Kootenai Church Morning Worship: 2 Peter

Christ could return at any moment. So how should that truth shape the way you live today? In this exposition of 2 Peter 3:14-15, Pastor Jim Osman shows that Peter calls believers to two things as they wait for the Lord's coming: live blamelessly and think evangelistically. Osman traces Peter's repeated call to diligence, first raised in chapter 1 and now returning in these closing verses. Holiness...

Will there be pets in heaven? Will people recognize each other? A recent Q&A with fifth and sixth graders raised these very questions, and Pastor Jim Osman uses them as the doorway into one of Scripture's richest promises: the new heavens and the new earth. Continuing the exposition of 2 Peter 3:13, Osman traces this promise back to its source in Isaiah 65 and 66, then unpacks a question every...

The coming destruction of the present creation is not just a doctrine to believe—it's a call to live differently. In this expository sermon from 2 Peter 3:11–12, Pastor Jim Osman draws out the practical weight of Peter's eschatological teaching and presses it into the conscience of every believer. Peter's concluding exhortations are clear: those who genuinely believe Christ will return are marked...

Two thousand years feels like a long time to wait. Jim Osman says that's exactly the point. Continuing through 2 Peter 3, Osman tackles the mockers' challenge in verse 4: where is the promise of His coming? Peter's answer comes in two parts, and this sermon focuses on the second: God's patience. Osman walks through what that patience actually means, tracing it back through Exodus, Isaiah, and the...

The mockers had a question: Where is the promise of His coming? Time had passed. Apostles had died. Nothing had changed. Pastor Jim Osman addresses that question head-on as he works through 2 Peter 3:8 — and the answer is as pointed today as it was in the first century. God does not experience time as we do. He is not encumbered by it, constrained by it, or running out of it. He meets no deadlines...

Climate alarmists have been predicting the end of the world for decades—and getting it entirely wrong. Pastor Jim Osman opens this exposition of 2 Peter 3:7 and 10 by showing why: they begin with the wrong assumptions. God has already revealed how this world ends, and it has nothing to do with carbon footprints or melting ice caps. Peter's answer to the false teachers who denied the return of Chri...

The false teachers of Peter's day had a simple argument: things have always continued as they are, so there is no reason to expect a cataclysmic divine judgment in the future. Pastor Jim Osman works through 2 Peter 3:5-6 to show how Peter dismantles that argument—not by predicting the future, but by pointing to the past. Peter's first move is to expose the nature of the false teachers' error. They...

Peter warned the church that mockers would come. Pastor Jim Osman works through 2 Peter 3:1-4, examining the identity, motive, and arguments of those who deny the return of Christ—and why their denial is never as innocent as it appears. Two thousand years have passed since the promise was made. That passage of time is precisely what the mockers weaponize. Their question—"Where is the promise of Hi...

Peter opens 2 Peter 3 with two pastoral aims: to stir up the sincere minds of his readers and to call them back to the truth they already know. False teachers in his day were mocking the promise of Christ's return — dismissing it as myth and pointing to the silence of the centuries as proof it would never happen. Peter's answer? Remember what has been promised. In this expository message, Pastor J...

Knowledge of the truth is not the same as being changed by it. In this message from 2 Peter 2:21–22, Pastor Jim Osman brings chapter 2 to its sobering close with a warning that cuts close to home — the false teacher and the apostate aren't condemned for what they never knew, but for what they knew and walked away from. Drawing on two of the most vivid images in the New Testament — a dog returning...

False teachers don't just get theology wrong — they enslave their followers. In this exposition of 2 Peter 2:19-20, Pastor Jim Osman examines three devastating contrasts Peter draws to expose the destruction false teachers leave in their wake: the contrast between freedom and slavery, between escaping and being entangled again, and between a person's last state and their first. False teachers prom...

False teachers don't just teach wrong things — they ruin people. That's the heartbeat of this passage, and the burden that drives this exposition of 2 Peter 2:17-18. Pastor Jim Osman continues through 2 Peter 2 by turning from the character and condemnation of false teachers to the carnage they leave behind. Using two vivid images from the ancient world — a spring that holds no water and a mist th...

