Posted by Lisa Laree to Beer Lahai Roi
Um, yeah, I know it's Saturday. We'll just pretend it's Friday and I'm not behind schedule, lol.
We really are coming close to the end of this flying skim through the Bible, looking for the verse that resonates each week.
This week we are in 2 Peter...which, similar to the book of 2 Timothy, is our last message from an apostle. Peter knows this; he states as much in 1:13 - 15. He spends 2/3 of his letter warning against false teaching and encouraging his readers to be steadfast until the end.
So what caught my eye in this short little 3 chapter letter?
Peter's testimony.
We did not follow cleverly invented stories when we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. - 2 Pet. 1:16, NIV 84
John makes the same claim in his writings...folks, we SAW this. We LIVED it. It HAPPENED.
It's good thing to remember as we head into Holy Week. It's easy to distance ourselves from the narrative; to relegate it to a story...along with the rabbit who delivers baskets of eggs and the jolly fellow who flies around with reindeer and delivers presents. Just part of the culture, as we do all the Easter stuff. But Peter emphasizes that HE SAW IT HAPPEN.
Eyewitness testimony here.
Backing up a verse, Peter writes that he wants to make sure folks will remember all this 'after my departure'...which was immanent.
Take a moment and read through the whole letter. Like I said, it's short. Unlike Paul's last words, which were to a dear friend and very personal, Peter is writing to the entire church. This is his last injunction to all of us.
It would be good to give it a consideration.
Just because I thought of this this morning; if you're interested...here's an oldie, from Peter's perspective just before he's crucified.
Every time I really listen to the words, it brings me to tears. Can you imagine...Peter going to the (upside-down, if the stories are correct) cross, with the thought...'I'm gonna see His face again....'
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