Sermon: 2 Peter 3:9-18; "Does This Christian Life Really Matter? Simon Says YES!"
Date: October 28, 2012
Pastor: Michael Howard


Scripture: 2 Peter 3:9-18

9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some
understand slowness. Instead he 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 everything
done in it will be laid bare.
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way,
what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live
holy and godly lives
12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its
coming. That day will bring about the destruction of
the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in
the heat.
13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking
forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where
righteousness dwells.
14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward
to this, make every effort to be found spotless,
blameless and at peace with him.
15 Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means
salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you
with the wisdom that God gave him.
16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking
in them of these matters. His letters contain some
things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and
unstable people distort, as they do the other
Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 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.
18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and
forever! Amen.


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