holy and godly living

Thought for the Week.03-27-16.Holy and Godly Living
Studies in 2 Peter 3
 
“Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness” (2 Peter 3:11).
 
Couched in the interrogative, this teaching is actually intended more for exhortation than for questioning. Peter begins with the assumption that his readers accept that God always keeps His promises and that those same readers accept the Lord’s promise to destroy the earth by fire.
 
He then moves to the exhortation that in view of there coming a final day when the universe as we know it shall be burned up, all people should be careful to conform their lives to the principles the Lord has laid down.
 
Rewards and consequences have been motivational tools used to stimulate acceptable behavior since the beginning, from Adam and Eve forward. The Lord has expected people in every generation to conduct themselves according to His Holy standards. Today, of course, it is no different.
 
For the reward that we all seek, we must live holy and godly lives.