22 May 2012

II Peter 1:13-14

Posted by joncooper

II Peter 1:13: “Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.”

Peter knew that he was about to be executed. After Jesus’ resurrection the Lord told Peter that one day he would be martyred, and apparently Peter never forgot it. Here Peter is saying that he knows that moment is rapidly approaching. Notice that, even as Peter saw his death approaching, his concern was for the church. He wanted to make sure that their faith was sound and their focus was on Christ. He was deeply concerned – not for his own welfare, or for the grisly fate that awaited him, but for the welfare of the church. That is really quite remarkable.

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