2 Peter 2:17-22
False Teachers and their Destruction
17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. 18 For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. 19 They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity—for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. 20 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. 21 It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. 22 Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit, "and, "A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud."
St. Peter is telling us about false teaches...He tells us that black darkness awaits them, when judgment time comes...
He says some have known Jesus and then have left His teachings to go back to the entangled world, in which we live...It appears, St. Peter is telling us that ones who have known Jesus and left and denied Him will have a greater degree of punishment...
St. Peter tells us men are creatures of habit...What we do on a daily and weekly basis are hard to break...What one does, let's say, every morning (and each day) is probably repeated throughout one's life...We must therefore get into good habits, since habits are so hard to break...We do not want to be like the dog St. Peter mentions in Proverbs 26:11 and only return to our vomit...We also do not want to be like the sow that right after a wash, we return to the mud...We want to start and continue good habits...Set aside time, each day, maybe each morning for the Father, the Son, and Scriptures...Set aside prayer time...Try to start and continue good daily habits so you will not be like the dog and sow...
In bad company, we can be drawn in and do things we normally would not do...Just as when we do mischief God stops or tries to hinder us, often in a strange way, God is there to help us start creating new ways to follow and seek Him...Pay attention to what you do and your daily routines...Include the Father and Son in your daily life...