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The Day is Coming
Satan is released
To lurk among the nations
And raise an army
The Day is Coming
Enemies approach
To wage war against the saints
And to quench the light
The Day is Coming
Heavens torn open
Hail, fire, and sulfur pour down
To defend God’s name
The Day is Coming
His priests are rescued
The time of judgment has come
As the dead are raised
The Day is Coming
Until the doom’s day
Peace and Grace are first offered
Through Jesus the Son
But the Day is Coming
Unless we turn back
And our sins are cleansed with blood
Our death is certain
The Day is coming
Just a little while longer
Until it is here
Indeed, the day of Christ’s return is coming.
Amen?
Amen.
On that day he will return to defeat his enemies and to bring the world as we know it to an end.
Today we will be reading through 2 Peter 3, verses 3 through the end of the chapter.
So if you have your Bibles, please turn there with me.
As way of reminder, we are nearing the end of our sermon series titled The Church: Faith and Family, and we’re covering what we believe here as the church according to what has been revealed in the word of our God.
And this is our third Sunday examining the return of Jesus.
So far we’ve covered about half of the statement, which reads:
We believe Jesus will return in power and glory to reign.
It has been declared in scripture that no man knows the hour of his return, only the Father.
On that day, Jesus will gather his people to himself and they will be changed.
-If you want to learn more about those, I would encourage you to go back and listen to the sermons that Marcus taught.
But today we will be looking at the next line in our statement, which is this:
He will crush his enemies and the order of creation will be destroyed in fire.
(repeat) Let’s pray and then we can dive in to examine the scriptures.
(Pray)
2 Peter, chapter 3.
For context, I will begin in verse 1
God’s Mercy Toward Enemies
I’ve broken down this chapter into two themes: God’s mercy and his judgment.
Firstly, God’s mercy.
Enemies of God claim,
“Where is God in all of this?”
Enemies of God (and thus of of God’s people) justify their actions by saying “Where is your God in all of this?” – Have you ever heard the quote, “The world is your oyster?”
This ideology follows the same sentiment.
If there is no God there is no retribution.
So therefore you should enjoy life while you can in any way you can.
People who buy in to this ideology often bribe in order to reap reward for themselves.
They forfeit family in order to be recognized by others to gain power or influence.
They are complete devotees to themselves, not concerned for the life of those they deem unworthy.
To them, there is no one to enforce justice or to defend the poor or innocent.
Rather, the world is ripe for the taking, and if you have the power to take it, then you should do so.
And looking around at our world, it becomes easier and easier to see how that will happen at the very end of time.
When you live in a society that rejects God, the society turns away from godly and righteous things.
Crime increases, hatred, selfishness, corruption.
And these people act as if there are no consequences.
They think that because God hasn’t poured out his wrath on them yet, that they can live scot-free.
And so they ask the question of the believer, “Where is your God in all of this?” Life just goes on.
God isn’t real because if he was, he would have stepped in for you by now.
That’s hard, isn’t it?
When someone else looks at your life and they make judgment against you because you are praying to a God you can’t see and hoping that he will answer your prayers and you aren’t seeing the results.
And sometimes for you, it might seem as if God isn’t taking action.
He doesn’t step in to stop every evil from happening.
He doesn’t stop your best friend’s cancer.
He doesn’t protect your daughters or sons.
He doesn’t save people who you have been working with for years even though you’ve shared the gospel with them time and time again.
Sometimes God doesn’t take action, even when his own people are persecuted and put to the sword and living on the streets or in prisons and are starving, like they are in many places around the world.
Where is the Lord then?? Is he unfaithful?? Does he neglect his promise to you? (Pause) No. (Pause) No.
While the enemy uses the question “Where is God now” to mock and deride, the Christian has the perfect answer.
God makes it clear that the reason he hasn’t taken action for retribution yet is because of his great patience.
The Lord is patient, first offering a branch of peace toward his enemies rather than destroying them.
For God has been made clearly known to all mankind, such that no one is without excuse.
And those who live in rebellion against him and who hate his name shall be brought low on the last day.
But until then, God’s offer is that of mercy before judgment.
God has the power over all of creation.
And the people who mock God by saying “Where are you now?” are insulting the one who holds the power.
Behold, he is holding it back from eradicating the insolent, even now.
But God is patient.
No word of man can make him move his hand.
Do you see the heart of the Lord?
His desire that all should reach repentance?
God is patient toward humanity.
Even when the people and things of this world are turned against you.
And when you join yourself to following Christ, when you take on the mantle of being called Christian and you follow after the Lord with your life, you are called to take on the same forbearance.
Though your soul longs to be in a world where Christ reigns, you are still here in this world for a reason.
It is a tough world to be in.
But if you endure hardship here and now, it is not because the Lord does not love you.
It is because his love is great, even toward those who do not yet love him.
There are many in this lifetime who are stricken with illness or sorrows that they shall carry with them to the grave.
The suffering from such evils are great.
Sometimes our pain here in this world is so great that w call out to the Lord to end our life to quench our suffering, much like the words of Jonah “It is better for me to die than to live”.
But it is nothing compared to the suffering a soul who rejects the Lord.
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