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2 PETER 3:11-12, 14-16,Q5----- WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING. AMEN

2 PETER 3:9 Q4----- REPENT= YES. SIN= NO. NO REPENTANCE= NO SALVATION. AMEN

2 PETER 3:9 Q3------ GOD WANTS US ALL TO REPENT. THIS TEACHES US HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US, AND HIS LONGSUFFERING FOR HIS CHILDREN. AMEN.

2 PETER 3:7-13, Q2------- TO "PERISH"----- AS CHRISTIANS (1) TO BE DESTROYED(2) ETERNAL DEATH(3) SEPARATED FROM GOD, THIS IS NOT PREACHED ENOUGH IN OUR CHURCHES TODAY. AMEN.

2 PETER 3:1-18 Q1.----- (1) TO REMIND US OF GOD"S FAITHFULLNESS TO US. (2) BY THE STUDY OF THE WORD OF GOD. (3) LOVE. AMEN.

2 PETER 2:20-22, Q4 ------- MATTHEW 7:15-20, TELLS US WE WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUIT= FALSE PROPHETS= THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CHURCHS TODAY, AND THAT IS WHY THERE IS NO TEACHING ON SIN AND REPENTANCE, IT'S ALL MONEY AND POSITION; AMEN.

2 PETER 2:19 Q3------ WE AS CHRISTIANS NEED TO REPENT DAILY, FOR WE ARE ALL SINNERS, AND DRAW ON THE STRENGHT OF OUR LORD; SEE = ACTS 17:30-31. AMEN.

JUDE 4 Q2.------ THESE ARE FALSE TEACHERS, SO PREACHING THAT WHICH IS NOT TRUTH, IS DENYING CHRIST; SEE 2 PETER 2:1. AMEN.

JUDE 3 Q1---- WHY MUST WE CONTEND FOR THE FAITH?= (1) TO EXPOSE FALSE TEACHING IN OUR CHURCHES; THE RULE HERE WILL REQUIRE THAT WE SHOULD "CONTEND FOR THE TRUTH" (2) THE ONLY DANGER I SEE IN CHALLENGING FALSE TEACHERS IS WE MAY BE REMOVED FROM HIS CHURCH, AT LEAST I WONT BE DECEIVED! AMEN.

2 TIMOTHY 3:16.Q4----- I THINK THE ABOVE SCRIPTURE ANSWERS THIS QUESTION,EXCEPT TO SAY,BEFORE WE STUDY GODS WORD WE NEED TO BE SPIRIT FILLED AND PRAY FOR HIS LEADING; AMEN.

2 PETER 1:20-21.Q3----- IF WE ARE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT WHY CANT WE CONVERSE WITH GOD? PHILIPPIANS 4:13= I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGHTHENS ME; ALSO SEE,= JOHN 3:8. AMEN.

2 PETER 1:19.Q2------ AS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LIGHT OF A LAMP AND THAT OF THE DAY, SUCH IS THAT BETWEEN THE LIGHT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AND OF THE NEW, AND THE MORNING STAR= JESUS CHRIST,(REV 22:16) DARKNESS= ISAIAH 42:7. LIGHT= MATTHEW 3:17(JESUS); AMEN.

2PETER 1:13-15.Q1-----(1) SOME DONT TALK ABOUT DEATH BECAUSE OF FEAR,CULTUREAND THERE UPBRINGING,GET OVER IT,IT WILL HAPPEN;(2) TENT OR TABERNACLE= OUR SOUL IS VERY DISTINCT FROM OUR BODY, SO THE BODY IS THE TENT OR TABERNACLE WHERE OUR SOUL DWELLS= FREE; PETER WAS TALKING ABOUT DEPARTING FROM OR GOING OUT OF HIS TABERNACLE OR TENT(HIS SOUL) AND GOING ON A JOURNEY OUT OF THIS WORLD (EXODUS) TO BE WITH OUR LORD. AMEN.

2PETER 1:10 Q4---- AN INDICATION OF A CHRISTIANS CHARACTER IS NORMALY BY SEVERAL THINGS, LOVE,JOY,PEACE,LONGSUFFERING,KINDNESS,GOODNESS,FAITHFULNESS,GENTLENESS AND SELF-CONTROL=GALATIANS 5:22-23; IF WE LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, LET US ALSO WALK IN THE SPIRIT(V25) MAYBE THEN WE WONT BE BARREN AND FRUITLESS; AMEN

2PETER 1:7 Q3----- AGAPE LOVE IS WITHOUT ANY DISTINCTION OF POSITION, WEALTH OR CULTURE,AND ARE TO MEET AS MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY; THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY SOME CHRISTIANS DON'T ATTEND CHURCH, AND ONE IS BECAUSE OF A MINORITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST ARE ONLY THERE FOR A POSITION, WHICH THEY CANNOT GET OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH, ANOTHER REASON IS THAT IT IS GETTING HARDER TO FIND A CHURCH WHERE THE WORD OF GOD(BIBLE) IS TAUGHT, THAT IS TWO OF THE REASONS WHY I HAVE NOT ATTENDED A CHURCH FOR SOMETIME,BUT IAM STILL IN THE WORD OF GOD; AMEN

