PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Peter
B.C. Caffin [1826-1894] · 90,814 words · 97 reading sections
The Pulpit Commentary — 2 Peter — Section 61
the world and the things that are in the world; once the lusts of the flesh, the Justa of the eye, and the pride of lifo filled their heart. The moral miasma of the corruption that is in the world was defiling their soul; but they escaped, drawn by tho powerful aUraction of the cross. '!'hey rose into a purer atmospher…
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fanatics, that the difficulties with which Christ.ianity had to contend were very formid- 1tble, and that, added to those encountered from without, were others-more insidious and dangerous-arising from within. Of these, false teachers, corrupters of doctrine, and preachers of licentiousness in the name of the holy S…
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been reacl1ed, that unrighteousness haR prevailed amongst men, that in the hio-hest sense "there is none that doeth righteousness "-none who has no failin"S 0 to ack~ow- ledge, none who has a perfect obedience to present. II. 'l'HE IMPORT OF TUE PREACHING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, 1. The standard of righteous- ness has to be…
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nnd (2) the unjust, or those who have no respect for the la,v of rectitude human or m~ ' II. THE CORRESPONDING DISTINCTION OF TREATMENT ON TIIE PART OF THE Lonn AND J lJDGE OF MANKI])."D. 1. The go,lly are not exempted from temptation, but are delivered out of it. In illustration of this principle of the Divine "over…
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Ver. 19.-Slaves promi6e liberty I 1. In denouncing the delnsionn promoted by false teachers, St. Peter passes from invective to irony. He exhibits in this verse, not merely the impiety, but the very absurdity, of sinners, who, themselves enslaved to sin, are so unreasonable as to offer freedom to their dupes and victim…
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his subjects are righteous. "Righteous and true are thy ways, 0 thou King of the nges ! " II. IT IS A WAY C0NSTl!.UCTED BY A RIGHTEOUS SAVIOUR. The execution of God's righteous plans for man's salvation was by him entrusted to his own Son. Jn Christ God appears before men as "a just G-od and a Saviour." The mediatoria…
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you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, ,lenying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction." 'l'he connection of thought seems to be the following: There were prophets that" spake from God;" but there arose false prophets also among the…
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the sin of _the angels was. Jnde is more informing, and sugg,sts tha.t the? did not 11lace t.!_10 nght value on their own principality, ou theit· proper habitation. 'fhere was ~ometlnn_g cl_se that they plac~d _befo_re what they had, and, reaching after it, they fell from their high estate.. God, 1t 1s said here, sp…
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them, are godly out of their tempt11tion, whatever it is, when he sees it to be for his glory. (2) The darlc side. "And to keep the unrighteous under punishment nnto the de.y of judgmcnt." Three classes havo been instanced of the unrighteous, i.e. those not right toward God. The Lord found ways anrl means of checking t…
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s1tking the right. way, ":ent astray. It was wrong for him ever to think of going to Barak, who wished him to curne Israel. "Thy way," be was told, "is perverse before me.•: He was swayed from the right way by loving the hire of wrong-doing. "And Gods anger was kindled because be went." He was rebuked for what was n…
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EXPOSITIO:--. 10). Compare also" the angels of the seven CHAPTER III. Churches" in the Hevelation. St. Peter Ver. 1.-This Second Epistle, beloved, I shows an intimate knowledge of s<;veml of now write unto you; literally, this Epistle St. Panl's Epistles, and of that of St.Ja.mes ; alroady a second one I 'lll1-ite u…
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mise w0uld crnr be fulfilled. For sinoe the St. Peter refers to it in words evidently de- fathers fell asleep ; better, from the day that. rived from the Book of Genesis, not from By "tile fotbers" must be meant here the any other sources, whether Greek, Egyptian, fathers of tile Christian Church. St. Peter or India…
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" wo.ter." The meaning will be the same years, and a thousand years as one day. whiohever view we take. "The fountains "With the Lord" means in his sio-bt, 0 m of the great deep were broken up, and the his estimate of things (comp. Ps. xc. 4, windows of heaven were opened ; '' that is, "A thousand years in thy sicrht …
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dclny; he bath no pleasure that the wicked disorgnnized; and this is the scnso of <TT01x•ia ~hould die (Ezek. xviii. 28, 82, and xxxiii. in the LXX. (Wisd. vii. 17; xix. 17) and I I). But that 1111 should oome to repentanoe. in Hippolytus, • Philos.,' pp. 21!!, 818. Tho T be Greek word for" come" (xwpij<Tai ), occur…
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better manuscripts read, instead of otv, then, thought famishes aa argument of consider- o~T"'s, thus : "seeing that all these things able weight in favonr of the genuineness of a1·e thus being clissolvecl." What manner this Epistle. Another possible rendering of of persons ought ye to be in all holy conver- the word i…
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in liearnn now; the commonweo.lth of which Epistle wits probitbly known to St. Peter; t.he sRiuts are citizens is in heaven (Phil. there may be a. reference to 1 These. v. 2 in iii. 20). But heaven will come down to ver. 10 of this chapter; o.nd Silvnnus, whose cnrth; the throne of God and of the Lamb name St. Paul …
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here; it means "to twist with a windlass," Ver. 18.-But grow in grace, and in the and so "to strain, to torture, to distort." As knowledge of our Lord e.nd Saviour Jeene they do e.lso the other Scriptures. This pas- Christ. Growth is necessary for steadfast- sage is of the gMitest interest,asshowing that ncBs: we ca…
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he had dwelt upon the subject of prophetical inspiration in both Epistles; he wa& const.antly referring to the prophets both in his speeches and letters. Christians 011ght to study the writings of the prophets; they ought to give heed to the Word of prophecy. So also they Bh0uld be always mindful of the Lord's comma…
