God didn’t spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into the lowest level of the underworld and committed them to chains of darkness, keeping them there until the judgment. And he didn’t spare the ancient world when he brought a flood on the world of ungodly people, even though he protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, along with seven others. God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to total destruction, reducing them to ashes as a warning to ungodly people. And he rescued righteous Lot, who was made miserable by the unrestrained immorality of unruly people. (While that righteous man lived among them he felt deep distress every day on account of the immoral actions he saw and heard.) These things show that the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and how to keep the unrighteous for punishment on the Judgment Day. This is especially true for those who follow after the corrupt cravings of the sinful nature and defy the Lord’s authority. These reckless, brash people aren’t afraid to insult the glorious ones, (2 Peter 2:4-10, CEB)
Ok, I have to say that as I read this passage to write this devotion I was thinking, “make sure you stay in line because God knows how to punish you if you step out of line.” Now I know what the author meant was that God knows how to keep us from going to death, but it just highlights the things God did to those who got it wrong.
Paul told the Romans, we all fall short and none of us will get it right, so then aren’t all of us destined for the pit and damnation?
If we love as we are loved are we destined to be held apart from God for all eternity?
How will we know if we have done enough or followed the right things?
We won’t except just love.
Jesus said, Love God and Love Neighbor. Do that. Plain and simple.
Loving People. Loving God.
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