2 Peter 1:20-21: Times Change. The Word Doesn’t.

2 Peter 1:20-21 | Times Change. The Word Doesn’t. Coach C reads today’s Family Wins Devotional. Episode 77.

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Today’s Family Wins devotional reflects on 2 Peter 1:20-21 — “No prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

Times have changed. But one book hasn’t. With no additions or deletions, the Bible remains a foundation of truth for the Christian. It is more than the product of God speaking to men. It is the result of God speaking through men, moving them by the Spirit to pen “the very words of God” (Romans 3:2). As Isaiah wrote, “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever” (Isaiah 40:8). And what God has said with authority remains a source of comfort and guidance today, as Martin Luther proclaims. Oh, how great and glorious a thing it is to have before one the Word of God! With that, we may at all times feel joyous and secure. We need never be in want of consolation, for we see before us, in all its brightness, the pure and right way. He who loses sight of the Word of God falls into despair. He follows only the disorderly tendency of his heart and the world’s vanity, which lead him on to destruction. A fiery shield is God’s Word, of more substance and purer than gold, which, tried in the fire, loses none of its substance, but resists and overcomes all the fury of the fiery heat. Even so, he that believes God’s Word overcomes all. The Holy Scripture is certain and true. God grant me grace to catch hold of its just use. When challenged by men to renounce the teaching of Scripture, Luther replied, “Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason, my conscience is captive to the Word of God.” The Word of God comforted him, strengthened him, and guided him. Truth transformed Martin Luther, and through him, his world. The same can happen to you when you catch hold of its just use in your life and, like Luther, obey that Word unquestioningly.

After you listen, go back and read 2 Peter 1:12-21 for yourself — open your devotional to page 838, pull up the app, or grab your free copy at mindwolves.com/tfw. Let God speak to you directly, in your own time, in your own home.

A godly husband isn’t made in a day. Neither is a godly wife, a godly father, or a godly mother. They’re made in moments like this one — one verse, one choice, one day at a time.

So start your day in God’s Word. A family that is in the Word daily wins, and I’ll bet on that family.

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