Keith Essex
2 Peter

Keith Essex's correlating video lecture(s) from The Master's Seminary:

• Lecture 29: 2 Peter.

18. The Petrine Epistles and Jude (continued)
    3. 2 Peter [CCC, 854-64; MSB, 1920-21; ESVSB, 2415-17; NIVZSB, 2549-51; RSB, 2251-55; RFW, 188-89; DLNT, 923-27; CMINT, 655-65; BTINT, 471-81]
       1. The Background: The False Teachers of 2 Peter / Jude
          1. Advocates of Immorality (2Pe 2:2, 13-14, 18-19; Jde 4, 8)
          2. Boastful Claims (2Pe 2:18; Jde 16)
          3. Greedy for Gain (2Pe 2:3, 14; Jde 16)
          4. Blaspheme Angelic Beings (2Pe 2:10; Jde 8)
          5. Doomed to Destruction (2Pe 2:1, 3, 9, 12; Jde 11, 13)
       2. The Major Themes [CCC, 871-72; CMINT, 665-66]
          1. False Teaching (2Pe 2:1-22; 3:3-7)
          2. Christian Growth (2Pe 1:2-11; 3:11-18)
          3. Knowledge (2Pe 1:2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 2:20, 21; 3:3, 17, 18)
          4. Remembering (2Pe 1:12, 13, 15; 3:1, 2)
       3. Purpose: Christian believers were exhorted to grow in Christ in the face of false teachers / teaching. [CCC, 755-6]
       4. The Literary Structure: see outline [CCC, 758-9; CMINT, 654-55; DLNT, 1045; VOCNT, 64]
          2 PETER

          1. The Prologue (2Pe 1:1-4)
             1. The Salutation (2Pe 1:1-2)
             2. Peter's Affirmation of God's Gift to the Believer of Everything Pertaining to Life and Godliness (2Pe 1:3-4)
          2. The Body: Peter's Exhortation to Christian Growth and Warning about False Teachers (2Pe 1:5-2Pe 3:18a)
             1. Peter's Exhortation to Growth in the Christian Life (2Pe 1:5-21)
                1. The Process of Growth (2Pe 1:5-7)
                2. The Necessity of Growth (2Pe 1:8-11)
                3. The Means of Growth (2Pe 1:12-21)
                   1. The Revelation from Jesus Christ (2Pe 1:12-18)
                   2. The Prophecy from the Old Testament (2Pe 1:19-21)
             2. Peter's Warning about False Teachers (2Pe 2:1-22)
                1. The Danger of False Teachers (2Pe 2:1-3)
                2. The Doom of False Teachers (2Pe 2:4-10a)
                3. The Description of False Teachers (2Pe 2:10b-22)
             3. Peter's Warning about Scoffers (2Pe 3:1-18a)
                1. The Mockery of the Last Days (2Pe 3:1-7)
                2. The Explanation of the Lord's Delay (2Pe 3:8-10)
                3. The Exhortations in View of the Lord's Coming (2Pe 3:11-18a)
                   1. The Exhortation to Holiness and Godliness (2Pe 3:11-13)
                   2. The Exhortation to Peace (2Pe 3:14-16)
                   3. The Exhortation to Steadfastness and Growth (2Pe 3:17-18a)
          3. The Epilogue (2Pe 3:18b)
       5. Bibliography
          1. Exegetical:
             • Bauckham, Jude & 2 Peter (WBC).
             • Green, Jude & 2 Peter (BECNT).
          2. English Interpretation:
             • *Hiebert, The Epistles of II Peter, Jude.
             • *Schreiner, 1, 2 Peter, Jude (NAC).
             • Davids, The Letters of 2 Peter and Jude (PNTC).
          3. Expositional:
             • Lucas & Green, The Message of 2 Peter & Jude (BST).
             • MacArthur, 2 Peter & Jude (MacNTC).
             • Moo, 2 Peter, Jude (NIVAC).
       6. Selected Interpretive Issues
          1. "The Master who bought them" (2Pe 2:1) [MSB, 1924-25; ESVSB, 2420; NIVZSB, 2553; RSB, 2258]
             1. Nonsoteriological
                1. Temporal Deliverance [Lucas & Green (i.e., the Exodus)]
                2. Sovereign Creation
                3. Household Slave
             2. Soteriological
                1. Report of Profession [Schreiner; EBC2 (?)]
                2. Spiritual Redemption
                   1. Apostate Christians [Bauckham]
                   2. Rejecters of Christ's Redemption [Green; Hiebert; EBC1 (?); BKC]
          2. "They are again entangled" (2Pe 2:20, 22) [MSB, 1927; ESVSB, 2421; NIVZSB, 2555; RSB, 2259]
             1. The False Teachers [Bauckham; Green; Hiebert; Davids; Moo; Lucas & Green; EBC1; EBC2 (?)]
             2. The New Converts
             3. Applied to Both False Teachers and New Converts [Schreiner]
             4. The Unstable, Unsaved People [BKC (?)]
          3. The Day of the Lord (2Pe 3:10-13) [MSB, 1929; ESVSB, 2422-23; NIVZSB, 2556; RSB, 2260-61; DLNT, 264-66]
             1. Precedes the Eternal State {Replacement} (cf. Rev 21:1) [Bauckham (?); Green; Schreiner (?); Lucas & Green (?); BKC]
             2. Precedes the Millennium (cf. Is 65:17; 66:22) {Transformation, Renewal} [Hiebert (?); Davids (?)]
       7. Preaching 2 Peter

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