We begin 2020 with Peter’s last letter. In prison awaiting execution, Peter pins
these as his final encouragement to the church in Asia Minor. The epistle begins with his greeting, 2 Peter
1:2, “May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of
Jesus our Lord.” The letter ends with
this challenge, 2 Peter 3:18, “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of
eternity. Amen. “ In these, we find
Peter's main thrust that we would have a deepen knowledge in the Lord who loved
us and died for us.