<“Day of the Lord” II Peter 3:9b-10
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. OPTIONS FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD
A. PROMISE
II Pet 3:9a The Lord hasn’t delayed keeping His promised [return] as some deem it tardy,
1. REVIEW OF LAST MESSAGE (Gen 42:1ff; 50:20; Gal. 4:4)
2. IN HIS TIME (I Pet 3:20)
B. PATIENCE
II Pet 3:9b but is patient toward us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
1. TENSION (Rom 3:10-11; Eph 2:1; 4:19; II Cor. 4:4; Ezek 18:23; Acts 2:23; 4:27-28)
2. REPENTANCE (Mk 1:15; Lk 24:46-47)
II. OVERVIEW OF THE DAY OF THE LORD
A. PREDICTION
II Pet 3:10a But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night;
1. ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY (Heb 9:27; Acts 17:30-31)
2. BUT A SURPRISE (Mt 24:37-39, 42-43; I Thes 5:2-6; Rev 3:1-3)
B. PASS AWAY
II Pet 3:10b at this time the universe will vanish with a ‘swish’, the atomic elements dissolved with intense heat,
1. CATASTROPHIC (Rev 20:11; 21:1; II Pet 3:12; Isa 34:4)
2. NO ESCAPE
C. PERISH
II Pet 3:10c and the earth and the works done on it will all be consumed.
1. DESTRUCTION OF PLANET EARTH
2. EXTINGUISH WORKS OF MANKIND (Gen 11:4; I Cor 3:13-15)
III. OBJECTIVE OF THE DAY OF THE LORD
A. PROPHECY
Jude 14 Enoch, the seventh [generation] from Adam, prophesied about this, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His holy [ones],
1. FIRST PROPHET (Gen 5:24; Heb 11:5-6; Acts 17:28; I Cor 15:33; Titus 1:12)
2. MESSAGE OF ENOCH (II Pet 3:12; Rev 16:14; Rom 2:4-5)
B. PUNISHMENT
Jude 15 to exact justice on all and to punish all the ungodly of all their ungodly acts they’ve committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.”
1. EXACTING JUSTICE (Gen 18:25; I Jn 2:1)
2. ON THE UNGODLY