Click or hover here to read Bible Passage:   2 Pet 1:12-21 

One of my favorite illustrations told of one foggy night at sea. The captain of a ship saw lights of another ship heading towards him.  He had his signalman send the message. "Change your course 10 to the S."

The reply "Change your course to 10 degrees to the North. "I am a captain; you change your course 10 to the South.”
“I am a seaman first class -change your course 10 to the North.”
“I am a battleship, change your course 10 to the South.”
“I am a lighthouse, change your course to the North".             

There are certain situations, regardless of your rank nor importance, you don't argue. There are standards by which everything else is judged. For the ships it is the lighthouse; for travelers in the woods, it is the compass.

Absolute truth, in a society that says there is no absolute truth, can only be found truth in the revelation of God.  God is truth and one day truth will be totally revealed. That day will be the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Peter didn't need anyone to argue about what was true, for he had been with the Lord and witnessed first-hand not only His power, but also authority. He came to realize that all that God said was wrapped up in the authority of His Son Jesus Christ, Who is the lighthouse of our faith. He wants them established in this truth. Peter reminds us of the privileges that are ours as followers of Jesus.

Peter was an eyewitness of the things that occurred in Jesus’ life on earth. God allowed Peter, James and John to witness things that even the other apostles weren't allowed to witness. God revealed Himself in special ways to all the apostles, they in turn were to go into the world with divine authority and power to declare the majesty of God.             

Throughout the Old Testament God made His authority and His word known through specially chosen prophets.  A true spokesman of God speaks the words of God - no more and no less. Peter had a personal knowledge of Christ and was eyewitness to the truth. Jesus told Peter to pass it on, to feed His sheep and tend His lambs - meaning give the truth to My followers.

From the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended on Peter and the disciples, Peter went in the power and the authority of the Almighty, willing, and ready to die at any time for the truth.             

What is Peter’s tactic for spreading the message to the people? Tell it well and tell it often. Those that know it need to be firmly established in the truth.  Peter thought he needed to refresh the memories of the early believers so they would not forget what was most important. We come to understand in the next chapter that they are plagued with the false teachers who claim to be authoritative speakers for God, but in fact are liars and destroyers of the truth, so, this really became the basis by which Peter was strengthening them before he dies and before they start doubting their faith and changing to false doctrine or following false apostles.                          

Application:   Spend time in God's Word.  Friends, we need continual reminders of The Truth in order to make Biblical truth become part of our life.

Prayer:  Lord, help me to be firmly established in Your truth and bring it to the world, to tell it well and tell it often