14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. 15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability.18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
(II Peter 3)
Peter had shared a number of negative things about what would happen before Christ's return: people will behave badly, believers will be persecuted, the world will fall apart. But our response never should be to fall apart and be people of doom and gloom. As followers of Christ we should demonstrate such patience, persistence, and pursuit of holiness as He did. It is not always easy and does not always make sense, but it is always becoming of believers. Stand strong. Trust God. Keep on going and growing.
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