2 Peter 3:11

2 Peter 3:11 ‘Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,'

‘Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way' -‘All'-every bit of these things, nothing will be left to be made over or re-made. ‘Destroyed'-same word as is found in 2 Peter 3:10. Since this is such an undoubted truth.

‘what sort of people ought you to be' -‘what sort or kind' (Arndt p. 694) ‘The Greek word for “what manner of persons”, means literally “of what country”, it seems to point to the great truth that God's people are fellow-citizens of the saints, that the commonwealth of which they are citizens is in heaven (1 Peter 3:20) (P.P. Comm. p. 69) ‘Ought'-implying moral obligation

‘in holy conduct and godliness' -‘What devout and dedicated lives you should live!' (NEB). Both words are plural, and therefore may mean ‘in all aspects and forms of holy conduct and godliness' (P.P. Comm. p. 69)

Points To Note:

The Second Coming provides tremendous incentive for holy living (1 John 3:1). ‘Disbelief in the Lord's return all too often produces indifferentism in behavior, as it had with these errorists. There is an indissoluble link between conduct and conviction…In the midst of. precarious existence in. precarious world, it is important to remember, as this verse reminds us, that people matter more than things. This we tend so easily to forget. We slip into the habit of thinking of the world as more enduring that its inhabitants. Peter denies this. People are more important and more enduring than things. In an unstable and perishable universe the one stable and imperishable factor is human personality.' (Green p. 139)

Look at the wonderful encouragement we have to lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven! (Matthew 6:19; Colossians 3:1). Everything on this planet is temporary (our homes, property, possessions, and so on). Everything here will one day be completely dissolved. As you go about your daily life, remember, everything you see will one day be destroyed. Stop investing so heavily in this life or the things of this life. For one day the stock in this earth will be completely worthless. But put your stock into serving God (Matthew 6:33).

The universe will end! ‘not with an impersonal cosmic implosion but with an encounter with the personal and living God…If we can neither fly from him nor be crushed into infinite insignificance, we must face up to our responsibility.' (Lucas/Green p. 145)