08/15/2023
The Warning
Peter writes in the Bible to remind this world of men about the consequences of the depravity of God’s holy and righteous way and will. Even when angels sin, they are not exempt from the judgment of the just God. Peter shares that God did not spare the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them in chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment. God did not spare the world of the ungodly during Noah’s life. Only eight people were saved from God’s devastating judgment with the flood that covered even the highest mountains on the earth. Peter next turns our attention to S***m and Gomorrah where fire and brimstone fell on the two cities and all inhabitants remaining were destroyed. The scriptures relate only Lot and his two daughters escaped. Lot’s wife disobeyed turning her heart and lusted after her home and lifestyle, and she was turned into a pillar of salt.
Peter shares these three incidents as examples of what is coming for those that live ungodly.
The Redemption
But God is merciful, and He planned before the foundation of the earth to redeem man from his immoral heart through His son, Jesus Christ. God’s immense love made a way to resolve the corruption and change man’s heart. God so loved man that He did not spare His own Son but delivered him up for us all. Jesus Christ took our judgment and our death. Our penalty of debasement toward God was forgiven. The word of God says that through our substitute, the Father God was able to justify all that would come to the Lord Jesus and partake of His death, His burial, and His resurrection unto newness of life by the power of God as He changed the degenerate heart to a holy and righteous heart.
If you have sinned in the past in your life and even now living a life of sin, trust in the Lord Jesus by believing that he who knew no sin became sin on your behalf in order to pay for the penalty of your sin so that you might become acceptable and welcomed by God in your faith in Christ Jesus. Faith in Jesus is the only way to be saved and made to be a new creation where old things have passed away; behold all things have become new. Now you certainly can live a proper and right life with God for all eternity.
