You have heard from people who claim to have fresh

insight into the Bible, a special revelation or a unique understanding.

And although that might sound intriguing, as we'll hear today on Truth for Life, we

should immediately run from those types of claims.

Alistair Begg is teaching today from 2 Peter 1, starting in verse 12.

This little section, 12, 13 and 14, is the key into the letter itself.

It is the opening of the understanding of our minds to what Peter is doing in the letter.

What is Peter doing?

He said, well, I'm writing all of this material down under the guidance and inspiration of

the Holy Spirit, so that when I'm no longer around, when I'm no longer the opportunity,

he says, to be your preacher and to be your teacher, you will have it all down in black

and white and you will be able to refer to it and it will be to you, a lamp to your feet

and a light to your path.

Now having said that and having noted that earlier, we now come to verse 16, where he's

urging upon his readers the basis of certainty and security in living the Christian life.

It's important that they understand, especially in light of the false teachers to which we'll

come in chapter 2, if you let your eyes scan forward to the first verse of chapter 2, there

were also false prophets among the people just as there will be false teachers among you,

secretly introducing destructive heresies and so on.

In light of that, Peter feels it important to make sure that what he is conveying to his

readers was not some kind of cliver invention.

It was not a result of going away and dreaming up some scheme.

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