<“Timely Reminders” II Peter 1:12-15
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. REMINDER OF TRUTH
A. ENDURING REMINDER
II Pet 1:12a Therefore I intend to continually remind you of these [truths],
1. FOUNDATION (Deut 6:4-9; Phil 3:1)
2. ECHO
B. ASSURING REMINDER
II Pet 1:12b though you know them and are established in the truth you hold now.
1. KNOWLEDGE (II Cor 5:17; I Jn 1:8-9; Is 35:8; Jn 6:37; James 1:2-4; I Pet 1:6-7)
2. GROUNDED (Lk 22:32)
II. REINFORCEMENT OF TRUTH
A. MOTIVATING REINFORCEMENT
II Pet 1:13 I think it’s fitting, as long as I am still alive, to awaken your remembrance,
1. URGENCY (Eph 6:13, 16-17)
2. AWAKENED (Mt 6:9; Ps 71:14; 119:166; Rom 8:25; I Jn 3:2b-3)
B. DOCTRINAL REINFORCEMENT
1. BASICS – GREAT COMMANDMENT (Deut 11:13; Josh 22:5; Mk 12:30; Mt 22:37; Lk 10:27; Gal 6:10; I Pet 3:11)
2. BASICS – GREAT COMMISSION (Mt 28:19; Mk 16:15; Acts 1:8; 2:42-47)
3. BASICS – FIVE SOLAS (II Pet 2:20; Rom 15:4; II Tim 2:16; Rom 5:1; Eph 2:8-9; Col 1:15; I Tim 1:5; I Jn 1:1; Jn 14:6; Heb 7:23-25; Rom 8:34; Acts 4:12; I Cor 10:31; Is 43:7)
III. RECALLING THE TRUTH
A. IMPENDING RECOLECTION
II Pet 1:14 since I know that my death is imminent, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
1. CAMPING
2. DELAYED (Jn 21:18-19; Acts 12:7)
B. CONTINUING RECOLLECTION
II Pet 1:15 And I will make every effort so that you may be able at any time to recall these things after my decease.
1. ERA OF GREAT MEN (Eph 2:20; Acts 20:24)
2. PRODDING