SERMON IN A SENTENCE: Be holy and hasten the day of the Lord.

SERMON NOTES

Introduction

Context [2 Peter 3:4]

1) What Is the Lord Doing? [2 Peter 3:8–9]
     a) The Lord of Time and the Time of the Lord [2 Peter 3:8, cf. Ps. 90; Job 36:26]
     b) The Promise and the Purpose of God’s Patience [2 Peter 3:9, cf. 2 Pet. 3:2; Acts 13:48; Eph. 1:4; 1 Thess. 5:9; Jn. 6:39; Acts 11:18; 2 Tim. 2:25]

2) What Will the Lord Do? [2 Peter 3:10–13]
     a) The Lord Will Surprise with his Coming [2 Peter 3:10a, cf. Matt. 24:43–44; Rev. 16:15; 1 Thess. 5:2; 1 Cor. 1:8; Phil. 1:6]
     b) The Lord Will Expose Our Works on Earth [2 Peter 3:10c, cf. Ecc. 12:14; Prov. 5:21; Matt. 10:26; Rom. 14:10–12; 2 Cor. 5:10]
     c) The Lord Will Purify the World with Fire [2 Peter 3:10b, 12b, cf. Isa. 34:4; Mk. 13:31; Heb. 1:10–12] d) The Lord Will Renew the Earth in Righteousness [2 Peter 3:13, cf. Isa. 65:17; Rev. 21:1–8; 1 Corinthians 15:49]

3) What Should You Be Doing? [2 Peter 3:11–12a]
     a) Be Holy [2 Peter 3:11, cf. Isa. 6:3; 1 Pet. 1:15–16, 2:5]
     b) Be Happily Waiting [2 Peter 3:12, cf. Luke 21:34–36 Rev. 22:20; Jam. 5:7–8; 2 Tim. 4:8]
     c) Be Hastening the Day [2 Peter 3:12, cf. Acts 1:7–8, 3:19–20]

Conclusion [Luke 14:23]