<p>1:15 <i>Yes, I will give diligence that at every time you may be able after my death to call these things to remembrance</i>- &quot;My death<i>&quot; </i>is Gk. <i>eksodos. </i>As he faced up to his own imminent time of dying, he saw that his death would be a death with the Lord (Paul also spoke of his death in this way). He spoke of his death as&nbsp;&ldquo;my <i>eksodos</i>&rdquo; (2 Pet. 1:15), using the very same and specific word which he had heard at the transfiguration, when Moses and Elijah comforted the Lord regarding His <i>eksodos</i>&nbsp;(Lk. 9:31). The Lord's death was his death; he would die as the Lord Jesus had shown him by example (see on :14). The Lord's death is our death; the symbolism of baptism is to be remembered by us particularly at our death, and in our understanding of the death of our brethren. His death was a crescendo, the end point of a process, very intense at the end. This adds huge meaning and significance to old age and terminal illness; we are not to be seen as no longer significant, a burden merely to be carried by others, by medical staff and our families. We are being led to final identity with His death, that we might live eternally with Him in the power of His resurrection.</p><p>How could Peter try his best to ensure that after his death, they would remember his message? Perhaps he means that he would try to ensure that his message was written down and preserved; and that &quot;diligence&quot; was achieved, for we to this day hold his inspired letters in our hands. &quot;That you may be able&quot; is literally 'that you may have it'; which makes sense if Peter had in view a written record of his words.</p><p>The emphasis on remembering the words is to be understood in the light of the transfiguration experience. His brethren were to take heed to the word, just as he had to be almost rebuked: &ldquo;This is My beloved Son: <i>hear</i> him&rdquo;. Peter loved the word, but so often didn&rsquo;t hear it, and at the crucial moment didn&rsquo;t remember his Lord&rsquo;s word. He had said &ldquo;at thy word&rdquo; I will let down the net; but when he saw the huge catch, he was amazed; he realized that he hadn&rsquo;t really believed his Lord&rsquo;s word. And he knew he was simply &ldquo;a sinful man&rdquo;, worthy of condemnation for his lack of faith (&ldquo;depart from me&rdquo;). He had to be taught that his own natural abilities were nothing at all. He was taught this in relation to fishing, to his faithfulness, commitment to laying down his life for Christ. He was made to learn that he knew nothing as he ought to know. And he implicitly admits this to his readers, when he asks us to take heed of the word which we may think we well know, just as he had to. Peter learnt the lesson of the transfiguration when he told the Jewish authorities that he had to hear God&rsquo;s word rather than theirs (Acts 4:19). &nbsp;</p>