Pay Attention to The Prophetic Word

People get lazy when they think there will be no one to hold them accountable. In the same way false teachers and those who diminish or deny the second coming of the Lord destroy diligence in the Christian life. In this passage, Peter has written in order to drive home the point that the "Prophetic Word"...the Scriptures...are reliable and trustworthy and they make it plain that Christ is coming again, and therefore we ought to pay attention to them until Jesus Christ returns.