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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. PARADOX
A. ABSURDITY
II Pet 2:19a They promise freedom to all, yet they themselves are slaves of corruption;
1. FREEDOM
2. SLAVERY
B. APHORISM
II Pet 2:19b a person is enslaved to whatever conquers him.
1. CAPTIVE (Jn 8:34)
2. DECEPTION (Rom 6:16)
II. PITIABLE STATE
A. ASYLUM
II Pet 2:20a For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through recognizing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
1. THEY v OUR (I Pet 1:4)
2. SOILED (Mt 13:18-23)
B. APOSTASY
II Pet 2:20b they are once more involved with them and conquered,
1. RETURN TO SLAVERY (Num 14:1-4)
2. CONQUERED
C. APPRAISAL
II Pet 2:20c the final condition has become worse for them than the first.
1. RESULTS (Mt 12:43-45)
2. JUDGMENT (Mt 11:21-24; Lk 12:48)
III. PERSPECTIVE
A. ANALOGY
II Pet 2:21a For it would have been better for them never to have recognized the way of righteousness
1. GREATER REVELATION (Mk 14:21)
2. LINE
B. ANSWER
II Pet 2:21b than after recognizing it to turn back from the holy commandment given to them.
1. DEMANDS (Acts 17:30; Jer 13:23)
2. NO TURNING BACK (I Jn 2:19)
IV. PROVERBS
A. ADAGE
II Pet 2:22a What the true proverb states has happened, for “The dog returns to its own vomit”
1. ANCIENTTRUTH (Prov 26:11)
2. PRESENT APPLICATION
B. AXIOM
II Pet 2:22b and “The sow, after washing, returns to wallow in the mire.”
1. ANCIENT VIEW (Jn 15:3)
2. PRESENT APPLICATION (Mt 10:22; Heb 3:14; I Cor 15:1-2; Phil 1:6; Jn 6:39-40; 10:28)