Weekly Pursuit – Week 4 of December
Verses:
2 Pet. 3:15 “And count the long-suffering of our Lord to be salvation, even as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, wrote to you.”
Excerpts:
Peter referred to Paul’s writings to strengthen his own writings, especially concerning God’s governmental and disciplinary judgment upon the believers…What beauty and excellency are in this commendation! Although the Corinthians attempted to divide Peter and Paul according to their own divisive preference, Peter commended Paul, saying that both of them taught the same things, “these things,” and that Paul’s writings should not be twisted but should be regarded like “the rest of the Scriptures” and should receive the same respect as the Old Testament. For Peter to make such a commendation was not a small thing, for it was he who was rebuked to his face by Paul regarding the New Testament faith. This indicates that Peter was bold in admitting that the early apostles, such as John, Paul, and himself, although their style, terminology, utterance, certain aspects of their views, and the way they presented their teachings differed, participated in the same unique ministry, the ministry of the New Testament. Such a ministry ministers to people, as its focus, the all-inclusive Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God, who, after passing through the process of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, dispenses Himself through the redemption of Christ and by the operation of the Holy Spirit into His redeemed people as their unique portion of life and as their life supply and everything, for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ, which will consummate in the full expression, the fullness, of the Triune God, according to the eternal purpose of the Father. (Life-study of 2 Peter, msg. 13)
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