<“Call to Judgment” II Peter 3:5-9a
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. JUDGMENT IN THE PAST
A. THEY DON’T ADMIT SUPERNATURAL CREATION
II Pet 3:5 This fact they deliberately overlook: the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water by the Word of God,
1. REALITY OF GENESIS ONE (Ps 33:9 Gen 1:1-10)
2. DELIBERATE REJECTION OF GOD
B. THEY DON’T ACCEPT THE NOAHIC FLOOD
II Pet 3:6 and that by this [Word of God] the world that existed then was flooded with water and destroyed.
1. FORGET THE FLOOD
2. TOTAL DESTRUCTION (Mt 24:37-39)
II. JUDGMENT IN THE FUTURE
A. THEY DON’T RECOGNIZE THE PRESENT CRISIS
II Pet 3:7a But by the same Word the heavens and earth that exist now are stored up for fire,
1. SAME WORD
2. SAME FATE (Is 66:15-16; Mal 4:1; Matt. 3:12; II Thes 1:7)
B. THEY DON’T GRASP COMING DESTRUCTION
II Pet 3:7b being kept until the Day of Judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
1. DAY IS COMING (Gen 9:15)
2. DESTRUCTION IS NOT ANIHILATION
C. THEY DON’T POSSESS GOD’S SPIRIT
Jude 19 these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.
1. UNGODLY DEFINED
2. TAUGHT THIS WAY (Ps 2:3-4)
III. JUDGMENT AT GOD’S TIMETABLE
A. THEY DON’T THINK LIKE BELIEVERS
II Pet 3:8 But beloved, don’t overlook the fact that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.
1. GOD IS NOT A CREATURE OF TIME (Ps 90:1-4, 12)
2. WHAT IS A THOUSAND YEARS TO HIM? (Gen 12:3; 3:15; Acts 1:7)
B. THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND THE DELAY
II Pet 3:9a The Lord hasn’t delayed keeping His promise as some deem it tardy,
1. NOT A DELAY; PERFECT TIMING
2. ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
C. THEY DON’T FATHOM THE REASON
II Pet 3:9b but is patient toward us, not wishing that any [of us] should perish, but that all [of us] should reach repentance.
1. GOD WILL KEEP HIS PROMISE (Rom 2:4-6; Ex 34:6)
2. JESUS WILL NOT LOSE ONE (John 3:16; Ezek 33:11)