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But if you do not have these things, you are blind and cannot see far. You forget God saved you from your old life of sin.

When He received honor and shining-greatness from God the Father, a voice came to Him from the All-powerful God, saying, "This is My much-loved Son. I am very happy with Him."

No part of the Holy Writings came long ago because of what man wanted to write. But holy men who belonged to God spoke what the Holy Spirit told them.

They will tell lies and false stories so they can use you to get things for themselves. But God judged them long ago and their death is on the way.

God did not hold back from punishing the angels who sinned, but sent them down to hell. They are to be kept there in the deep hole of darkness until they stand before Him Who judges them.

God did not hold back from punishing the people of the world who sinned long ago. He brought the flood on the world of sinners. But Noah was a preacher of right living. He and his family of seven were the only ones God saved.

God said that the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were guilty, and He destroyed them with fire. This was to show people who did not worship God what would happen to them.

Lot was taken away from Sodom because he was right with God. He had been troubled by the sins that bad men did in wild living.

He saw and heard how the people around him broke the Law. Everyday his own soul which was right with God was troubled because of their sinful ways.

But the Lord knows how to help men who are right with God when they are tempted. He also knows how to keep the sinners suffering for their wrong-doing until the day they stand before God Who will judge them.

After knowing the holy Law that was given to them, they turned from it. It would have been better for them if they had not known how to be right with God.

But they want to forget that God spoke and the heavens were made long ago. The earth was made out of water and water was all around it.

But the heaven we see now and the earth we live on now have been kept by His word. They will be kept until they are to be destroyed by fire. They will be kept until the day men stand before God and sinners will be destroyed.

Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, you should think about the kind of life you are living. It should be holy and God-like.

You should look for the day of God to come. You should do what you can to make it come soon. At that time the heavens will be destroyed by fire. And the sun and moon and stars will melt away with much heat.

We are looking for what God has promised, which are new heavens and a new earth. Only what is right and good will be there.

You can be sure the long waiting of our Lord is part of His plan to save men from the punishment of sin. God gave our dear brother Paul the wisdom to write about this also.

This is what we heard Him tell us. We are passing it on to you. God is light. There is no darkness in Him.

If we live in the light as He is in the light, we share what we have in God with each other. And the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, makes our lives clean from all sin.

If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar. And His Word is not in our hearts.