He came down from heaven

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and Godliness through our knowledge of Him who

called us by His own glory and goodness.

2 Peter 1:3

But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will

secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord Who bought them – bringing swift

destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into

disrepute. In their greed, these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up.

2 Peter 2:1-3a

Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping. For if God

did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for

judgment; if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;

2 Peter 2:3b-5

If He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of

what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his

righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard);

2 Peter 2:6-8

If this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of

judgment, while continuing their punishment.

2 Peter 2:9

1. He came down from heaven

Jesus’ Claims

For I have come down from heaven not to do my will,but to do the will of him who sent me.

John 6:38

1. He came down from heaven2. He was God

Jesus’ Claims

[Jesus said] “I and the Father are one.“ Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus said to them, "I

have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?” "We are not

stoning you for any of these," replied the Jews, "but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God."

John 10:30-33

1. He came down from heaven2. He was God3. He was without sin

Jesus’ Claims

Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me?

John 8:46

1. He came down from heaven2. He was God3. He was without sin4. He could forgive sin

Jesus’ Claims

Have mercy on me, O God … Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when

you judge.

Psalm 51:1, 4

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven.“

Mark 2:5

1. He came down from heaven2. He was God3. He was without sin4. He could forgive sin5. He was the only way to Heaven

Jesus’ Claims

“I am the way, the truth, and the life.No one comes to the Father but through Me.”

John 14:6

1. He came down from heaven2. He was God3. He was without sin4. He could forgive sin5. He was the only way to Heaven6. He would conquer death

Jesus’ Claims

Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, "We are going

up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn Him to death and will turn Him over to the

Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day He will be raised to life!“

Matthew 20:17-19

1. He came down from heaven2. He was God3. He was without sin4. He could forgive sin5. He was the only way to Heaven6. He would conquer death

Jesus’ Claims

But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led

astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other

than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily

enough. I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge.

2 Corinthians 11:3-4, 6a

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants

of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

2 Corinthians 11:13-15

1. Impose laws against it2. Send teachers to corrupt it

How to Stop the Spread of Christianity

1. Angels2. Noah3. Lot4. You and Me

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Angels

God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be

held for judgment…

2 Peter 2:4

You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in

your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. You were filled with violence, and you

sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you from among the fiery stones. Your heart became proud on account of your beauty,

and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth.

Ezekiel 28:14-17

How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the

stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.

I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” But you are brought down to

the grave, to the depths of the pit.

Isaiah 14:12-15

Angels

What can we learn?

God punishes sin, regardless of who commits it.

Noah

He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a

preacher of righteousness, and seven others;

2 Peter 2:5

The Lord saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled with pain. So the Lord said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—men

and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them." But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Genesis 6:5-8

Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.

Genesis 6:9

The Lord then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in

this generation. Take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, and also seven of every kind of bird,

to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the

face of the earth every living creature I have made.” And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.

Genesis 7:1-5

And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. Pairs

of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, male and female,

came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah. And after the seven days the

floodwaters came on the earth.

Genesis 6:7-10

And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him.

Genesis 7:5

Noah

What can we learn?

God punishes sin, but sometimes we have to wait.

Lot

If He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of

what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his


2 Peter 2:6-8

• Sodom & Gomorrah were incredibly wicked• Lot and his family lived there• Even though they were surrounded by absolute sin,

they remained faithful to God

• They were the only ones in entire city who were faithful

• God destroyed both cities and their inhabitants, but rescued Lot and his family

The Story of Lot – Genesis 16-18

Lot

What can we learn?

God punishes sin, but rescues the righteous.

He rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his


2 Peter 2:7-8

shock

acceptancetime

sin

Our great security against sin lies in being shocked at it.

John Henry Newman

1. Angels2. Noah3. Lot4. You and Me

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2 Peter 2:9

Good Guy Reward Bad Guy ConsequenceOther angels God kept Lucifer & minions God punishedNoah God rescued Everybody else God punishedLot God rescued Sodom & Gomorrah God punishedToday's Christians God will rescue False teachers God will punish

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2 Peter 2:9

God is just.

Us

What can we learn?

God’s past faithfulness can give us faith for the future.

Three Questions

1. Am I righteous and blameless?2. Does others’ sin torment me?3. Am I consistently reminding myself of God’s past

faithfulness?

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