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INTRODUCTION

Here we are on March 24, 2019.

In a few weeks we will celebrate the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of our Lord....and we are waiting… for His soon return....., The Bible makes it clear that Jesus is coming back…and in gives us some instructions while we are waiting..... LET US PRAY.

When Peter was writing his last 2 books, he described his audience as: strangers, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadokia, Asia and Bithynia....in fact it says in You are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

is full of verbs that tell us what to do “while we are waiting”.

Recall the Words of the Prophets and the Command of Our Lord Jesus Through the Apostles

Recall the Words of the Prophets and the Command of Our Lord Jesus Through the Apostles

WORDS OF THE PROPHETS

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2 Peter 3:1-3

COMMAND OF OUR LORD JESUS THROUGH THE APOSTLES

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BIBLE

Be Aware of Scoffers

A Recent documentary on NASA made the point that when the first Apollo astronauts went into space, they were overwhelmed by the perfect blue sphere that they saw which was Earth

More than once they recalled how amazing it was that the thin blue atmosphere that it maintained life for all of us on this terrestrial ball

The SAME WORD (V.

7) is a manifestation of the patient Grace of God (GRAPHIC OF EARTH)

When Billy Graham had his great revival meeting in 1949, a popular Country Western singer became a Christian....One of Cliff Barrows (one of Billy Graham’s associates) said that it was on a street in Hollywood that Hamblen later ran into John Wayne who asked him about the rumor around town that he’d changed his ways.

Hamblen told Wayne that it was no secret what God had done for him and that he could do it for Wayne too.

Wayne said it sounded like a song and suggested he write one.

The result was one of Hamblen’s best known tunes, It is No Secret What God Can Do.  (From Truth or Fiction, Google) later he would write another tune....”How Big is God?”

How big is God?

How big and wide His vast domain To try and tell, these lips can only start He's big enough to rule His mighty universe Yet small enough to live within my heart

Dear Friends, Don’t Overlook One Fact

2 Peter 3:8

Since....It is Clear, As You Wait..

2 Peter 3:11-

2 Peter 3:11-

Charles Spurgeon said: Christ is returning, the King is on His way and almost here.

He is at the door.

The dissolving of all things around us suggests our looking away to eternal things.

The motive for holiness becomes stronger if the thought is not merely that I will die but that all things around me will be dissolved.

It makes us look on eternal things with a more fixed eye and have a more stern resolve to live for God.

Based on HIS Promise, We Wait

2 Peter 3:13-

I love how in the 16 Fundamental Doctrine of the Assemblies of God, it is entitled “New Heavens and a New Earth” The explanation isn’t anything other than this Scripture in v. 13

Sometimes you can’t figure out the details but you CAN TRUST HIS PROMISES

based on HIS Promises!

I can think of a few over 200 promises in the Bible....

While You Wait, Make Every Effort

2 Peter 3:14

2 Peter 3:14

You can be at PEACE while loving God

Doesn’t it Say in , Therefore being Justified BY FAITH we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, and again in 1 John 2:1....

Regard the Patience of Our Lord as Salvation

What’s interesting about this set of verses is we get a window into the 1st Century where Peter describes Paul’s letters as Scripture.....since he wrote the majority of the NT epistles, it increases our confidence in God’s word....

Since You Know This in Advance....Be On Guard

2 Peter 3:

It’s the easiest thing as time marches on to forget or quit remembering the significance of why we are here on the earth....but we can simply zoom out a little and notice what God is doing....for example....with reference to the end times....what is Israel STILL DOING OVER IN THE MIDDLE EAST.....RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT.....STILL, while most all of its neighbors don’t want it there??? God is at work!

The Bible explains why Israel is there.....;

I found it interesting when I ran across an opinion piece in the newspaper this week (WSJ) by Lou Weiss entitled “Why do Americans care abut Israel?”.(March 21, 2019)

After listing several political thoughts, the Mr. Weiss said:

Oth­ers ad­mire Is­rael be­cause the He­brew Bible states that those who bless Abra­ham and his great na­tion will them­selves be blessed.

Is it purely a co­in­ci­dence that Amer­ica, the most suc­cess­ful coun­try in his­tory, treats its Jews bet­ter than any other na­tion ever has?

And here Peter says: “Since you know in advance....be on your guard”.....makes you think.

But Grow in Grace

He doesn’t say grow in knowledge, or skill, only but in learning to lean on the wonderful grace of Jesus!!!!

We can’t be holy on our own, but by the power of the Holy Spirit we can obey the command, be ye holy for I am holy.

That’s why Peter says Grow in /Grace

Why don’t you go ahead and Praise Him!

He is Worthy!

He’s Worthy Today, He’ll be Worthy Tomorrow and for all Eternity!