"But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves"
The word "bought" here is from the Greek, "agorazo", which refers to the "redemption" of Jesus Christ, of His blood shed for ALL sinners. This use is as defined in the standard Greek lexicons of Arndt and Gingrich, Thayer, and Robinson, and is also used in 1 Corinthians 6:20, 7:23, for this purpose. These people who are said to have been BOUGHT by the BLOOD of Jesus Christ, are REJECTING this fact, and therefore will bring "destruction on themselves", as did Judas.
See also Jude 4
"For some men, who were designated for this judgment long ago, have come in by stealth; they are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into promiscuity and denying Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord."
Here the same word "Master", Greek, "despotes" is used for the Lord Jesus Christ. Not, as some try to get out of what it teaches in 2 Peter, by saying that it refers to God the Father.
It says "denying the master who bought them cheeseburgers".
These Calvinist are the extremists. If they were consistent they would all be westboro Baptists.
Look John Calvin himself says:
Even denying the Lord that bought them. Though Christ may be denied in various ways, yet Peter, as I think, refers here to what is expressed by Jude, that is, when the grace of God is turned into lasciviousness; for Christ redeemed us, that he might have a people separated from all the pollutions of the world, and devoted to holiness and innocency. They, then, who throw off the bridle, and give themselves up to all kinds of licentiousness, are not unjustly said to deny Christ by whom they have been redeemed. Hence, that the doctrine of the gospel may remain whole and complete among us, let this be fixed in our minds, that we have been redeemed by Christ, that he may be the Lord of our life and of our death, and that our main object ought to be, to live to him and to die to him. He then says, that their swift destruction was at hand, lest others should be ensnared by them. [164]
Nothing about "atonement" my foot!
Was it poor exegesis on Calvin's to confirm the op's take on scripture?
Calvin calls the false teacher REDEEMED.
Leave it up to our extremist buddies here who get everything you say backwards, get Calvin backwards and get the bible backwards.
They are not even TOGETHER. They are all independent. and WRONG.
When a Calvinist tells you John Calvin is wrong............ They don't realize that makes no sense.
And somehow everyone was a poor reader for more the 1500 years, oh PLUS because Calvin agrees with us here.
I wish you guys who finally have the infallible meanings of the scripture were brave enough to pick out your canon of scripture.
How about show us prior to 1500s of anyone understanding that scripture in that deformed way. Your so wrong even Calvin is not with you here.
