658 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 3 Part 2 Book 55 - The Mark of False Teachers and Scoffers -2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 3 * PART 2 * BOOK 55 The Mark of False Teachers and Scoffers - Part 2 II Peter 2:9 – 3:18 My, it thrills our hearts when people write or call and say how they have gotten really excited about studying the Word of God because it is the most exciting book on earth! But, as I’ve said before, the scoffer, 99 times out of 100, has never really studied this Book. And he’s just scoffing from ignorance because anybody who really studies this can’t help but understand that it’s the supernaturally inspired Word of God. All right, let’s get right back where we left off in II Peter chapter 2 (we left off in verse 20), and I think we’ll read it again. "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge…." In other words, these false teachers have enough understanding; they’re not totally rejecting everything, but after they’ve escaped the pollutions of the world that has the corruptions of it. All right, now Peter puts it in a little different language, but it’s the same setting. Only now instead of talking about good mainline Judaising Jews, now he’s talking about Jews who were false teachers. And I’m sure he was talking about Jews - Jews who are false teachers. Now verse 22. All right, so there’s the problem, these people embrace enough to make it merchandisable. The Lord Himself warns us of these false teachers, something that we all have to be aware of. Matthew 24:4 What’s the warning? Don’t be taken in by false teachers. Here’s the reason, verse 5. Those vast crowds don’t change things a bit, and one of the reasons is that most of these people don’t ever get to hear Paul’s Gospel of I Corinthians 15:1-4, for the salvation message. All right, come back with me to II Peter now; we’re ready for chapter 3. Remember that Peter is writing to Jewish believers of the Kingdom economy. There’s nothing of Paul’s Gospel of salvation in here. You can’t find a single reference of salvation by faith and faith alone in Christ’s finished work of the cross. Paul’s Gospel of salvation is not here in these Jewish epistles because this is still Jews who had been under that Kingdom economy. When I say the Kingdom economy, remember, the Jews under Peter’s preaching had to believe that Jesus was the Promised Messiah and King for their salvation. All right, so remember, these are the Jews to whom Peter is writing. The only thing they knew was the timeline as it was prophesied in the Old Testament (like in Psalms chapter 2), and as Jesus and Peter had continued it. So II Peter, like I Peter, is preparing these people for the pressures they would be coming under because of their faith and the promises of the prophetic Scriptures. That’s why he’s always going back to the Old Testament. You never see anything from Paul appear in Peter. Peter isn’t quoting Paul until he tells us to go to Paul in the last few verses to find salvation. So always be aware of this; that Peter and James and John are writing to these Jewish believers in view of the fact that the Old Testament prophecies are just going to keep unfolding - and the Tribulation, Second Coming, and Kingdom Age is right out in front of these Jewish believers. II Peter 3:1 II Peter 3:2a prophets,.…" Your Old Testament writers. The coming of Israel’s Messiah and King and then the Tribulation. Now let’s show you what Paul says again in Romans 15 verse 8. Romans 15:8 "Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision (Israel) for the truth of God, (and here’s why He came) to confirm (or fulfill) the promises made unto the fathers:"Well, who were the fathers? Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Moses and then the prophets. And Christ came to fulfill all those promises. The King and the Kingdom. The glories of the Kingdom. Heaven on earth! Next year Jerusalem! Next year Jerusalem! All right, back to II Peter - and so he is in line with that. II Peter 3:2 "That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, (the Old Testament writers. Rejected. Crucified. Verse 3. II Peter 3:3 lusts," Well what in the world is their lusts? Remember the old Texas rancher? Well that never stops. Now you see, this whole ball of wax from Christ’s first advent to the ushering in of eternity in Scripture is called what? All right, come back to chapter 3. Israel is back in the land. The Roman Empire is reappearing. The scoffers are coming in like never before in human history. Okay, verse 4, and these scoffers will say: II Peter 3:4a Well, Jews were. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They were the fathers of Israel. II Peter 3:4b Noah’s Flood. Peter says, "Wait a minute!" Verse 5. II Peter 3:5a I like that term, "willingly ignorant," because that’s most people. Willingly ignorant. Willingly ignorant. All right, now in this case, Peter is talking about Noah’s Flood. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible