Changed by Grace
2 Peter 3:17,18 Dear friends, you already know about this. So be careful. Donāt let these evil people lead you away by the wrong they do. Be careful that you do not fall from your strong faith. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Every parent at some point is terrified that their child might end up with the wrong crowd; that those people will lead their beloved son or daughter astray. And well they should be.
I can tell you, Iāve been there too. When kids grow up and start to find their own way in the world, thereās a kind of a tug-of-war between the love, the learning, the discipline theyāve received at home and the many things āout thereā that can take them in the wrong direction.
Which one will win out in the long run? Will the things we taught them, the love we showed them, win out in the end? Thatās what every parent finds themselves asking. And thatās an issue for God too, which is why He says this:
2 Peter 3:17,18 Dear friends, you already know about this. So be careful. Donāt let these evil people lead you away by the wrong they do. Be careful that you do not fall from your strong faith. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Peterās writing here in the context of some whoāve been twisting the Scriptures and leading themselves and others to destruction in so doing.
And still today, those people are out there. So we can choose either to follow them or to focus our faith on Jesus and grow in His grace. And that grace, make no mistake, is meant both to save you and then to change you.
A.W. Tozer once remarked that if weāre not changed by grace, then itās unlikely that weāve been saved by grace. I donāt think heās far wrong.
Donāt be led astray. Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Thatās His Word. Fresh ā¦ for you ā¦ today.
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