Remembering in the Bible

Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have.

2 Peter 1:12

Being reminded of something you already know gets annoying fast. So, when Peter says, “I intend to always remind you of what you already know and are firmly established in,” it looks like a formula for frustration.

But “remembering” in the Bible is much more than being able to recall something that happened. When Peter describes a person who professes faith but never grows, he says that he has “for...