In this case God works through a helpless woman stuck in a loop of misery. He shows us how He prevails through her by humbling her greatly, and then giving the humble grace. Are you interested in this?

“Ready” means that you are found the way Jesus wants, and that you affect others around you as well.

He created the heavens and the earth to judge and destroy ungodly men.

Jesus has a simpler detector: look at their lives. If they are right, they will live right. If they are wrong, they will live wrong.

Peter wants his readers to be have abundant entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

If you accept a counterfeit salvation you are in the greatest danger. You trust that you are being saved but in reality you are being deceived. A counterfeit salvation will destroy you forever.

But is this kingdom true? Or is it a fairytale? Peter testifies: I saw Jesus, I heard God, Jesus confirms the prophetic word to be more sure.

He’s making an effort so we make an effort. He’s giving us reasons to be excited about entering the eternal kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ right now.

Here’s something liberating, exciting, relieving: being a Christian does not depend on your ability, it depends on Jesus Himself living in you.

Christianity is God working in us with divine power to do what we don’t expect.