Therefore
my brothers, be all the more eager
To
make your calling and election sure. (2 Peter 1:10)
Simon
Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To
those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus
Christ
Have
received a Faith as precious as ours:
Grace
and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God
and
of Jesus our Lord.
His
Divine Power has given us EVERYTHING WE NEED
For
LIFE and godliness through our knowledge of Him
Who
called us by His Own Glory and Goodness.
Through
these He has given us His very Great and Precious Promises,
So
that THROUGH them you may participate in the Divine Nature
AND
ESCAPE THE CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD CAUSE BY EVIL DESIRES.
For
this very reason, make EVERY EFFORT to add to your Faith Goodness;
And
to Goodness, Knowledge; and to Knowledge, Self-control;
And
to Self-control, Perseverance; and to Perseverance, Godliness;
And
to Godliness Brotherly Kindness; and to Brotherly Kindness, Love.
For
if you possess these qualities in increasing measure,
They
will keep you from being INEFFECTIVE and UNPRODUCTIVE
In
your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But
if anyone does not have them, he is NEAR SIGHTED and BLIND,
And
has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.
Therefore,
my brothers, be all the more eager
To
make your Calling and Election Sure.
For
if you do these things, you will never fall,
and
you will receive a RICH WECOME into the Eternal Kingdom
Of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
So
I will always remind you of these things,
Even
though you know them
And
are firmly established in the TRUTH you now have.
I
think it is right to refresh your memory
As
long as I live in the Tent of this body,
because
I know that I will soon put it aside,
As
our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
And
I will make every effort to see that after my departure
You
will always be able to remember these things.
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.
For
He received Honor and Glory from God the Father
When
the voice came to Him From the Majestic Glory, saying,
'This
is My Son, Whom I Love; With Him I AM well pleased.'
We
ourselves heard this voice that came from Heaven
When
we were with Him on the Sacred Mountain.
And
we have the Word of the Prophets made more CERTAIN,
And
you will do well to pay attention to it,
As
to a light shining in a DARK PLACE [this
World we live in],
Until
THE DAY DAWNS and THE MORNING STAR RISES in your hearts.
ABOVE
ALL, you must understand that NO PROPHESY of Scripture
Came
about by the Prophet's own interpretation.
For
Prophesy NEVER HAD ITS ORIGIN IN THE WILL OF MAN,
But
men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
BUT
THERE WERE ALSO FALSE PROPHETS AMONG THE PEOPLE,
Just
as there will be False Prophet among you.
They
will SECRETLY introduce DESTRUCTIVE HERESIES
[Such
as Pope Francis saying
That
atheists can be save by their good conscience],
Even
denying the Sovereign Lord Who bought them--
Bringing
swift DESTRUCTION on themselves.
MANY
WILL FOLLOW THEIR SHAMEFUL WAYS
And
will bring THE WAY OF TRUTH into DISREPUTE.
In
their GREED these teachers will exploit you
With
stories they have made up.
Their
CONDEMNATION has long been hanging over them,
And
their DESTRUCTION has not been sleeping.
For
if God did ot spare angels when they SINNED,
But
sent them to HELL,
Putting
them into GLOOMY DUNGEONS to be held for JUDGMENT;
If
He did not spare the Ancient World
When
He brought the FLOOD on its ungodly people,
But
protected Noah, a preacher of Righteousness, and seven others;
If
He CONDEMNED the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
BY
BURNNING THEM TO ASHES,
And
made them AN EXAMPLE of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
And
if He rescued Lot, a Righteous man,
Who
was distressed by the FILTHY LIVES of lawless men
(For
that Righteous man, living among them day after day,
Was
TORMENTED in his Righteous soul
By
the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
If
this is so, them the Lord knows how to RESCUE godly men from trials
And
to hold the unrighteous for THE DAY OF JUDGMENT,
While
continuing their PUNISHMENT.
This
is especially true of those
Who
follow the CORRUPT DESIRE OF THE SINFUL NATURE
And
despise authority [God's
authority].
Bold
an arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander Celestial Beings;
Yet
even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful,
Do
not bring slanderous accusations
Against
such beings in the Presence of the Lord.
But
these men BLASPHEME in matters they do not understand.
They
are like BRUTE BEASTS, creatures of instinct,
Born
only to be caught and DESTROYED,
And
like BEASTS they too will PERISH.
They
will be paid back with HARM for the HARM they have done.
Their
idea of pleasure is to CAROUSE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
They
are BLOTS and BLEMISHES, reveling in their pleasures
While
they feast with you.
With
eyes FULL OF ADULTERY, they never stop SINNING;
They
SEDUCE THE UNSTABLE; they are EXPERTS IN GREED--
An
ACCURSED BROOD!
They
have left the STRAIGHT WAY
And
wandered off to follow THE WAY OF BALAAM son of Beor,
Who
LOVED THE WAGES OF WICKEDNESS.
But
he was REBUKED for his WRONGDOING by a donkey--
A
beast without speech—who spoke with a man's voice
And
RESTRAINED the Prophet's MADNESS.
These
men are SPRINGS WITHOUT WATER
And
MISTS DRIVEN BY A STORM.
BLACKEST
DARKNESS IS RESERVED FOR THEM.
For
they mouth EMPTY BOASTFUL WORDS and,
BY
APPEALING TO THE LUSTFUL DESIRES OF SINFUL HUMAN NATURE,
They
ENTICE PEOPLE who are just escaping from those who live in ERROR.
They
PROMISE THEM FREEDOM,
While
they themselves are SLAVES TO DEPRAVITY--
For
a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
If
they have escaped THE CORRUPTION OF THE WORLD
By
knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
And
are again ENTANGLED in it and OVERCOME,
They
are WORSE OFF AT THE END than they were at the beginning.
It
would have been better for them
NOT
TO HAVE KNOWN THE WAY OR RIGHTEOUSNESS,
Than
to have known it
And
then to turn their backs on THE SACRED COMMANDMENT
That
was passed on to them.
Of
them the proverbs are true:
'A
dog returns to its VOMIT,'
And
'A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the MUD.'
(2
Peter 1,2)
Today,
America, the World and the Apostate Church
Are
as CORRUPT as at any time in history.
As Scripture has
foretold, they will have their One World Government;
They will have their
“savior,” the son of Satan,
And the will worship
him and receive his “mark,”
Damning themselves to
an Eternal Hell.
Where will your be? I
pray among those who belong to Christ Jesus.
Today,
the World is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
America
is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!
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