Author Archives: Steve Hankins, Th.D.

“For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.” (2 Peter 2:21, AV) I know of people that struggle with the teaching of the gospel because they worry about those who die that neverContinue reading “Fair Judgment (2 Peter 2:21)”

“For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, afterContinue reading “Worse than Before (2 Peter 2:20-21)”

“These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.” (2 Peter 2:17–18, ESV) Most everyone has had the experienceContinue reading “Deadly Mirages (2 Peter 2:17-19)”

“They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing,” (2 Peter 2:14–15, ESV) Early on in my Christian life, I was a member and an elder in a small church. Out pastorContinue reading “Not Professionals (2 Peter 2:14-16)”

“But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;” (2 Peter 2:12, AV) There is a movement in this country that has sneaked its way into the church to some extent. The movement is calledContinue reading “Plight of the Progressives (2 Peter 2:10b-14)”

“then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority.” (2 Peter 2:9–10, ESV) When I was a boy, my brother and I worked during the summer pickingContinue reading “Separation (2 Peter 2:9-10a)”

“And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from dayContinue reading “Being Distressed (2 Peter 2:6-8)”

“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turningContinue reading “Examples (2 Peter 2:4-6)”

“But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall beContinue reading “Pseudo Ministers (2 Peter 2:1-3)”