Sermon Notes January 3, 2016
“There Will be an End to all of This” (2 Peter 3:1-18)
“My Father is _______________ at his work to this very
day; and I, too, am working.” (John 5:17)
I. There is a _______________ in God’s promises:
a promise … a delay … a fulfillment.
(2 Peter 3:5-6)
A. There was a ____________ between the promise
of the flood and its coming. (Genesis 6:13)
B. If you look at other “days of the Lord” you can
see that same pattern: a ____________, a delay,
a fulfillment.
II. There is always a _______________ for God’s
delays.
A. Our perception of ____________ is not the same
as God’s. (2 Peter 3:8; Psalm 90:4)
B. The delays accomplish God’s ____________.
(Galatians 4:4; Acts 17:6)
C. The reason for the delay of the final day of the
Lord has to do with God’s ____________.
(2 Peter 3:9)
III.While we _______________ … how should we
live?
A. We are to live in ____________. (2 Peter 3:11;
3:13-14)
B. We are to ____________ the coming of the day.
(2 Peter 3:11-12)
1. We can ____________ for it to come.
(Matthew 6:10; Revelation 22:20)
2. We can ____________ to others.
(Matthew 24:14)
3. We can live in ____________.
C. God wants talk about the Second Coming to
____________ us.
Response Questions …
How confident are you that Jesus is going to come
again? What do you think He is waiting for before He
comes?
What should your life look like as you wait for Him to
come? What kinds of things should you be doing as
you wait for Him to come?