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SUBTLE SPIRITUL DECEPTION �

“ALL SHOULD REACH REPENTANCE”

2 PETER 3:8-13

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“All Should Reach Repentance” �2 Peter 3:8-13

8  But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. �9  The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. �10  But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

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“All Should Reach Repentance” �2 Peter 3:8-13

11  Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, �12  waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! �13  But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

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“All Should Reach Repentance” �2 Peter 3:8-13

  • ONE DAY: (vs.8) “1 day = 1,000 years and 1,000 years = 1 day”

 

  1. Time measured by God is different than humanity:
  2. God sees time within eternity
  3. Humanity does not understand the concept of time in the realm of eternity.

  • Psalm 90:4 (Source text for Peter’s quotation)

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“All Should Reach Repentance” �2 Peter 3:8-13

  • ONE PROMISE: (vs.9) Why does God delay His Return???

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Rom 9:22 What if God’s timing in “delay” is to show His patience?”

I Tim 2:4 “God desires that all come to the knowledge of the truth”

Rom 2:4 “God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance”

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“All Should Reach Repentance” �2 Peter 3:8-13

  • ONE FACT: (vs.10) “Jesus is Coming Again”

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  • Like a Thief – UNEXPECTED
  • The Roar of the Heavens – UNHEARD OF SOUND
  • The Heavenly Bodies; ‘burned up and dissolved’ – UNRECOGNIZEABLE
  • The works of the earth exposed – UNDENIEABLE.

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“All Should Reach Repentance” �2 Peter 3:8-13

  • ONE PRINCIPLE: (vs.11) “Holiness and Godliness”

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This is a calling to be the people of God:

This is a commitment to live exemplary lives:

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“All Should Reach Repentance” �2 Peter 3:8-13

  • ONE LIFESTYLE: (vs.12,13) “in which righteousness dwells”

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Expect: “waiting”

Anticipate: “hastening” – Titus 2:13

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  • ‘Maranatha’ – “Our Lord, Come!” 1 Cor 16:22

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