names, like I do. 01:17:17.140 |
And when I came to the States, some random pastor-- 01:17:20.300 |
I don't even know who he is-- gave me my name, Peter. 01:17:34.700 |
until I was naturalized in, I think, my early 20s. 01:17:41.980 |
want to use my Korean name, because growing up, 01:18:00.540 |
And so after I changed my name, I'm called Peter. 01:18:03.380 |
You guys probably never even heard my Korean name. 01:18:10.820 |
So when I write something in legal document, anything 01:18:14.700 |
that's permanent, anything that requires identification, 01:18:41.340 |
It's also interesting that the meaning behind this, 01:18:44.060 |
because the word Simon in Hebrew means hearer, listener. 01:18:55.820 |
was going to be the first apostle among the Jews. 01:18:59.780 |
And these two names are kind of like very humble, 01:19:06.860 |
Even the way he introduced himself here, a bond servant, 01:19:12.300 |
And so the tone here, even in his introduction, 01:19:20.420 |
You have the same faith, same kind of faith that I do. 01:19:35.060 |
Peter's name that was given to him as a rock, 01:19:38.940 |
He said, I will build my church, and gates of Hades 01:19:52.300 |
portrayed in the Bible, I mean, it's anything but a rock. 01:19:57.020 |
He's the guy who jumps out, and he's like, oh my gosh, 01:20:03.260 |
And he confesses, I will build my church upon this rock. 01:20:06.420 |
And then next thing you turn around, he's rebuking Jesus. 01:20:10.900 |
And then he's telling, they're all going to fail, 01:20:15.660 |
And then he's the one who denies Jesus to his face, 01:20:18.180 |
right after he said, I'm never going to deny you. 01:20:23.980 |
remember, Apostle Paul calls him out in Galatians, 01:20:26.860 |
because he was compromising with the Judaizers. 01:20:49.180 |
here's a man who said, they're all going to fail, 01:20:58.900 |
And he's kind of telling them, even though I'm writing this 01:21:01.300 |
to you as an apostle, we have the same faith. 01:21:06.300 |
So I share this because these are type of things 01:21:13.700 |
You don't have to read the commentaries to gain insight. 01:21:25.660 |
but you'll be surprised how much insight you can gain by thinking 01:21:31.660 |
And so most of the commentaries that you read 01:21:34.940 |
are not because they studied the Greek and Hebrews, 01:21:38.100 |
and they know how to put all the languages together. 01:21:41.620 |
After you do this kind of study, and you go back 01:21:43.700 |
to the commentary, you're going to see the same insights 01:22:00.140 |
but I'm just kind of giving you some insight so that you can 01:22:04.980 |
So all of this, one of the main things that I found 01:22:13.340 |
Everything he says here, he says, you have received this. 01:22:22.540 |
And then he says, this has been granted to you. 01:22:34.740 |
We have become partakers, having escaped the crush. 01:22:46.700 |
Not what they have achieved, but what God has given them. 01:22:51.540 |
Why does he say repeatedly over and over again, 01:22:54.260 |
there's no, it's like, we did this, we worked hard. 01:23:08.100 |
Considering what we've already read, what's coming. 01:23:11.860 |
What was the main thing that he's going to be pushing 01:23:22.260 |
I think three chapters can be broken up into three parts. 01:23:38.420 |
Chapter 2, in your pursuit of sanctification, 01:23:44.580 |
They're going to come in and spread delusion. 01:24:09.420 |
And so you're supposed to strive after all this. 01:24:11.660 |
But before he jumps into telling them to strive, 01:24:21.300 |
The foundation of our striving is the grace of God. 01:24:25.140 |
It's because you've been given the grace of God 01:24:32.900 |
So if you convince yourself that you're not capable, 01:24:37.300 |
So according to that, what is the grace of God? 01:24:40.540 |
According to 2 Peter, what is the grace of God? 01:24:51.320 |
It begins by justifying us, but the grace of God 01:25:01.680 |
So if we somehow convince ourself justification 01:25:09.680 |
ah, I'm gonna struggle, and I don't have the ability. 01:25:18.360 |
you've already given yourself an excuse not to pursue it. 01:25:21.600 |
He said everything that's been, you've been given to it. 01:25:24.480 |
So if you say, oh, it's easy for them, not for me, 01:25:28.140 |
what you're saying is God's given them grace, but not me. 01:25:31.000 |
He says, no, everybody has been given the same grace. 01:25:34.720 |
If you're a child of God, you've been given the same grace. 01:25:38.540 |
The faith that I have is the same faith you have. 01:25:41.380 |
So if you say it's easy for you, but it's not easy for me, 01:25:45.100 |
it's you're basically saying God's grace is abundant for you 01:25:50.180 |
At the end of the day, that's what you're saying, 01:25:56.460 |
Grace is the ability to pursue righteousness. 01:26:02.520 |
that this verse is the central verse of this letter. 01:26:09.720 |
That's what grace and peace is God's justification. 01:26:24.920 |
