After 2Peter3:1 makes the appeal for “wholesome thinking”, for us to appreciate the reality that what we think/our thought life forms the foundation of who/what we are, 2Peter3:3-8 tells us that the enemies of God will have at their very core of deceitful weaponry, strategies that attack the TRUTHS of everything being CREATED “by God’s Word & the Power of God’s Sovereignty -> 2Peter3:3-7, ”Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation. "But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's Word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same WORD the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.”. Truth is that if we accept to think anything less than what God says as TRUE, then we have at best a mediocre appreciation for WHO God is. And this is where the enemies of God make their first strike in the minds & hearts of all men & women! This is why these verses in 2 Peter are emphasizing the TRUTHS of God CREATING EVERYTHING from nothing...exactly as recorded in Genesis 1...fully formed plants, trees, insects, fish, animals, reptiles...., & fully formed adult men & women. Sure, God could’ve brought life about any way He chose..., BUT HE CHOSE to create men and women as fully formed adults in HIS IMAGE! When we accept anything less than God’s “JOURNAL” of CREATION in Genesis1, our thinking/thoughts of GOD are far from WHOLEsome about GOD! And if our ideas/thinking/thoughts about GOD veer away from HIS AWESOME WHOLENESS, then our reverence for GOD is mediocre compared to what HE DESERVES! And our FAITH is based on thinking & thoughts about GOD that make our FAITH puny compared to what it should be if we were to KNOW GOD in HIS WHOLENESS! And we fall far short of having our lives changed by The Glory of Christ being offered to us by The Gospel of Christ! 2Peter3:17 has a “therefore” for us, since all these things about GOD are TRUTHS Peter says, ”Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. But grow in the GRACE and KNOWLEDGE of our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ. To HIM be GLORY both now and forever! Amen.” Peter is urging us to not only seek to know GOD’s TRUTHS, but to know them in such a way that we can also shore them up in our hearts & minds when they come under the attack Peter warns us about! A good book that talks about the truths of science and the TRUE facts of life and science, that they indeed align with God’s Journal of Creation is “The Evolution if a Creationist”,by Dr.Jobe Martin.You can find the book and other resources about this at http://www.evolutionofacreationist.com/ Dear Lord God, because my thoughts and ideas about YOU and all YOU have forever done and will do are puny, my faith is puny and far from where I need to be compared to what it should be if I were in FULL AWE of WHO YOU ARE & ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE .Help me to grow in my appreciation for Your Truths and all that You desire for Your Creation to reveal to me about YOU and YOUR LOVE for me.