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vast change; it wae a mighty interposition of Divine power. "In the beginning Go,] created the heaven and the earth." We are not concerned here with the scientific, interpretation of phenomena. The Bible was not intended to teach us that knowledge which men may by patient labour obtain for themselves, but to reveal to …
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(Wisd. iv. 13). 2. The Lo1·d is long-suffering. The delay does not mean indif- ference; it does not mean that the Lord heedeth not the conduct of men. 'l'ho ungodly my, "Tush, God bath forgotten : be bideth away bis face; he will never see it." But )t is not_ ~o. The delay of the judgment comes from a far different …
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a.re citizens of the heavenly country, fellow-citizens with the saints. Therefore they must adopt the modes of life which are characteristic of that heavenly country; their conduct as they move about among men must be holy in all the relations of life; they must live in the habitual pursuit of godliness in all its aspe…
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him fore t-0 fare, and live in that new earth the life of heaven; for it is the unveiled prc~ence of God which makes heaven what it is, the abode of joy, and love, and l1oh~ess, and entranced ?ontemplation of the Di\'ine be:mty. Into that city entereth no: hmg that defileth; nghteonsnc~s dwelleth there. 'l'he earth …
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holiness and inspired wisdom; be is wholly ab0ve petty jealou~ies ancl resentment~. Christians ought never to take offence, especially at well-intentioned rebukes; they ought to be thankful for them. Christians ought to rejoice at the graces vouchsafed to others-at their zeal, energy, love, at the success of their r…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 4.-" The promise of his comfog." The principle which actuated these scoffers, loading them to irreligion and self-indulgence upon the ground that the promises and threats professing to emanate from Divine authority were unfulfilled, is the same principle which was embodied in the a…
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history in which to carry out his designs. The dispensations follow one another with no haste. The ages are the province within which God works. II. 'fHE APPLIOATION OF THIS TRUTH TO IMPENITENT SINNERS, It cannot be other- wise than that those who defy God's authority should be affected by the deliberation with which …
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Ver. 14.-Diligence. Where our versions say, "Be diligent I " or "Give diligence!" 1 :,e original says, "Hasten!" Yet our word, implying choice, value, love, seems appro- priate as a rendering of the Greek. Let the traveller speed him with diligence on nis journey; let the ploughman hasten to furrow all the acres of …
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Saviour, for the dclivere.nce of hie people and the destruction of his foes. Both Paul and Peter found it necessary to restrain the impatience and to check the enthusiastic anticipations of their converts, and to impress upon them the marvellous forbearance of God. 'l'hey aimed at showing that it was benevolence which …
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~- THE Dr~ LA~ OF SPBITUAL GROWTH. It is well that the tree be planted in A rich and smtable s01l; that there be room for its roots to strike forth as far as the mo~t spr~ding of its goodly boughs; that it be by rivers of water, through whose moisture 1t may be green; that the winds of heaven may freely rustle throu…
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And at the ea.me time, it is importe.nt to observe and to avoid and strive against thoso hindrances to growth which in great variety beset us on every side, aud by wbich very many have been injured, if not ruined. IV. THE EXTENT AND LIMIT OF CHRISTIAN GROWTH. With regard to this world, such progress is intended to be …
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Vers. 14-18.-.A tender concluding appeal. In .these words the apostle gets near, as a shepherd of souls tending the flock, to those whom he would bless. I. HE MAKES THEIR DISCIPLINE A. PLEA FOR REACHING A BLESSED IDEAL. . 1. Their discipline. How much is involved in "these things" I 2. Their ideal. "Be found in peac…
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be[ore by the holy prophets, and the commandment of the Lord and Saviour throuuh your apostles." He first refers them to the words of the holy prophets, i.e. who wrote on holy themes, and under holy inspiration. He has specially in view the holy themCJ of the seco?'d coming. T~eir words spoken before h_ad received str…
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hPavens from of old, and e.n earth compacted out of water and a.midst water, by the Word of God; by which means the world that then was being overflowed with water perished." Peter, in putting his finger on catastrophi;m, refers to it as what they wilfully forgot. It required an effort of their will to shut it out. …
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the ee.rth ; and if tbouFande of years have to elapse before the winding up of human history, in the sure and effectual evolving of his purpose that may not be long to God. VI. ExPJ.ANATION OF SEEMING DET,AY. ., The Lord is not slack coocernin" his promise, e.s some count slackness; but is long-suffering to you-ward, …
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Yers. 11-18.-...Duty in vieio of second coming. I. REFERF.NCR TO Gon IN OUR CON• DUCT. "Seeing that tbcse things are thus a.11 to be dissolved, what ml\nner of persons ought ye t-0 be in all holy li,ing and godliness?" The e.'\tastrophe that is to nccomp:my the second coming is here put dol\·n in time present in the…
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cbnrncter-a correspondence of the outward to the inward never to be disturbed. It is said in Isa. !xvi. 22, "For ns the new heavens and the new earth, which I shall make, shall remain before me, snith the Lord, so shall your ,eed and your name remain." 'l'be expression oftbe idea here is," wherein dwelleth righteousne…
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~ut for patience extended over years, Paul would never have lived to be a preaoher of nghteous,ness, and. J?hn. Bunyan would never have lived to write the • Pilgrim's Progress. And so 1t 1s with the race as a whole. The offer of salvation has yet to be made to all. And even when the offer h<is been made, means have …
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SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER. TnEH'B P AG It CHAPTER L The Christian Virtues in their Com- THEHZ P.lOE pleteness 36 The Address 11 Putting in Mind .. , 40 Exhortation to Earnest Effort 13 Reasons for Diligence in his Apostolic CHAPTER II. Work... 15 Pater's Primacy , . , 18 Warning ago.inst False Teachers 50 The …
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