God's Patience
Taken from New Testament Wisdom for Everyone
Description
5 THE RENEWAL OF THE WORLD
GOD’S PATIENCE
2 Peter 3: 11-18
By the time 2 Peter was written, Paul’s letters had already been circulating for some while in many of the churches, both in Turkey and Greece (where all of Paul’s letters except Romans were addressed), and possibly further afield as well. Many early Christians were energetic travellers, and there is every indication that texts – letters, gospels and so on – were copied, taken from place to place, and studied. And what Peter is saying here fits closely with a theme which, though not all readers of Paul now realize it, is in fact very important in his writings as well. Peter has already spoken in this chapter of the patience to which we are called: patience in our dealings with one another, patience with God as we wait for the day of the Lord (2 Peter 3.8–9). Now we must consider God’s own patience...