2 Peter 1.16.

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were

eyewitnesses of His glory.

For when we received honor, for when He received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was

born to him by the majestic glory. This is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased.

We heard this voice born from heaven

for we were with him on the Holy Mountain.

And we have the prophetic word made more sure.

You will do well to pay attention to this as to a lamp shining in a dark place

until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

First of all, you must understand this, that no prophecy of scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but

men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

We can sum up what we've seen now so far in 2 Peter, Chapter 1 with the three pictures that

you might possibly remember from the last three messages.

The Hot Fudge Sunday, the man swimming against the ocean current, and the lamp shining in the dark place.

Versus 1 through 4, the main point there was that divine power has been given to believers to lead lives devoted to godliness,

or we could say to brotherly kindness and to love and that that divine power becomes effective in daily life through

precious and very great promises.

So, if we hold those promises out in front of us, like the Hot Fudge Sunday,

and let them captivate us and allure us.

They exert on us, as it were, a divine power

that guards us from sinful allurements

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