THE SECOND COMING BEATITUDES of 2 PETER 3

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

When Simon Peter was privileged by the Spirit of God to write what we have as 8 chapters in our Bibles he doesn’t even get 10 verses in 1 Peter 1 before he is talking about the second coming of Jesus Christ. Like Paul in 1^st & 2^nd Thessalonians Peter mentions some aspect of the Lord’s return in all of the 8 chapters of 1^st & 2^nd Peter culminating in the last Bible chapter Peter would ever write where he, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, gives us what I am calling the Second Coming Beatitudes.

 

1. BE MINDFUL OF THE SECOND COMING [v. 1-2]

-it’s stirring [v. 1]

-it’s Scriptural [v. 2]

-it’s Substantiated [v. 2]

 

2. BE NOT IGNORANT OF THE SECOND COMING  [v. 3-10]

-know that there will be scoffers [v. 3-4]

-know that they are willing ignorant [v. 5-6]

-know that God is long-suffering, locked-in and loaded [v. 7-10]

 

3. BE HOLY IN EXPECTATION OF THE SECOND COMING [v. 11] it’s all about what lasts

 

4. BE DILIGENT IN EXPECTATION OF THE SECOND COMING [v. 12-14]

-it’s God’s day [v. 12]

-it’s God’s Word [v. 13]

-it’s God’s way [v. 14]

 

5. BEWARE LEST YE MINIMIZE THE SECOND COMING [v. 15-18]

-beware lest you become unlearned & unstable [v. 15-16]

- beware lest you be misled [v. 17a]

- beware lest you stagnate [v. 17b-18]