Part 3 – A More Sure Word
1. The Peril of Misunderstanding Scripture
Three Clear and Present Dangers:
• Distortion – 2 Peter 1:16, 3:12,16
Four Common Characteristics of Bible Twisters:
1) They Have Ulterior Motives – Titus 1:11
2) They Want a Pretext for Self-Indulgence – 2 Peter 2:18
3) They Take Scriptures Farther than They Were Intended to be Applied
4) They Set Aside Teaching by Dispensationalizing it – Acts 16:31
• Distraction – 2 Peter 1:16-18
• Discouragement – 2 Peter 1:18; 2 Corinthians 10:12
2. The POWER of Understanding Scripture – 2 Peter 1:19
• There is a Certainty – 2 Peter 1:19; John 5:39
• There is a Guarantee – 2 Peter 1:19-20
• There is a Divinity – 2 Peter 1:20-21