正确的生活态度
彼得后书三章10至18节
10但主的日子要像贼来到一样。那日，天必大有响声废去，有形质的都要被烈火销化，地和其上的物都要烧尽了。
11这一切既然都要如此销化，你们为人该当怎样圣洁、怎样敬虔，
12切切仰望神的日子来到。在那日，天被火烧就销化了，有形质的都要被烈火熔化。
13但我们照他的应许，盼望新天新地，有义居在其中。
14亲爱的弟兄啊，你们既盼望这些事，就当殷勤，使自己没有玷污，无可指摘，安然见主。
15并且要以我主长久忍耐为得救的因由，就如我们所亲爱的兄弟保罗，照着所赐给他的智慧写了信给你们。
16他一切的信上也都是讲论这事。信中有些难明白的，那无学问、不坚固的人强解，如强解别的经书一样，就自取沉沦。
17亲爱的弟兄阿，你们既然预先知道这事，就当防备，恐怕被恶人的错谬诱惑，就从自己坚固的地步上坠落。
18你们却要在我们主救主耶稣基督的恩典和知识上有长进。愿荣耀归给他，从今直到永远。阿们。
信息分享
新约圣经每次提及基督再来时，都会立即提出一些道德的教训。这里也不例外。
彼得指出，我们的生活必须圣洁（11和14节）。基督徒必须学效基督过圣洁的生活，绝不可以追随假教师的生活方式。
由此，基督再来的真理必会为我们带来内心的平安（14节）。无论现今面对任何困难，当基督再来的时候，一切问题和艰难都必化解。
英文《活的圣经》（The Living Bible）将第15节上意译如下：「要记着神为何在等候。祂要给我们有足够的时间，将祂的救恩信息传给其他人。」换言之，我们在等候基督再来时，必须负上传福音的责任。
彼得继而指出，我们必须紧守神的真理。他认同保罗的话说：「不要将神的话曲解。」《活的圣经》指出，曲解神的话只会造成灾难性的后果。
彼得的最后嘱咐概括了每个基督徒都应追求的目标：「在我们主救主耶稣基督的恩典和知识上有长进」。
只有不住成长，才会达致成熟。保罗在腓立比书三章14节说得好，他唯一的渴望和目标，就是要学像基督。英文的引申版译本（The Amplified Version）将它译作：「让他可以与基督建立更深和更亲密的关系。」
这岂不是每个信徒的目标吗？我们该如何去达到这目标呢？我们可以每天祈求圣灵的帮助，让这一目标在我们的生命中不断得以实现。
HOW THEN SHALL WE LIVE?
2 Peter 3:10-18
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up.
11 Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness,
12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
14 Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless;
15 and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you,
16 as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures.
17 You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked;
18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
Message
Almost anytime in the New Testament when the second coming of Christ is mentioned there is an ethical application too.
First our lives must be characterized by holiness (vv. 11, 14). In contrast with the lifestyle of false teachers, a Christian's life must be patterned after Christ's holy life.
Then the truth of Christ's return should bring peace to our hearts (v.14). However difficult the way may be now, when Christ comes, every problem, every difficulty for the Christian will be resolved.
The Living Bible paraphrases the first part of verse 15, “Remember why God is waiting. He is giving us time to get His message of salvation out to others.” That brings out our responsibility while waiting for Christ's coming.
Peter also goes back to his thought of holding on to the Word of Truth. He links himself with Paul and says, “Don't twist the Word of God to make it mean something it doesn't mean.” The Living Bible says the result of doing so can only be disaster.
His last instruction sums up what ought to be the aim of every believer, “To grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
To do so brings spiritual maturity. Paul said it so well in Philippians 3:14. His one desire and aim was to be like Christ. The Amplified Version reads, “that I might become progressively more deeply and intimately acquainted with Christ.” (Philippians 3:10)
Shouldn't that be the aim of each one of us? What are we doing about it? Can we ask the Holy Spirit each day to make this goal a continuing reality in our lives?