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2. Remembering What You Know 2 Peter 1:12-15
Are your kitchen appliances necessities or conveniences?
Anything we become accustomed to using and take for granted can quickly become “necessary”
We often only appreciate things when they are first invented or when they are new to us.

3. Losing Your First Love
A new believer is excited about Christ and everything associated with Him
As the years progress, too many Christians lose the vibrancy of their walk of faith.
The Lord’s correction of the Ephesian church - Revelation 2:1-7

4. Losing Your First Love
The solution to losing your first love is:
Remember
Repent
Re-do

5. The Need to Be Reminded 2 Peter 1:12-15
Context: Peter is writing near the end of His life.
He does not give them anything novel, reveal a hidden secret, or teach a new doctrine.
Peter reminds them of what they already know
2 Peter 3:1-2.

6. The importance of Reminders
Most people prefer to learn something new than hear old lessons they struggle with
Peter is adamant about the importance of reminding them
There must be a return to the fundamentals to move people back into a strong relationship with the Lord

7. Back to Basics
The “therefore” points back to what Peter said in verses 10 & 11
The specific “things” are what he mentioned in verses 3, 4, 5-8 and 9.
The nature of “these things” is that they knew about them mentally, but not necessarily experientially.

8. Back to Basics
Many people desire an easier way to live righteously
Some replace God’s standards with their own resulting in either legalism or licentiousness
Some groups claim to receive new revelation - through someone else or just how they feel.

9. Back to Basics
These efforts try to replace the struggle of living by the principles & precepts of the Lord and walking by faith with something easier

10. Motives
Peter’s desire was to stir them up to be active in walking with the Lord in righteousness
Peter knew he would soon die & was being diligent so that they would remember these things after that

11. Fundamentals of the Christian Life 2 Peter 1:1-11
Peter is a slave and an apostle of Jesus Christ
Faith is something received by the righteousness of Christ
Jesus Christ is both God & savior
Jesus is our Lord (master)

12. Fundamentals of the Christian Life 2 Peter 1:1-11
By His divine the power, God has already granted us everything we need to live the Christian life
God has given us His precious and magnificent promises by which we become like Christ in character

13. Fundamentals of the Christian Life 2 Peter 1:1-11
We are to be diligent to add the marks of Christian maturity
Faith ! moral excellence ! knowledge ! self-control ! perseverance ! godliness ! brotherly kindness ! love
We can have assurance of salvation and be useful and fruitful for Christ

14. Some Things to Come 2 Peter 1:16-3:18
The origin of the Bible
The proper interpretation of Scripture
The danger of false teachers, their identification & destruction
The defense against false teachers.
Overcoming temptation
The thinking of mockers

15. Some Things to Come 2 Peter 1:16-3:18
God’s judgment in the past - The Genesis Flood
God’s patience & call the call to repentance
The day of the Lord & God’s judgment to come
The promise of heaven
Motivation to live in righteousness and being on guard

16. Conclusions
God has already done His part, we must do our part
Peter has been diligent to remind us of Biblical truth, we must remember and live accordingly

17. Conclusions
Do not take what God has done for you for granted
Do not allow yourself to become apathetic or even complacent
Be diligent recall the truths of Scripture to mind and then live accordingly
Psalm 105:1-5

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