2 Peter 1:16. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables,-
He had no retractions to make as he came towards the close of his ministry. He did not have to say that, after all, he had been greatly mistaken; there had been an advance in theology since Jesus Christ had died, and he was sorry to say that he had preached a good deal when he was young which he would like to unsay now that he was old. Oh, no! Peter held fast to what he had previously preached because he knew that it was the very truth of God, and the other apostles had done the same, so that Peter could write, We have not followed cunningly devised fables,"-
2 Peter 1:16. When we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Peter was one of the three who saw the Lord Jesus Christ in his glory upon the Mount of transfiguration, and he recalls this.
2 Peter 1:16. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables,-
He had no retractions to make as he came towards the close of his ministry. He did not have to say that, after all, he had been greatly mistaken; there had been an advance in theology since Jesus Christ had died, and he was sorry to say that he had preached a good deal when he was young which he would like to unsay now that he was old. Oh, no! Peter held fast to what he had previously preached because he knew that it was the very truth of God, and the other apostles had done the same, so that Peter could write, We have not followed cunningly devised fables,"-
2 Peter 1:16. When we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Peter was one of the three who saw the Lord Jesus Christ in his glory upon the Mount of transfiguration, and he recalls this.