A phrase suggesting it is make-believe and not real. Peter moves into the final part of his letter and reveals why he has written to them.
“Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.” (2 Peter 3 v 1)
He has written to them so that they would think better.
He is not writing to promote himself or to raise their support in his leadership.
He is not solely wanting them to change their behaviour though that is the hoped outcome.
He wants them to think right. He doesn’t want them to be influenced by the thoughts of their world and what is around them. He wants them to have kingdom thinking.
The voices around them are akin to the voices around our world. How will we think? Will our thoughts reflect our society or will they stand out and be different. Will they be wholesome?
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