The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum To know or not know Jesus

Isn't that a bit of a silly question? It is obviously not a matter of denying what Peter wrote, but rather a matter of interpretation of what Peter wrote. In my previous reply to you, I explained how I believe this phrase is to be understood, referencing the "Parable of the Sower". Exegetically, the CONTEXT, verses 1-21, shows that Peter isn't speaking of saved individuals whatsoever, but reprobate false prophets and false teachers, 2 Peter 2:1 (ASV) "But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction." And Peter goes on to describe the debaucheries and heretical things these people do and teach. Their end, says Peter "whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not." (v.3) and "But these, as creatures without reason, born mere animals to be taken and destroyed, railing in matters whereof they are ignorant, shall in their destroying surely be destroyed,".

Anticipating that you will want to bring up the matter of 2Pet 2:1, specifically the phrase, "...the Lord who bought them", and thus insisting that this surely means that Christ died for them, which I expectedly and categorically deny, you might consider THIS and THIS.