{"id":8510,"date":"2024-07-31T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/2-peter-2-the-centrality-of-jesus-in-christianity\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:00:00","slug":"2-peter-2-the-centrality-of-jesus-in-christianity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/2-peter-2-the-centrality-of-jesus-in-christianity\/","title":{"rendered":"2 PETER 2: The Centrality of Jesus in Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1142402\/15461781-2-peter-2-the-centrality-of-jesus-in-christianity?iframe=true\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 200px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>False teaching runs rampant in our culture. And it\u2019s not a new problem\u2014the apostle Peter warned the early church about the dangers of false teachers in his second letter, and his message is just as relevant today: for \u201cbecause of them the way of the truth will be maligned; and in their greed they will exploit you with false words\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it doesn\u2019t have to be that way! The antidote for deception is discernment, and true <em>biblical<\/em> discernment focuses on Jesus first and foremost. In this message, <b>Rodgers Atwebembeire<\/b> urges us to guard our faith in Christ so we can grow in knowledge and grace\u2014for when we do, we are sanctified, and God is glorified. <\/p>\n<p><em>Related resources:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/africa.thegospelcoalition.org\/video\/what-is-discernment\/'>What Is Discernment?<\/a> (video)<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/africa.thegospelcoalition.org\/video\/ways-to-develop-and-practice-biblical-discernment\/'>Ways to Practice Biblical Discernment<\/a> (video)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>False teaching runs rampant in our culture. And it\u2019s not a new problem\u2014the apostle Peter warned the early church about the dangers of false teachers in his second letter, and his message is just as relevant today: for \u201cbecause of them the way of the truth will be maligned; and in their greed they will&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/2-peter-2-the-centrality-of-jesus-in-christianity\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acfar.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}