The Judgement of God is Coming II Pet 3:3-15a

Turn with me to II Peter 3:3-15a

Peter Addresses coming judgement and encourages us to do what is right

Five Reactions to the Approaching Judgement

Revelry for Wicked (Vs. 3-6)

2 Timothy 4:3–4 NASB95

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.

Reservation for Judgement (Vss. 7, 10)

Micah 7:10 – God Is the Source of Salvation and Light

Micah 7:10 NASB95

Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be trampled down Like mire of the streets.

Philippians 2:9–11 NASB95

For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Restraint for Salvation (Vss. 8-9)

No matter how long it takes

God will keep His promise

Promise- that Jesus will return

Hebrews 10:37 NASB95

For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay.

As Men Count slackness

Maybe God forgot

The Lord is holding back judgement

so more can come to Christ

When Christ returns, the second advent will no longer be a subject for discussion.

John Blanchard

Response for Living (Vss. 11, 12, 14-15a)

We respond to the coming of the Lord

and the need for others to be saved

1 Corinthians 1:7 NASB95

so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Micah 1:4 NASB95

The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.

Matthew 24:37–39 NASB95

“For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. “For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

Romans 10:13–17 NASB95

for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!” However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

The mark of the mature life is not sinlessness, which is reserved for heaven, but growing awareness of sinfulness.

John F. MacArthur

Reassurance for Future (Vs. 13)

Revelation 19:11–16 NASB95

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”

Revelation 21:1–8 NASB95

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.” And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. “He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. “But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Truly, when the day of judgment comes, we shall not be examined as to what we have read, but what we have done, not how well we have spoken but how we have lived.

Thomas à Kempis (Ascetical Writer)

II Peter 3:3-15a Five Reactions to the Approaching Judgement

I. Revelry for Wicked (Vss. 3-6)

II. Reservation for Judgement (Vss. 7, 10)

III. Restraint for Salvation (Vss. 8-9)

IV. Response for Living (Vss. 11, 12, 14-15a)

V. Reassurance for Future (Vs. 13)