66-DAY JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 61 - 2 Peter (A Warning to Those Who Think They are Saved)
For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire." (2 Peter 2:20-22)
If you consider yourself a true born-again beliiever I pray that the warning from the apostle Peter in our text above will never apply to you. Peter, talking about those who have received the knowledge of the truth through the gospel and have known the Lord Jesus to be the Lord and Savior and then deliberately turning their backs on him and embracing the sinful world they have apparently left behind, declares that these have never really been saved in the first place.
The apostle John teaches the same truth: “They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.” (1 John 2:19)
The Lord Jesus first taught this truth when he spoke about false teachers: “Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'” (Matthew 7:22-23)
Although it is hard to believe how someone who has known the truth about heaven can turn their back on it, many, far too many, false Christians have turned their backs on Christ and have decided instead to follow the world and the devil. I pray that it may never be the case for you and me.
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