Jim Osman examines one of the Old Testament's most troubling figures: Balaam, the prophet for hire who tried to curse God's people for money. Though God spoke through him, Balaam was driven by greed and immorality, making him the perfect example of the false teachers Peter warns against. This message walks through Numbers 22-24, answering questions about why God used such a wicked man and what it...

Jim Osman continues his examination of false teachers in 2 Peter 2, focusing on their perversions and moral corruption. Opening with a sobering account of the Mike Bickle scandal and how charismatic leaders failed to discern his true character despite decades of abuse, Osman demonstrates why Peter's warnings remain urgent for today's church. He exposes three defining characteristics of false teach...

Jim Osman returns to 2 Peter 2 with a hard-hitting examination of false teachers and their defining characteristics. In verses 10-13, Peter paints a vivid portrait of those who infiltrate the church with destructive heresies, and Osman carefully unpacks what makes these teachers so dangerous. The passage reveals three striking indicators of their pride: they are insolent in their blasphemy of spir...

Pastor Jim Osman expounds 2 Peter 2:5-9, revealing how God accomplished a righteous deliverance for Noah and Lot amid worldwide judgment. Though Noah stood alone against billions and Lot lived among the wicked Sodom, God preserved both because He knows those who are His. This exposition demonstrates that God consistently distinguishes between the righteous and the ungodly. Believers today can find...

Jim Osman delivers a powerful exposition examining A Flood And A Fire as two notorious Old Testament judgments that demonstrate God's righteous character. Drawing from 2 Peter 2:5-6, Osman explores how the global flood of Noah's day and the fiery destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah serve as historical evidence of divine justice against sin. A Flood And A Fire reveals that these judgments were histor...

Jim Osman examines how judgment and deliverance work together throughout biblical history. Peter uses three powerful examples of judgment and deliverance: the angels who sinned, the flood of Noah, and Sodom and Gomorrah. These historical accounts demonstrate God's consistent pattern of executing judgment while delivering the righteous. Through judgment and deliverance, believers learn that God has...

 Jim Osman exposes the greed and exploitation of false teachers who use plastic words to merchandise believers. These deceivers appeal to covetousness while masking sensual desires and avarice behind fabricated doctrines. The greed and exploitation of false teachers manifest through fraudulent ministries that prey on vulnerable souls, promising prosperity while extracting wealth. Peter warns that...

Jim Osman examines the seduction and lust of false teachers through 2 Peter 2:1-3, warning believers against dangerous deceptions. False teachers operate in a symbiotic relationship with followers who desire teachings that justify their lusts, while teachers gain platforms, money, and power. Peter warns that many will follow their sensuality, thereby maligning the way of truth. These unbelievers a...

Jim Osman examines false teachers through an exposition of 2 Peter 2:1-3, warning believers against three critical dangers. False teachers secretly introduce destructive heresies into the church, not announcing their deception but creeping in quietly while using Christian language and claiming orthodox beliefs. These false teachers promote destructive doctrines that damn unbelievers and render Chr...

Peter warns believers that false teachers among you will secretly introduce destructive heresies into the church. Jim Osman introduces 2 Peter 2:1-3, explaining how this chapter connects with Peter's teaching on Scripture's sufficiency in chapter 1 and the apostolic witness in chapter 3. Throughout Israel's history, false prophets arose among God's people, leading them astray from the truth. Simil...

Jim Osman examines 2 Peter 1:19-21 to reveal why Scripture stands as a sure word for believers. Building on the Protestant Reformation principle of Sola Scriptura, Osman demonstrates that Scripture's authority rests not on human interpretation or church tradition, but on its divine origin through the Holy Spirit. The exposition shows that Scripture's meaning is determined by God Himself, not by in...

In 2 Peter 1:19-21, the apostle Peter presents a sure word that believers can depend upon completely. As Peter approaches the end of his earthly ministry, he directs his readers not to apostolic successors or church tradition, but to the prophetic Word of God. This passage reveals that Scripture's testimony is absolutely dependable—more certain than even eyewitness accounts. Peter describes God's...

Pastor Jim Osman explores how Peter became an eyewitness to majesty during Christ's Transfiguration, using this divine encounter to refute false teachers who denied the second coming. In 2 Peter 1:16-18, the apostle defends Christ's return through personal eyewitness testimony and Old Testament prophetic revelation. The Transfiguration in Matthew 17 provided Peter, James, and John with a preview o...