Evidence

Re:Verse passage – 2 Peter 3:1-7 (day four)

Peter points out a fatal flaw in the argument of false teachers who claim that Jesus is not returning. These false teachers, and other scoffers, look around and see no evidence of God’s intervention. In their view, the days, months, years, and generations pass by without even a wink from the divine. They see no evidence to support the claim that Jesus made – that he will return to rule the earth and restore all things – so they live unconcerned with God and his kingdom.

Peter reminds us that our very existence, the planet on which we stand and the galaxies we see each night, are proof that God’s Word is trustworthy. It is by God’s Word that the heavens were made, it is by God’s Word that the flowers bloom, and it is by God’s word that you and I exist today. Nothing happens apart from God’s Word.  It was the Word of God that took on flesh, died, and rose again. Everything in history has occurred just as God said it would. When we look around, we see abundant evidence that God’s Word is true, and that Jesus will return at exactly the right time, just like he said he would.