Audio will be posted on May 25.
While You’re Waiting
2 Peter 3:11-18
1. Introduction
• context of 3:1-10 and the day of the Lord
• a biblical perspective and posture (3:11-13)
• Considering the Lord’s certain word about your future, prepare for it actively in your present.
• four commands for those who wait
• a biblical perspective and posture (3:11-13)
• Considering the Lord’s certain word about your future, prepare for it actively in your present.
• four commands for those who wait
2. Exert Yourself 14
• marked by purity and peace
3. Assess Accurately 15-16a
• connection between long-suffering and salvation
4. Protect Yourself 16b-17
• heeding the warning about deception that leads to destabilization
5. Keep Growing 18
• progressing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus for His glory
6. So What?
• What you really believe about the future is indicated by the way you live presently.
• “Ethics and eschatology are connected inextricably.” (MacGorman)
• Aim to live by faith in the Lord’s future grace.
• “O God of promise, strong and true, Your Word endures, makes all things new. You came, You died and rose again, to bring us life that knows no end. Now, heaven waits, its promise firm—we lift our eyes to Your return.”
• “Ethics and eschatology are connected inextricably.” (MacGorman)
• Aim to live by faith in the Lord’s future grace.
• “O God of promise, strong and true, Your Word endures, makes all things new. You came, You died and rose again, to bring us life that knows no end. Now, heaven waits, its promise firm—we lift our eyes to Your return.”