2Pt2

One of the harshest, terrifying chapters in the bible!  A warning for anyone who chooses to disobey God and pursue sin. Peter was not unclear about those who have been exposed to the truth, yet choose to willfully sin. It is NOT a good plan.

Notice the two primary distinctives about them. They follow the polluting desires of their flesh and they despise authority. In other words, they do what they want to do even if it is wrong AND they won't submit themselves to anyone in their lives. They claim "freedom" but they themselves are slaves of corruption, "enslaved to whatever defeats them."

Peter says, "It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy command." God is serious about sin in our lives! When we willfully choose to follow a godless path, it appears the consequences are unthinkable. This is not a happy chapter for anyone choosing to disobey Christ.