God judges the Wicked, But Saves His Remnant--2 Peter 2:1-10a

2 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. 3 And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

4 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; 7 and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked 8 (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); 9 then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, 10 and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority.

First we see Peter admonish the Church to watch out for false prophets--they have always been around, were around when he was writing the letter, and they continue to be an issue today--and the problem will grow even greater in the end times when there will be a false prophet that will make people worship the anti-Christ and Satan (even if they don't really understand that's what they are doing).  People follow these false prophets because they want to live lives of sin, they hate the truth and they are haters of God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, and the Word of God.

God had never let even go unpunished forever, and we can be sure that judgement is coming, but we can also be sure that it is God's nature to save a remnant of faithful people in ways that only He can do which preserves His covenant.  Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of this.  Just like Noah and His family took refuge in the ark and were saved from catastrophe, so all those who take shelter in Jesus as both Lord and Savior will be saved from the coming judgement.  We are called like these men to live lives of righteousness in an unrighteous world and to do so for the glory of God alone.  The Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, but let us have the faith of Daniel's friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (better known by their Babylonian names of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego),  “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” (Daniel 3: 16b-18).  God is able to save us from the fire, but is not required to do so, and even through the fire, we may still be delivered from the hands of evil men.

God will one day make all things right and the wicked who have chosen any other way other than the way that God has provided will be judged and found inadequate and unable to live in the presence of God and will be cast out of God's presence like the fallen angels were, but this is every man's choice.  Those who surrender to Jesus as Lord and Savior and take their refuge in Him will be covered by His righteousness and will be found acceptable in the sight of God, not because of our own acts of righteousness which are woefully inadequate, but because of the superlative righteousness of Jesus Christ the Righteous One.  There are only two roads, two kinds of tress and two destines.  Will we spend an eternity in hell that was created for the devil and his angels or will we choose a life of surrender now and forevermore as we bow before the one and only King of Kings and Lord of Lords and live in His presence forevermore as we serve Him through all eternity in His coming kingdom that is without end?  The choice is yours and yours alone.

If you'd like to learn more about what I just said and the decision that is before you, watch one or both of these videos, and let me know if you have any questions:
Watch this video on 3 Circles presentation of the Gospel , 

or this slightly different presentation of the 3 Circles 

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.