As we've been seeing the last few weeks, Peter has pressed the readers of his letter to have, in their lives, and increase in the character qualities of the Christian life. He has urged them to show these qualities present in their lives, and by doing so they confirm their salvation. As we continue on in the text, we see Peter makes it clear that he intends this letter to be a constant reminder of these things, for his readers, even after he has died. He does this even though he is aware that his readers know these qualities and are established in the Gospel truth that produces these qualities. This demonstrates to us, both the importance of these qualities and the need to be reminded. Throughout the Bible we see examples of reminders for God's people, and even God Himself, over and over again, reminding Israel of who He is and what He has done. We are forgetful, and whenever we find ourselves failing to live out these character qualities it is because there is some truth we are forgetting or ignoring. So, let us be in God's Word, and gathering as a church, together, to have the constant reminders of the Gospel truth and the character qualities that the truth produces.
