2 Peter 3:5 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

They're choosing to ignore what they know deep down — that God spoke everything into existence way back in the beginning. The heavens, the earth rising up from the waters, all of it happened because God said so.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Some people pretend they don't know that God created everything, but they're just choosing to look the other way.

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