What are the things hard to
understand?
Barnes writes: “Peter refers not to the difficulties of understanding what Paul meant,
but to the difficulty of comprehending the great truths which he
taught.
In dealing with this
verse, Peter lets us know there are
some things in the Bible that are hard to understand such as the trinity,
election, and the mystery of suffering. The context [vs.1-15] lends itself in
dealing with prophetic times and the coming of the Lord.
Pastors who don’t preach
prophecy passages or the book of Revelation, are not true to their calling or the Word.
The false teachers who did
not understand the truth of the Word would take the doctrine and twist it to
mean something totally not biblical.
They would distort the
teaching about prophecy, but also would distort the rest of Scripture. So it is
today…false teachers will distort, and twist Scripture to teach it means
something that is so foreign to real biblical truth.
Therefore it is essential we
know our Bible.
This verse also teaches the doctrine of inspiration of Scripture. Peter puts Paul's writings on par with the other [rest] Scriptures. Peter calls Paul's writings Scripture. Also, note the last words in v. 16, "Unto their own destruction." The writings of mere men can't damn a soul, but God's inspired Word can!