which is what He's gonna be getting at the rest of the letter. 01:26:31.080 |
I believe that this kind of is the central verse to me. 01:26:37.340 |
May God's grace and peace be multiplied to you. 01:26:42.480 |
So everything that we need and understand about salvation 01:27:12.540 |
I didn't become a pastor because it was easy for me. 01:27:34.980 |
and the rest of us, like, oh, God doesn't expect that. 01:27:39.180 |
He said, no, God has given you the exact same grace. 01:27:42.100 |
If you're a child of God, you have the Holy Spirit. 01:27:45.660 |
Everything I'm able to pursue, you're able to pursue. 01:27:47.980 |
That's why, maybe because I've been studying the Bible 01:27:51.180 |
much longer than you have, it's easier for me 01:28:01.780 |
It just became more, I don't know how to use the word fun, 01:28:08.820 |
yeah, because you gain, I feel like I gain treasure, 01:28:15.180 |
and I've just been doing it longer than most of you, 01:28:18.900 |
But most of what I know about the Bible came through this, 01:28:28.180 |
So this is not unique to pastors or other people, all right? 01:28:33.180 |
All right, I'm just gonna stop there for the sake of time, 01:28:38.140 |
and then I'm just gonna give you a little bit of directive. 01:28:40.900 |
I'm not gonna break up this text for the sake of time, 01:28:43.540 |
but I'm probably gonna email this out to you, 01:28:48.960 |
so it's just, I wanna give you some directive 01:28:59.540 |
obviously there's a list applying all diligence, 01:29:06.620 |
and whenever you see a list of things like that, 01:29:20.740 |
we may just kind of wing it and randomly put things together. 01:29:33.380 |
is there a purpose to this list and this order? 01:29:38.620 |
you have to know the meaning behind each one. 01:29:48.620 |
has been sending out different translations, right? 01:29:52.740 |
You have the ESV, NIV, NASB, and then I think LSB, 01:30:00.140 |
where you wanna look at the different translations 01:30:11.300 |
that sound very different than the words that's used in NASB 01:30:16.160 |
is probably difficult to translate with one word. 01:30:21.080 |
oh, maybe there's several ways to translate this. 01:30:24.460 |
So every once in a while you'll come into a verse 01:30:34.580 |
There's something going on that even the scholars 01:30:36.700 |
couldn't be unified in the way they translated it, okay? 01:30:47.500 |
Is there a purpose to the order of this list? 01:31:02.260 |
does it have some sort of a connection, right? 01:31:12.700 |
Are there any parallels or comparisons, right? 01:31:22.640 |
If you don't do this, this will happen, right? 01:31:28.580 |
In our pursuit, if you pursue sanctification in this way, 01:31:32.500 |
it will cause you not to be unfruitful and useless, right? 01:31:37.500 |
But if you don't do this and you're not pursuing, 01:31:50.860 |
How is it comparing, you know, and then just chart, 01:31:58.580 |
This is one of those verses you really wanna ask, 01:32:05.440 |
So certain key verses, look for cross-references. 01:32:21.380 |
If you look at certain language that he uses here, 01:32:24.140 |
somebody can look at, jump into this text and say, 01:32:26.700 |
hey, look at this text, it says salvation by works, right? 01:32:35.940 |
So our works doesn't matter, it's just legalism. 01:32:40.820 |
And so make sure that as you're studying this, 01:32:44.020 |
that you're able to wrestle with that, right? 01:32:50.420 |
and then go to cross-references, see what it says? 01:32:57.180 |
to make sure that you get the full understanding 01:33:01.700 |
Then obviously, like every study that you do, 01:33:39.180 |
So make sure that every inductive Bible study 01:33:49.100 |
Don't cram this, there's too many verses to cram, okay? 01:33:53.580 |
and then you guys can go and finish your Bible study. 01:33:59.020 |
you're supposed to pick them up at 9.15, okay? 01:34:02.180 |
Oh, and then I have, again, some discussion questions. 01:34:05.580 |
I was debating whether I should give it to you or not, 01:34:13.900 |
but for today and maybe for the first few weeks, 01:34:18.260 |
I'm gonna direct you to some discussion questions. 01:34:28.980 |
is given to you for the purpose of godliness, okay? 01:34:34.820 |
How much of your energy is focused on what you have 01:34:42.740 |
If we have everything we need for life of godliness, 01:34:44.780 |
why does it seem so hard to bear fruit sometimes? 01:34:49.700 |
What has caused you to grow the most in your walk with God 01:34:56.060 |
So if you have your own questions that you wanna discuss, 01:34:59.020 |
obviously, you're more than welcome to do that, 01:35:04.540 |
Let me pray for us, and then I'll let you guys 01:35:07.140 |
Heavy Father, I thank you so much for your Holy Spirit 01:35:19.540 |
not to turn from it to the left or to the right, 01:35:22.700 |
and especially, Lord God, as we see our culture around us 01:35:32.900 |
the thoughts and intentions of our own heart, 01:35:39.220 |
that we may pursue holiness, Lord God, with all diligence.