2 Peter 2 warns against false teachers who "are springs without water and mists driven by a storm" (v17) who will end up like "dogs returning to their vomit and pigs returning to the mud" (v22).
May God keep us from heresy, firmly planted in the holy word of God, far from sickly dogs or muddy pigs!
"Until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts". (2 Peter 1:19)
God's prophetic word is a light like the day dawning and as the morning star rising in our hearts. We must pay attention to God's word because it's origin is not just human but of the Holy Spirit. It is light in our darkness!
Please pray for all our constant evangelistic endeavours. We have a team evangelizing the Patos market every Saturday morning and another team evangelizing the men's prison every other Wednesday. Then we have a team evangelizing at our school every Wednesday and another team evangelizing the rural area of neighbouring São Mamede on Mondays. We also have 2 ministries of radio evangelism with one at Imaculada up in the mountains and the other at Flores in the state of Pernambuco. And all this evangelism goes together with Gospel tract distribution and Bible distribution. May many yet this year come into the Kingdom! 🙏🙌
The Brazilian presidential election finished without incident and surprisingly incumbent President Lula was re-elected with 51.79% of the second round vote and his opponent Flávio Bolsonaro received with 48.21%.
"Be shepherds (pastors) of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers - not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock". (1 Peter 5:2-3)
May God help all of us pastors to be servants! May God help us to be humble and not lord it over anyone! May God help us to be examples!
"Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms". (1 Peter 4:10)
Serve others! Serve God!
"They were submissive to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her master". (1 Peter 3: 5-6)
When I pointed this scripture out to Liz I won't tell you her comment! 😉 Culture bound concepts need to be carefully handled. Take for example Deuteronomy 21:18-21 where the killing of a rebellious son is advocated! May God give us humility and wisdom in Biblical interpretation and application.
"See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious stone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame". (1 Peter 2:6)
Peter says that we in Christ are like living stones being built into a spiritual house, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God, with Jesus as the capstone... the precious cornerstone. Praise God for being part of Christ's living stones spiritual house where the Holy Spirit is constantly present.
