A. Prediction of the parting. 1st Tim. 4:1
B. Peril: a little bit of poison in a beautiful glass of milk can kill.
1. Destructive heresies
2. Denying
3. Influential
4. Maligning
5. Exploiting
C. Punishment: 2:4-9. Certain and Continuing (koinona)
1. Angels were not spared. Isa: 24:20-22, reserved for judgment.
2. Ancient World not spared. 1st Peter 3:19-20
3. Sodom and Gomorrah were not spared - -luxurious wealth and prosperity, (exception of Lot). Gen. 13:10-11; Ezek. 16:49-50 and Jude 1:7.
4. Therefore, God delivers the righteous and keeps the ungodly under punishment until the day of judgment.
D. Picture 2: 10-19.
1. Arrogance.
a. Despise authorities.
b. Self-willed.
c. Daring- dare what angels fear to do.
2. Brute animals: act like animals, will be destroyed like animals.
3. a. Stains and blemishes.
b. Eyes full of adultery (literally adulteress) which means that every woman became a potential adulteress in their eyes. Matt. 5:28.
4. Springs without water; mists driven by a storm.
5. Promise freedom; produce slavery. Jn. 2:34 and Rom. 6:16. Free love becomes white slavery. Drugged minds freed to go into orbit, suddenly come plummeting down and crashing to their destruction. Those who freely imbibe alcohol suddenly find themselves chained to a pink elephant. Those who freely inhale cigarette smoke find their lungs encased in cancer.
Gal. 6:7-8. Be not deceived, God is not mocked
E. Product 2:19-22
1. Slavery instead of freedom: what a man is overcome by this he is enslaved. Rom. 18:34.
2. Last state worse than the first: greater depth of depravity.
3. Better not to have known the way of righteousness.
a. More severe punishment. Lk. 12:47-48
b. Worse example
c. Wasted time and effort.
4. Like a dog returning to vomit.
5. Like a washed pig returning to wallowing.
Questions on Lesson 3
1. What example does Peter give of the appearance of false teachers, 2:1?
2. Explain the word 'heresy' in 2:1. How is heresy destructive?
3. How did the Master buy (purchase) us? How does a false teacher deny the Master who bought him? Explain at least two ways.
4. What are four evil consequences of the false teaching, 2:1-3?
5. What is the figure of speech used to show how the church will be exploited by greed and false words, 2:3?
6. What two ideas does Peter deny concerning the punishment of the false teachers, 2:3?
7. How is their judgment "from long ago"? Give me an example from Jude 14-15?
8. What was God's punishment of angels who sinned in 2:4? Explain the meaning of Tartarus. Explain the relation of Tartarus to hell and hades. Use other Scriptures to prove your point.
9. Explain why punishment begins immediately at death and yet why there will still be a day of judgment? Use other verses to prove your point.
10. In the parallel passage in Jude 6-7, what specific three sins are mentioned concerning the angels (note the expression"in the same way as these" in verse 7). Explain how this could possibly be an explanation of Genesis 6 concerning the sin of the "sons of God." ( I don't agree anymore with this idea). Show how the expression "sons of God" can refer to angels and show from the context of Genesis 6 that angels rather than men are indicated by that expression.
11. What are three examples Peter uses in 2: 4-8 to show that God
punishes sinners? What are two examples to show that God will rescue the righteous.
12. In the case of the antediluvians, why was God just in destroying them with the flood ( give two reasons in light of 2:5)?
13. How long did Noah Preach? How did he preach by example as well as word?
14. What was the material condition of Sodom and Gomorrah before their destruction? (Uses the Bible to prove this). Where is this location now?
15. What were some of the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah? How were they destroyed?
16. Explain the word "tormented" to describe Lot's reaction to Sodom's wickedness in 2:8?
17. What principle is stated in 2:9 that the above examples illustrate or demonstrate. How did the people of Noah's day continue to suffer punishment after the flood? Prove with Bible. How are the unrighteous kept under punishment after death?
18. What four main sinful characteristics identified these false teachers, 2:10-19?
19. To what extent did these false teachers go in their speaking evil of authorities (see 2:11)? What example concerning angels does Jude give in 8-9? How did these teachers do what angles fear to do? What application does this have to us?
20. How does Peter describe the false teacher's in their reviling efforts to destroy and hurt others? (2: 12-13)?
21. Explain the expression "stains and blemishes" in 2:13?
22. Explain "eyes full of adultery" in 2:14; also "entice" and "traind in greed."
23. Who is given as an example of their greed for the wages of unrighteousness? Explain how this person exemplified the same sin of the false teachers and show how we can commit the same sin today, 2:15-16.
24. What is the figure used to describe their boasting promises that are never fulfilled, except in reverse (2:17-19)?
25. Prove how the followers of these false teachers were truly saved before falling away in 2:20-21?
26. What is the result when one is entangled in the defilements of the world after conversion, in 2:20? Where and how does Jesus describe the same result in the gospels?
27. What two proverbs are given to illustrate the apostasy of those who follow false teachers in 2:22? Which of these proverbs is also found in the OT and where?
28. Why are the contents of 2nd Peter 2:1-3:4 so similar to the contents of Jude? Answer the liberal objection against the authorship of Peter in this regard. Show the difference between the two and show why Jude used 2nd Peter. Explain the effect this relationship has on the authorship of 2nd Peter and the interpretation of the two letters, especially in regard to the destruction of Jerusalem and the dates of writing?