SERMON IN A SENTENCE: Don’t chase emptiness when you have fullness in Christ.

Sermon Notes

Introduction

Context

1. The Principle: Satisfaction [2 Peter 2:17, cf. Jud 12; Prov. 25:14; 2 Pet. 2:4; Matt. 8:12, 22:13, 25:30; Jn. 4:14, 7:37–38]

     a. The Practice: Sensuality [2 Peter 2:18]

     b. The Promise: Freedom [2 Peter 2:19, cf. 2 Pet. 1:1, Jn. 8:34; Rom. 6:6, 6:18; Eph. 4:23–24; 2 Pet. 1:5–6]

2. Don’t Follow Empty Souls [2 Peter 2:20-22]

     a. They’ve Gone Back… [2 Peter 2:20-21, cf. 2 Pet. 1:4, 10–11; Matt. 13:1–9, 18–23; Acts 9:2, 19:9, 19:23, 24:14, 24:22; Lk. 9:62; John 6:39; 10:28–29]

     b. To Who They Always Were [2 Peter 2:22, cf. Ex. 22:31; 1 Kgs. 14:11, 16:4; 2 Kgs. 9:10; Lev 11:7; Deut. 14:8; 2 Cor. 5:17; Jn. 3:3, 13:1–20; 1 Cor. 6:11]

Conclusion