Bible Passage:2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment;
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By these words St. Peter terrifies those who live so gay and secure as we see those do who cling to that which the Pope has enacted, being so confident and shameless that they would tread every one under foot. Therefore he would say this much: Is it not great presumption on their part that they go on so eagerly, and would bring everything to pass by their own authority, as though God must yield to them, and spare them, who did not spare even the angels? This is as though he would say: These examples should justly terrify even the saints when they see such a severe sentence, that God has not spared those high spirits and noble beings who are far more learned and wise than we, but has thrust them into chains of darkness. To such severe sentence and condemnation He has ordained them, that they are held bound and imprisoned, and cannot escape out of the hands of God, since they have been cast into the outer darkness, as Christ says in the Gospel. And here St. Peter shows that the devils have not yet received their final punishment, but still go about in a hardened, desperate state, and look every moment for their judgment, just as a man that is condemned to death is perfectly desperate, hardened, and more and more wicked. But their punishment has not yet overtaken them, but they are now only bound and reserved for it. This is the first example.
Lord, on that day, that wrathful day,
When man to judgment wakes from clay,
Be Thou the trembling sinner's stay,
Though heaven and earth shall pass away.
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Cuda.
aka Pastor Robin Fish
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge Him
and He will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5-6
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