The Truth About the Second Coming - 2 Peter 3:1-18

The Truth About the Second Coming
(2 Peter 3:1-18)

Introduction: Eschatology 101

Remember
(A Ready Reminder of Timeless Truth)

• Original Purpose: Reminders to stimulate right thinking (3:1).

• Prophets & Apostles: False teachers and their judgment is nothing new (3:2-3).

Understand
(The Certainty of Judgment)

• Last Days Questions: When is the coming of the Lord [to judge]? (3:4).

• Last Days Answers: Judgment by water [past] and by fire [future] (3:5-7).

Consider (8-10)
(The Nature and Character of God)

• Perspective: God’s perspective is from outside a linear timeline (3:8).

• Patience: God is waiting so that more people can know Him (3:9).

Apply (11-18)
(The Kind of People We Ought to Be)

• New Heaven & New Earth: Live in light of an eternal future (3:10-13).

• New Hope & New Commitment: Make an effort to understand and apply (3:14-16).

• New Warning & New Security: Be on guard and grow (3:17-18).

In light of the certain judgment to come on false teachers of every kind,
and the hope of a new heaven and new earth for those who love God,
we should be on our guard against deceptive teaching and
live holy lives as a witness to a perishing world.