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Devotional: November 17th

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2 Peter 2:12-22

Satan constantly uses the same two means to overturn the truth established in 2 Peter 1:1-21 : he tries to corrupt it, as in 2 Peter 2:1-22, or openly to deny it, as we shall see in 2 Peter 3:1-18. His instruments for leading souls astray are presented to us here in their true light. What an awful and frightening picture is presented of these religious leaders in whom moral evil and evil teaching go hand in hand (vv. 12-17; Matthew 7:15). These men who promise freedom to others are themselves slaves of their basest passions and lusts (v. 19). For, and this is a serious consideration for the believer also, "of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage". Are each of us free, freed by the Lord (John 8:34-36; Isaiah 49:24-25)? Or are we still entangled by some shameful chain? This world is captivating, in the literal sense of the word. Like a mire (v. 22 end), it holds fast the feet of these careless people who venture that way, at the same time polluting their souls (v. 20 mentions the pollutions of the world).

The end of the chapter shatters the illusion of those who have momentarily escaped sin’s rut by a mere social or intellectual Christianity. Moral reform is not conversion!

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