“But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells” – 2 Pet. 3:13
Ellicott says, “Righteousness has its home there; is not a wanderer and changeful guest, as on earth, therefore by righteousness must ye make yourselves worthy of entering therein.”
This is a promise worthy of our longing; where righteousness lives.
“My eyes are ever toward the LORD, For He shall pluck my feet out of the net.” – Psa. 25:15
“For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham.” – Heb. 2:16
It is not angels God helps, it is Man.
There is no salvation for fallen angels, only fallen amen.
“For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;” 2 Pet. 2:4
Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” – Gen. 3:1
The root of all false teachings asks: Did God really say… ?
“When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.” – Col. 3:4
Christ is our life.
“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God,” – 1 Pet. 3:18
Jesus died on the cross to bring us to God.
You can’t bring yourself.
Without Jesus there is no way to God.
“Learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart” – Jesus (Matt. 11:29)
Jesus is gentle and humble in heart.
Learn from Him.
“But to you who fear My name
The Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.” – Mal. 4:2
We need Jesus.
We need Jesus right now.
“And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power.” – Heb. 1:3a
Jesus radiates (a light flashing forth; an “off-flash”) God’s glory…
… because He is an exact representation (one word in the Greek meaning “like an engraving or stamp”) of His nature.
“He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” – Col. 1:17
Jesus is pre-existent and He holds the universe together. Without Him, all things would unravel.
