Navigating the Bible: 2 Peter/Jude

“In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:5-8 I’m going to start with something obvious. 2 Peter and Jude aren’t next to each other in the biblical order. So, why are these books so often linked? Wouldn’t it make more sense to do 1 Peter and 2 Peter together? Our guest today does well to explain why these letters are linked but I’ll spoil a little of it here because these letters hit hard on a similar theme: pursuing virtue. These are letters of encouragement - reminders to readers to be aware of false teachers and the trappings of the world and to focus steadfastly on the virtuous way of Christ. These letters are beautiful reminders of God’s love for you as you continue to, quoting Peter, “make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.” To help us navigate 2 Peter and Jude is Peter Davids, retired Professor of Christianity at Houston Baptist University while also have taught at Regent College, Trinity School, and Canadian Theological Seminary and is author of a commentary on 2 Peter and Jude. Before we dive in with Peter, a quick note: When we recorded Peter was mid-move so his internet connection was a little spotty. I did my best to edit out lags but you’ll notice a few lags here and there. Still, this was a wonderful conversation and primer on these books so I hope you enjoy. Doable Discipleship is a podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. Subscribe to the Doable Discipleship podcast at Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doable-discipleship/id1240966935) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zc9nuwQZOLadbFCZCmZ1V) Resources Related to This Episode: https://www.amazon.com/First-Epistle-International-Commentary-Testament/dp/0802825168 Related Doable Discipleship Episodes: Navigating the Bible: 1 Peter - https://youtu.be/cMaL8uM0BIc Navigating the Bible: James - https://youtu.be/JVKfJqMj0Zk Navigating the Bible: Hebrews - https://youtu.be/8SUE_AUqYVs Navigating the Bible: Philemon - https://youtu.be/Bpx-1CVxfLw Navigating the Bible: Pastoral Epistles - https://youtu.be/4FHKBg9HHxc Navigating the Bible: 1 & 2 Thessalonians - https://youtu.be/d1X-noxGo4g Navigating the Bible: Colossians - https://youtu.be/-V_E8eSyJ54 Navigating the Bible: Philippians - https://youtu.be/WOzz_E-F8Ao Navigating the Bible: Ephesians - https://youtu.be/1HMX5ACIDUE Navigating the Bible: Galatians - https://youtu.be/WV2Cu_wTe_g Navigating the Bible: 2 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/ZwaCL0Njfs4 Navigating the Bible: 1 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/qqja13uz6BA Navigating the Bible: Romans - https://youtu.be/KLh2yjIT7IM Navigating the Bible: Acts - https://youtu.be/p9ovQQUuX2A Navigating the Bible: John - https://youtu.be/VBovsFhP0i8 Navigating the Bible: Luke - https://youtu.be/GqEnToBadPk Navigating the Bible: Mark - https://youtu.be/h1Hy9t1rbQk Navigating the Bible: Matthew - https://youtu.be/nZMtZXWx4lI Navigating the Bible: Knowing God Through the Old Testament - https://youtu.be/UwWEadWpG-c Navigating the Bible: Nahum - https://youtu.be/PE96s4ra6qM Navigating the Bible: Micah - https://youtu.be/sq32a24vGpk Navigating the Bible: Jonah - https://youtu.be/Vh4VjS7RdhU Navigating the Bible: Daniel - https://youtu.be/v_F7CadyUUg Navigating the Bible: Ezekiel - https://youtu.be/Q0u4td1tYWA Navigating the Bible: Ecclesiastes - https://youtu.be/226hY2qOr08 Navigating the Bible: Proverbs - https://youtu.be/-5NJNmBc3bg Navigating the Bible: Psalms - https://youtu.be/sSB6thFWk2w Navigating the Bible: Job - https://youtu.be/AA1Q6cVWoqo Navigating the Bible: Esther - https://youtu.be/TkQtX8wtmbQ Navigating the Bible: Nehemiah - https://youtu.be/zWR-5pSzk1c Navigating the Bible: 1 Kings - https://youtu.be/EQjzZ0lvLjo Navigating the Bible: 2 Samuel - https://youtu.be/9UOoIvfwXy0 Navigating the Bible: 1 Samuel - https://youtu.be/kWKqWlB8pkE Navigating the Bible: Joshua - https://youtu.be/5gldD5FM-wk Navigating the Bible: Deuteronomy - https://youtu.be/JidwMnYL51k Navigating the Bible: Numbers - https://youtu.be/V60gGr-9pHw Navigating the Bible: Leviticus - https://youtu.be/1-I-QdjB700 Navigating the Bible: Exodus - https://youtu.be/1ELkgAlWFGg Navigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/5zXHObysL6g Inspiring Dreams by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/