2 Peter (Program #1) – The Divine Provision (1)
It’s very interesting how Peter begins his two epistles. The first one begins “Peter an apostle of Jesus Christ.” whereas he begins the second book “Simon Peter, a slave and a apostle of Jesus Christ.” Simon, of course was Peter’s old name, his name before he came to the Lord Jesus. Peter is his new name given to him directly by the Lord Himself.
In putting these two together, Peter is indicating something very marvelous about the entire book of of 2 Peter. For this is the book showing us that under God’s ruling and under His government we see the Old Creation changed into the New Creation. Simon fit perfectly in the Old Creation but he had to become Peter to make it in the New Creation.
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