Does the Bible command me to reconcile with my abuser?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Well, hi, this is Bill Meyer along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez.

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And first up today, let's go to Tim calling in from Nebraska.

Tim, what's your question for Adriel?

Is this Adriel?

Yeah, this is him.

Oh, it's great to talk to you.

Anyway, my question is, 2nd Peter 3.9,

is that verse pointed towards a certain group of people, or is that for the whole world?

Yeah, so 2 Peter chapter 3.

The context here is the day of the Lord, the final judgment that is coming and how we should live in light of that.

And Peter says, you know, in the previous chapter, 2 Peter 2, he had this long discussion

about false teachers in the church, leading people astray. And a part of what they would say,

he goes on to express here in chapter 3 is this sort of scoffing at this idea of the Lord's

coming. God isn't really going to judge the world. I mean, things are continuing as they've been continuing

for so long. And so really sort of minimizing the judgment of God. And Peter's point here is, look,

God isn't taking his time. The reason, you know, sometimes people will ask the question,

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