11/27/2021 DAB Transcript

Daniel 4:1-37, 2 Peter 1:1-21, Psalms 119:97-112, Proverbs 28:17-18

Today is the 27th day of November welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is wonderful to be here with you today as we bring to a close another one of our weeks together. We, in the Old Testament are really still moving into the book of Daniel. And, so, we’ll continue our journey there. When we get to the New Testament we have some new territory, second Peter, the second letter of Peter. Aand we’ll talk about that when we get there. But first, we have been reading from the New English Translation this week, which is what we’ll do today. Daniel chapter 4. And we will begin with a declaration of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

Introduction to second Peter.

Okay. So, as promised at the beginning, we have turned the page and now we are entering a letter known as second Peter. And it is thought that this is the final writing of St. Peter, although that has definitely been questioned. And whether…whether or not this is actually a letter from St. Peter has been questioned all the way back into antiquity. It was accepted as a letter from Peter over a period of time, and was included in the New Testament canon of Scripture by the fourth century, but the debate about who wrote this letter still…it’s still going on among biblical scholars. Part of this happens because the language between first Peter and second Peter are quite a bit different. So, it seems it was written by somebody else. A person that’s defending that Peter actually wrote this letter would say that he was probably illiterate. He probably dictated the letters that he wrote. It’s very very likely that whoever wrote down the dictation, they were…it was a different person between the two letters and so of course the language would be a little bit different. The truth is we don’t know. That’s the truth. The truth is there are compelling reasons to look at this like Hebrews. Many people have come up with many theories about who wrote Hebrews, but to this day we still consider it basically author unknown and that wouldn’t be an inappropriate way to look at second Peter. But there are compelling reasons that are equal to consider that the apostle Peter actually wrote this, and this is actually the…the last of the writings of his life. And for us we’ll just kind of go with that. It’s second Peter. It’s written in the voice of Peter. It is Peter who wrote this. It was probably written in the late 60s A.D. He didn’t live much longer. He was martyred. In our church tradition we…we believe he was executed upside down at his request, but was executed by crucifixion like Jesus only inverted upside down. So, that is a long-running church tradition. There is nothing in the Scriptures that say this is how Peter died but that is church tradition. And if we remember when we were at first Peter, Peter’s purpose was to instruct the believers and encourage them about endurance and enduring whatever came flying in their direction, all of the pressures that were being…that were mounting up against them and we talked about that quite a bit yesterday. Second Peter warns about false teachings and inappropriate behavior from within the church. And the thing that we need to remember is similar to what we read in second Timothy. I don’t want to get all convoluted here, but we remember reading second Timothy, which is thought to be Paul’s final writing of his life and what he chose to say Timothy as a kind of final testament. This is thought to be the final writing of Peter’s life. So, if he’s choosing to discuss false teaching and…and evil behavior, then we need to understand that it mattered a lot to him. He knew he was about to die. He says he knows he’s about to die. And it’s also important for us to remember this is St. Peter, right? This is one of the disciples of Jesus, actually saw the ministry of Jesus with his own eyes. This is a person that had private conversations with Jesus, things that are recorded for us in the New Testament. This…this is somebody that would’ve cooked meals and cried with Him and laugh with Jesus and lived with Jesus and ate the last supper with Jesus and watched Jesus die. But he also saw Jesus alive again. And this is a person that was in the upper room when the tongues of fire came. This isa a person that preached that first message after Pentecost and people came to believe by the thousands. And what we’re about to read may very well be the final living words recorded by the apostle Peter. And so, just as with second Timothy let’s pay attention. Let’s absorb this from that perspective, the perspective of a person who actually was a disciple of Jesus who is not going to live much longer, will be executed and knows it and this is what he has to say. And, so, we begin. Second Peter chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for bringing us through the final full week in this month of November. We thank You that before we end next week, we will…we will have transitioned into the final month of the year. And, so, we’re very aware of where we are. We are very aware of how things go. We’ve lived through the holiday seasons before. And…and, so, once again we are inviting Your Holy Spirit to speak clearly to us. Help us to see where You are leading and obey where You are leading. And even as busy as we may get before Christmas comes, we don’t want to miss a beat. Want to stay in lockstep with what You are doing as we continue our journey to its conclusion. And, so, Holy Spirit come. Show us how to navigate we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Good morning Daily Audio Bible my name is Heather and I’m calling from Prescott Valley AZ. I’ve been a daily audio listener for this is my 10th whole year going through Daily Audio Bible. Thank you, Brian and team. The reason why I’m calling in today is more of a thanks for Daily Audio Bible and the impact that it’s had on our family. This past year my son got married and he got married to a girl that was crying out to the Lord and had had just such heartache in her life, never has had a dad or stepdad. Her mom became an alcoholic later on and she was just crying out to the Lord and the Lord her to cry and brought her into our family and she has totally just groaned in the Lord. But this year she took up listening to Daily Audio Bible every day and the prayer requests. And Faith I hope you’re listening. This is your mother-in-law. And I’m just so encouraged by her encouraging me by what she hears from the Daily Audio Bible and how encouraged she is by the testimonies of the prayers, answered prayers, people calling in. And she told me yesterday that it gives her hope. So, I just want to…just say thank you to all those that are praying. Keep praying for those that are last, those loved ones. Faith has her sister and her mom and many family members that she wants to see come to the Lord. So, again just thank you. I’m glad I can call in every now and now then. Love you all and I pray with you, and I listen with you. God bless.

God our Father in the name of Jesus I wish to pray for Manny who has lost her husband who needs healing and comfort. I pray that You give her comfort, healing, that You give her and lead her, draw Lord near to You and lift her up in the name of Jesus and I pray that Your will be done in her life God. I pray that You bless her, comfort her, and continue to keep her near to You. I pray that You also bless Daily Audio Bible community and help us to continue to do Your will. Father I thank You for comforting Manny and helping her grieve over the loss of her husband in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Hey good morning Daily Audio Bible. After going through Brian’s reading today, I was just so so inspired. As a matter of fact, it…they say the word of God is sharper than a two-edged sword. I would say it actually cut me into pieces because I’ve always been that person who would always want to retaliate each time I’ve been pushed to the wall because I was bullied as a child, and I grew up without my parents. My dad died when I was eight and my dad mom died when I was nine. So, I grew up with a foster family. It was a family friend, and she has shown me the love that I couldn’t get from my parents but then I grew up with so much anger, so much regret. And sometimes I would always wish my dad or mom would be there to save me in my times of trouble when I’m in some sort of circumstance. I would always want them to hear me out. But then I grew up like that and today I’m 30 and sometimes when things don’t go my way I always want to retaliate. I always want to spit out words back at people but I’m sure today is a turnaround for me because I have to show love. And that took me to another dimension. So, I just want to share that with you. It’s touched me. And, yeah. Yeah. It’s really really touched me. Yeah. I will just silence the ignorance of people with love.

__  and Jake calling from Bouton city Philippines. We live in Minnesota and we’re here to get our two boys Griffin and Leon and we have two other boys Wesley and Lucas back in Minnesota. So, we just want to call in. We are a longtime listeners, but I’ve never called in. And pray for safe travels for us back to Minnesota. And we also want to pray that when our four boys come together permanently that there’d be a smooth transition and protection over our marriage. And we’re both currently unemployed. That happened right before we came. So, prayers for both of us to find a job and for it to be God’s will in Jesus’ name.