Wednesday - 2 Peter 3:1-13 Where is the world heading? Jonathan Stephen
1 Fatal forgetfulness of unbelievers/godless
They really want to believe that God doesn't exist so they 'forget' and deny the heavens exist and were created and there will be an end time of destruction. There are no human answers without God. God's word used water to form the earth and also used water to judge the earth in Noah's time. At the final judgement there will be purging and cleansing through the use of fire. The Bible is linear it has a beginning and an end. A cyclical view of life, without God, is hopeless as explained in Ecclesiastes.
2 Forgetfulness of the godly
Even in Peter's time they thought they had been waiting a long time for the Day of the Lord. God has delayed His coming because He is waiting for all the elect to be gathered, there is a gospel reason for the delay of the Lord's coming. God is so patient, He is outside of time, He does not change, He has all the time in eternity.
Are you ready for the coming?
We must study to be holy and godly. The Lord will come as the lover of your soul, the bridegroom. We are experiencing the smallest deposit, what lies ahead will be so much greater. Hope with love and faith is one of the three great engines driving the Christian life. Christ needed the joy to be set before Him to endure the cross, how much more do we need the hope and joy to be in front of us. We look forward to the coming of the Kingdom - Your Kingdom Come, Maranatha.
Thursday night was the mission evening, and was recorded for the BBC Sunday morning worship. Steve Brady preached on the words of Jesus ' I will build my church'. A short sermon for the BBC and then a longer more indepth sermon for us.
Does the future have a church?
1 It is important that we know our foundations. We need to be Biblically wise. If you read 3 chapters a day and 5 on a Sunday, you could read the whole Bible in a year - an interesting fact!
2 Trust the Founder - Jesus will build the church
3 Join the Framework - The building is made of living stones. Bricks are very similar/standard, stones are all different. We need to lay aside other things and be equipped to serve the Lord
4 Engage in the Fight - The work of God is always opposed. Go and give.
5 Embrace the Future - We win in the end, we have an Almighty God. There will always be a church.
Friday - 2 Peter 3:14 -end Living in the light of the Future - Hugh Palmer
There is a new creation ahead to enjoy - the home of righteousness where you will be godly and at home.
1 Live looking forward
Make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace. Be found with your sleeves rolled up, looking forward to the glory days
2 Remember the Future - Delay means salvation.
3 Guard all of this by growing - not reatreating into a ghetto. Aim to end well, not looking back how far you've come, looking forward.
Just some conculding thoughts tomorrow......
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