Consider this teaching from Jesus’ Disciple Peter.
11 Since everything will
be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to
live holy and godly lives 12 as you look
forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the
destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to
a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to
this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15 Bear
in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul
also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He
writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His
letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and
unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own
destruction.
17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned,
be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the
lawless and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow
in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory
both now and forever! Amen. 2 Peter 3:13-18
May
you grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord today and every day.
