3/30/25

Wake up Call

2 Peter 3:10-18

1. Ever had a wake up call?

2. What's coming should be a wake up call – v.10

   1. The Lord will come unexpectedly to most – they will be unprepared

   2. The heavens will pass with a great noise

   3. Elements shall “melt” – untie or loose

      1. Isaiah 34:4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

      2. Revelation 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

   4. Fervent heat

      1. The word “melt” in verse 12 different – waste away, liquefy

3. How should we then live? - v.11

   1. Live A Life of Passion – v.11

1. OT word for conversation indicates the “way”

   1. NT “manner of life”

2. Many ways, Joseph type of a believer awaiting Heaven - Genesis 50:22-26

   1. Knew the will of God and stick to it

   2. Faithful when challenged

   3. Didn't allow temptation to spoil him

   4. Didn't let prosperity spoil him

   5. Didn't hold on to bitterness / resentment

1. Live A Life of Godliness – v.11

   1. be found in peace – not anxious, grounded in truth – v.14

   2. without spot – nothing that would tarnish your testimony - believable

   3. blameless – a good reputation

2. Live A Life of Purpose – v.12

3. Live A Life of Anticipation – v.12, 13

   1. Hasting - await eagerly

   2. Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

1. What will be your wake up call? Or will you never respond?

2. Saved?