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In this episode, we are diving into the two short books of one of the most famous of all of Jesus’ initial followers. Peter; once a fisherman, then a water-walker, now a follower of Christ and leader in the church. He’s probably writing from Rome, in fact, 2 Peter is probably written while in prison awaiting execution from Nero. The letter is written to Christians scattered throughout modern-day Turkey; Christians who are suffering persecution and hardship. Peter is writing to encourage them and fill them with hope. 

This hope at least in part comes because the Word of God is living and enduring (1 Peter 2:23-25). It will give birth to life in our hearts and it will stand forever! But the hope that Peter gives also comes from personal experience. Peter was the loud-talking-before-thinking-step-into-the-water-without-hesitating-I’ll-never-betray-you-Jesus disciple. He was also the disciple who denied three times that he even knew Jesus. But then he was also the disciple who experienced personally the redemptive grace of the risen Christ. I believe that experience of redemptive grace combined with the reality of the risen Christ...pumped life-changing hope into the heart of Peter...and it could do so to you as well!