2 Peter 1:12-15 Why I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you know them… I. THE PASTOR'S INFORMING. 1. His piety; desirous to bring them to the forementioned kingdom. 2. His vigilance; admitting no neglect of their souls, what discouragements soever affront him. 3. His modesty; professing that he doth rather remind than teach them. 4. His fidelity; he will do it "always," without weariness of that which may tend to their edification and comfort. 5. His sincerity; he doth not incite them to vain and unnecessary things, but "these things" that build them up to salvation. II. THE PEOPLE'S PROFICIENCY. 1. Their illumination. 2. Their confirmation. No man runs so fast but he may need some spurring. There is still something that he would teach and they should learn. The horse that would run well of his own mettle doth yet mend his pace by the rider's encouragement. (Thos. Adams.) Parallel Verses KJV: Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. |
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