2 Peter 1:19. We have also a more sure word of prophecy;
Surely, nothing could be more sure than the evidence presented to the apostles in the holy mount. Yet Peter thus writes to express his utmost confidence in the Word of God. Surer than the light he saw, which dazzled him; surer than the voice he heard, which he never failed to remember, and to which he ever bore unfaltering witness; surer even than these things is that divine Book which is still preserved to us: "We have also a more sure word of prophecy."
2 Peter 1:19. Whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
You have already the assurance of the Word itself; you must build upon that, and upon that alone; but you shall have added to that a "day dawn" and a "day star" in your own hearts. We have the witness within us now: "The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God;" and those things which we have received by faith we now have proved to be true by their effect upon our own souls. We know the light now because we walk in it; we know it to be light, for it has enlightened us.
2 Peter 1:19. We have also a more sure word of prophecy;
Surely, nothing could be more sure than the evidence presented to the apostles in the holy mount. Yet Peter thus writes to express his utmost confidence in the Word of God. Surer than the light he saw, which dazzled him; surer than the voice he heard, which he never failed to remember, and to which he ever bore unfaltering witness; surer even than these things is that divine Book which is still preserved to us: "We have also a more sure word of prophecy."
2 Peter 1:19. Whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
You have already the assurance of the Word itself; you must build upon that, and upon that alone; but you shall have added to that a "day dawn" and a "day star" in your own hearts. We have the witness within us now: "The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God;" and those things which we have received by faith we now have proved to be true by their effect upon our own souls. We know the light now because we walk in it; we know it to be light, for it has enlightened us.