Homilist 2 Peter 1:12-15 Why I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you know them… I. A SATISFACTORY POSITION. They are commended — 1. For proper knowledge. "Ye know them," i.e., the practical bearings of the Christian religion. 2. For genuine faith. "Established — settled — in the truth." II. A HAZARDOUS CONDITION. The higher a man rises, the more Satan desires to sift him. 1. The natural tendency of fallen nature. 2. The many and urgent temptations to leave even what we know. III. A JUDICIOUS PRECAUTION. "I will... put you always in remembrance." 1. The necessity for this course ought to reconcile us to the constant repetition of even the most elementary truths of religion. 2. Christianity consists of two parts — faith and practice. Both are easily forgotten or neglected. Other things absorb the mind. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. |
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