2 Peter 3:10-13

10 But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and everything in them will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be exposed to judgment.  

11 Since everything around us is going to melt away, what holy, godly lives you should be living! 12 You should look forward to that day and hurry it along — the day when God will set the heavens on fire and the elements will melt away in the flames. 13 But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world where everyone is right with God. (NLT)

 

Based on the verses above we need to be focusing on living holy and godly lives. The day of the Lord is coming and we need to be about our Fathers business. We are not to forget about the day our Lord and Savior will return but looking forward to His coming and to look forward to the new heavens and new earth. Praise God who has promised these things to us.

 

Engage the Present – Create the Future – With Jesus Christ

2 Peter 3:5-9

5 They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of his command, and he brought the earth up from the water and surrounded it with water. 6 Then he used the water to destroy the world with a mighty flood. 7 And God has also commanded that the heavens and the earth will be consumed by fire on the day of judgment, when ungodly people will perish.

8 But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. 9 The Lord isn't really being slow about his promise to return, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so he is giving more time for everyone to repent. (NLT)

 

The Lord is never slow about anything He does. His timing is always perfect. It is we who are not perfect and it is we who need to learn to be patient as the Lord is patient. God is giving as much time as He can so that people can be saved. He cares about every single person that He has created and God tells us to do the same thing. As we grow in Christ we should be growing in our care for other people. If not, then we need to examine ourselves to see what it is that is causing us not to love as Jesus loves. Love needs to the driving force within our life. God is driven by His love for us and that is why Jesus came and died for us. God tells us “Love as I have loved you” and “Forgive as I have forgiven you” and “Be Holy for I am Holy.” Let God be the master of your life and obey as Jesus obeyed the Father.

 

Engage the Present – Create the Future – With Jesus Christ

2 Peter 3:1-4

This is my second letter to you, dear friends, and in both of them I have tried to stimulate your wholesome thinking and refresh your memory. 2 I want you to remember and understand what the holy prophets said long ago and what our Lord and Savior commanded through your apostles.

3 First, I want to remind you that in the last days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire. 4 This will be their argument: "Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he? Why, as far back as anyone can remember, everything has remained exactly the same since the world was first created." (NLT)

 

Peter wants to remind us that Jesus is coming. He is not slow about what He is doing but it is all planned out ahead of time. Remember it is not your plan, it is God the Father's plan and it will come about in His timing.  It may come in our life time, but if it does not we are not to stop sharing the gospel.

Peter also wants to remind us that as time goes on scoffers will come and they always do. But we are not to listen to them but to continue to love as God loves. We are to endure to the end. As chapter two indicated in the end they will receive their reward, but we are to continue to obey what the Lord Jesus Christ has told us and instructed us to do. The harvest is ready and we need to be about the Father's business in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.