In part 1 we considered the apostle's statement that the righteous are scarcely saved. The immediate context connects it with God's judgment of his own people. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that … Continue reading A close call, part 2

In one place, the apostle Peter writes of the chosen people of God as almost not being saved. He writes as if it were a close call, that you and I just barely made it in. What made the difference in your life? For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house … Continue reading A close call, part 1