We put a lot of faith in experts - but not experts in faith! Our postmodern world is so complex, many believe, that we can't hope to understand any part of it without at least a doctorate degree. And so we look to the "experts." But many of those are not experts, in the original sense of the word: someone having experience. Contrast this with the spiritual world, in which all unlearned opinions are supposed to be equally valid. And there we have real experts, like Peter who saw the glorified Christ with his own eyes. Today we conclude our series in 2 Peter. Here's Jim in Chapter 3.

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What has happened, can happen. That's just logic. We know that God is capable of destroying the world, and of renewing the world... because He's done both of those things already. The promise of Christ to return in judgment is credible, based on the available evidence. And since we know He's coming again, the way we live our lives now should anticipate, and celebrate, that fact. Here's the middle third of Jim's message, The Promise of His Coming. He's reading from 2 Peter chapter 3, verse 5.

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"If Jesus is coming back, shouldn't He have been here by now?" Peter predicted that scoffers would scoff. He told us what the naysayers would say, and what their lame argument would be. And he tied all this to the Last Days. The final chapter of 2 Peter is astonishing for its accuracy. Today we'll start to close our series through that letter with Part 1 of the sermon, The Promise of His Coming. Here's Jim.

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The apostate wants you to believe that doctrines are like boxes of cereal on a grocery shelf; pick any one you like! But most of those boxes contain poison. A heretic is "chooser," that's what the word means. He says, "There's more than just that one, narrow Way. Here's an alternative!" Peter cuts them no slack. Friday we paused our study of 2 Peter in Chapter 2. Let's rewind a bit, to hear Jim explain what it means that the ungodly are "kept under punishment" now.

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"The way of the transgressor is hard." The transgressor, the treacherous, the unfaithful - he has a tough road, Solomon says. And Peter agrees. We've been studying 2 Peter, and in Chapter 2 he sums up his argument against apostates. Everyone has difficulties; but troubles have a different purpose in the lives of the godly, versus the ungodly. Here's Jim with Part 1 of God's Response to Human Failure.

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Lot, and Balaam: two men with different stories...and different endings. Lot doesn't seem very holy to us, especially compared to his uncle, Abraham! But Balaam has a hotline to God. Surely he's on the right track? In his Second Epistle, Peter has been commending God's ability to sort human beings, and separate wheat from weeds. Jim brings us Part 2 of False Teachers vs. Faithful Fathers.

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God doesn't bake casseroles. We've got a big mishmash of ingredients simmering down here. The wicked, the righteous, the wicked-who-pretend-to-be-righteous...all thrown together in the same pan. The liars and the truth-tellers are hard to separate. But separate them God will, and Peter reminds us that this is how God has always cooked. No casseroles. Our look at 2 Peter, chapter 2 is called False Teachers versus Faithful Fathers. Here's Jim to get us started.

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Can your gospel do this? The real "good news" doesn't just say something; it does something. It changes everyone who accepts it. Fake good news is inert, lifeless. If anything, it accelerates the decomposition process already at work in a human life. This is one clear way we can distinguish the real, from the phony. Yesterday we began a series in the letter of 2 Peter. Here's Jim to conclude that opening sermon, called Test for Truth.

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There are so many versions of Christianity, it can be hard to tell which one is real. Nah, Peter says, it's not that hard! And welcome to a new month, and a new series of messages. We've jumped from Jude, to a letter that has a lot in common with it: the Epistle of 2 Peter. If God is not insane, then we can expect His revelations to line up - that is, whatever He says on Tuesday won't contradict what He said on Monday. That's one easy test we can apply. Peter will give us a few more. Here's Jim.

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