2 PETER 1:6,Q2----- FOR ME A DISCIPLINED DEVOTIONAL LIFE IS IMPORTANT FOR MY SPIRITUAL,PERSONAL AND FAMILY GROWTH; MY DAY STARTS IN PRAYER AND FINISHES IN PRAYER, IN THIS WAY I AM OPENING MYSELF UP TO THE SPIRIT OF GOD, AND WAITING ON HIS DAILY DIRECTION. AMEN.

2 PETER 1:5-6.Q1----- WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, I CANNOT EVEN TRY TO POSSESS THESE 7 VIRTUES. THEY ARE ALL VERY DIFFICULT TO MASTER, BUT WITH THE LORDS HELP I AM TRYING; AMEN.

2 PETER 1:4 Q4----- STRONG DESIRES,SUCH AS **** FOR WORLDLY THINGS CAN ERODE OUR FAITH AND CORRUPT OUR LIVES,SO BY STAYING IN THE WORD OF GOD THIS WILL HELP US TO BUILD OUR FAITH;(2) KNOWLEDGE OF GOD= BY A PROPER ACQUAINTANCE WITH HIM, OR BY THE RIGHT KIND OF KNOWLEDGE OF HIM= JOHN 17:3; AMEN.

2 PETER 1:3 Q3------ IT IS BY A GLORIOUS DIVINE EFFICIENCY THAT WE ARE CALLED INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD; THE LORD AFFECTS ME PERSONALLY EVERYDAY AS I WALK EXPECTANTLY AWAITING THE GOODNESS OF GOD. EVERYDAY IS A BLESSING, PRAISE THE LORD; AMEN.

2 PETER 1:3 Q2------ IN THE SCRIPTURES ALL POWER COMES THROUGH GOD; HE WILL PROVIDE; BY "KNOWING GOD" WE WILL EXPERIENCE ALL THAT GOD PROMISES. AMEN.

2 PETER 1:1-4.Q1----" RECEIVED A FAITH AS PRECIOUS AS OURS"= DIRECTED AT BOTH JEW AND GENTILE,AS HEIRS OF THE COMMON FAITH, WHATEVER THERE ORIGIN WAS. ROMANS 1:17,= FOR IN IT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS REVEALED FROM FAITH TO FAITH; AS IT IS WRITTEN, THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH. THE MORE WE WALK BY FAITH IN GOD, THE STRONGER OUR FAITH BECOMES, AND WHY SHOULD'NT WE HAVE FAITH EQUAL TO ANYONE ELSE? AMEN

WHAT THE LORD HAS PUT ON MY HEART ABOUT THIS 5 WEEK STUDY IS, AS THE BODY OF CHRIST, WE MUST KEEP WORKING TOWARD UNITY AND LOVE. AS CHRIST LOVES US, SO WE MUST LOVE, LOVE BRINGS UNITY; PRAISE THE LORD, AMEN.

EPHESIANS 5:28-30 Q6----- ARE WE NOT THE CHURCH? TAKEN IN CONTEXT, THIS IS THE SUBJECT ON WHICH PAUL HAD BEEN SPEAKING, AND FROM WHICH HE HAD BEEN DIVERTED BY THE ALLUSION TO THE GLORIFIED CHURCH.- EPHESIANS 5:31,= WE ARE TO BECOME ONE IN LOVE? PRAISE THE LORD, AMEN.

EPHESIANS 5:27 Q5---- GLORIOUS CHURCH= A CHURCH FULL OF HONOR, SPLENDOR, BEAUTY. NOT HAVING SPOT OR WRINKLE, OR ANY SUCH THING. HOW DO WE DETERMINE THIS? BY THE WORD OF GOD, IT ALL COMES BACK YO THE WORD! PRAISE THEE O LORD, AMEN.

EPHESIANS 5:26 Q4---- BY THE WORD;--GREEK= "IN THE WORD" TO BE JOINED WITH "CLEANSING IT,"OR HER. THE WORD OF FAITH,(ROMANS 10:8-9, ROMANS 10:17) OF WHICH CONFESSION IS MADE IN BAPTISM, AND WHICH CARRIES THE REAL CLEANSING,( JOHN 15:3, JOHN 17:17 ) AND REGENERATING POWER,( 1 PETER 1:23, 1 PETER 3:21.) "TAKE AWAY THE WORD", AND WHAT IS THE WATER, BUT WATER! THE REMAINDER OF THE QUESTION I THINK, HAS BEEN ANSWERED IN THE PREVIOUS QUESTIONS. PRAISE THEE O LORD, AMEN.