LIGHT SHINING IN A DARK PLACE

LIGHT SHINING IN A DARK PLACE

LIGHT SHINING IN A DARK PLACE
2 Peter 1.16-21
Keeping The Lamp Lit – Part 1 of 4

Psalm 119.105 “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (esv)

Hebrews 6.13 “For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself …” (esv)

2 Peter 1.3 “His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness …” (esv)

HE BIBLE IS “Self-Authenticating”.

THE BIBLE GUIDES US BY GIVING US …

Real Record OF THE PAST

v. 16 “… we did not follow cleverly devised myths … but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.” (esv)

Matthew 17.1–2 & 5 “… Jesus … led them up a high mountain … And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light … a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.’” (esv)

v. 18 “… we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.” (esv)

Divine Direction FOR THE FUTURE

v. 19 “And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed …” (esv)

v. 19b “… you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.” (csb)

Revelation 22.16 “I am the … the bright morning star.” (esv)

vv. 20–21 “… no prophecy of Scripture … was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” (esv)