Second Peter Chapter 2:10-22 What was true in all past generations, is also true in Peter’s generation. The righteous found themselves surrounded by the ungodly and plagued by false teachers who were very popular. The statement, “then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation”(2:9), is exactly the view that these Christians are to have of their own times and situation. “Peter’s abhorrence of the errorists produces some of the most colorful and shocking language in the New Testament, and Kelly reflects much modern sentiment when he talks of Peter’s ‘violent and colorfully expressed tirade’ and his ‘repertory of abuse’. But before we become too embarrassed, we should remember our twentiethcentury tendency to assume that all positions are right, rather than some being ‘damnable heresies’…..Clark says wisely, ‘What twentieth-century Christians might well notice is the sharp difference between the respect paid to false teachers today and the treatment they received from the apostles” (Lucas/Green p. 103). Deadly Preachers 2 Peter 2:10 “And especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties” “And especially”: This statement links us back to the last words in 2:9 “and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment”. God will especially punish individuals such as are described in the following verses. In the eyes of God, the false teacher is just as dangerous as sinning angels, Noah’s contemporaries and the inhabitants of Sodom and Gormorrah. “Especially”: Most of all, or above all. This word indicates that not all false teachers are immoral, God will condemn any false teacher, and especially those who fit into the following category.
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