Peter is concerned that his readers be able to remember—to call to mind what they already know—so that they keep growing, they stay protected from lies, and be ready when Jesus returns.

In the real world real stuff happens. You’re lost and you run out of food and water. You’re a prisoner in a death camp. You’re in hundred-foot waves on a God- forsaken ocean. You face real problems and you need real solutions. Can God deal with real life?

The devil is going to do his very best to consume you. But you can resist the devil, because God has everything you need, that is, God Himself.

Jesus tells us that all authority is given to him. Daniel 7:9-14 is another example how God’s word is consistent and true foreseeing Jesus’ promise more than 500 years before it was spoken by Him, seamlessly running from the old to the New Testament.

Because we believe this we want to live in a way that pleases God,to be made like the Lord Jesus Christ so that we live like Him. It means submitting ourselves completely to His grace, His favour, His kindness to us in Jesus.

Now we look at how a pastor feeds people and how he watches out for them.

God has help for you, a person who takes Jesus extremely seriously, so as you watch him, you take Jesus seriously, and you inherit eternal life. God gives him to you as a gift. So you need him. He is a pastor.

Why follow Jesus? Because your Creator loves you.

You need church because it’s the end of all things, and you need to prepare for that.