2 Peter 3:8-9
8 Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
Grow In Perseverance
2 Peter 3:8-15
8 Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness
12 as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
13 But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
14 Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
15 Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
“As if nothing else should ever happen again”
Grow in Perserverance
2 Peter 3:8-15
love
brotherly kindness
godliness
perseverance
self-control
knowledge
virtue
faith
2 Peter 1:5-7
Grow By Knowing God’s Time
2 Peter 3:8-15
Grow By Knowing God’s Time
God accomplishes more in a day than we can in a thousand years
God works to bring repentence
Psalm 90:4
Psalm 90:4
For in Your sight a thousand years
are but a day that passes,
or a watch of the night.
2 Peter 3:15
2 Peter 3:15
Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
Your Life is a Piece of God’s Plan
- Quarry Worker’s Creed: We who cut mere stone, must always be envisioning catherdals
- The Sword and the Stone show us a picture of what preparing for the future is like
- We cannot be like the radica dispensationalist who are always trying to predict the return of Christ and not prepraing for the future.
Grow By Knowing God’s Return
2 Peter 3:8-15
Grow By Knowing God’s Return
2 Peter 3:10-13
10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness
12 as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.
13 But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
The Day of the Lord is unknown
The Day of the Lord will upend our world, for a better one
The Day of the Lord should make us prepare for the New World to come
Isaiah 65:17
Isaiah 65:17
For behold, I will create
new heavens and a new earth.
The former things will not be remembered,
nor will they come to mind.
Revalation 21:5
Revelation 21:1-5
1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:
“Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man,
and He will dwell with them.
They will be His people,
and God Himself will be with them as their God.
4 ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’
and there will be no more death
or mourning or crying or pain,
for the former things have passed away.”
5 And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
Romans 8:18-22
Romans 8:18-22
18 I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
Rest in the Hope of God’s Plan
- I don’t know the plan, but I know the One who do does.
- I don’t know tomorrow, but I know the One who does.
- I don’t know when Christ returns, but He does.
Grow By Knowing God’s Way
2 Peter 3:8-15
Grow By Knowing God’s Way
2 Peter 3:14-15
14 Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.
15 Consider also that our Lord’s patience brings salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom God gave him.
Prepare yourself for the New Heavens and the New Earth
Prepare others, too
Philippians 1:10
Philippians 1:10
so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,
Romans 2:4
Romans 2:4
Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?
Prepare Yourself For The Whole Journey
- Think of Solomon giving up at the end of his life.
- Prepare not just for the test on Monday, but to live according to what you learn