Welcome to Day 2429 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Day 2429 – Be Sure of Your Source – Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message – 07/21/2024 Exhortation to Spiritual Maturity – Be Sure of Your Source - 2 Peter 1:12-21 Last week, we learned that His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Peter then lists seven qualities we should add to our foundation of faith. If you miss any messages, you can watch them online on our FaceBook page or at PutnamChurch.org. Today’s passage is 2 Peter 1:12-21, on page 1894 of your Pew Bibles. 12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. 13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, 14 because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15 And I will make every effort to see that after my departure you will always be able to remember these things. 16 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”[b] 18 We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain. 19 We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. Let me ask some questions as we begin today. How do we know the Bible can be trusted? Why is God’s Word set apart from all other claims of divine revelation? Why does it stand above all other standards of divine truth? In 1:12-21, Peter reminds us of the only absolutely reliable source of truth—the Holy Scriptures—and tells us why we can and must trust God’s sacred Word as the sure standard for our beliefs and actions. This is a vital topic in a letter that was written to stir up believers’ memories of sound teaching, to spur them on to diligence in the faith, and to shore up the biblical foundations of their beliefs and practices. In 1:12-18, Peter reminds us what the truth is and isn’t. Then, in 1:19-21, he gives us a rare description of the process by which God communicated his Word through human authors in the Holy Scriptures—and why we can be sure of our source. -1:12-15 —...