“Would You Have Believed?”

Sermon in 2 Peter series. Skepticism about Second Coming. 2 Peter 3:1-9

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Would YOU Have Believed?
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I. How real was Christmas?

II. Our thinking needs to be stimulated. 3:1

III. Last-day scoffers. 3:3
A. Skeptism is nothing new.
B. The Second Coming is not made up by Fundamentalists.
C. Uniformitarianism – nothing changes. 3:3

IV. God did it before, he’ll do it again. 3:5
A. Sudden Creation of heaven and earth.
B. Sudden flood of the earth. 3:6
C. Future, sudden burning of earth. 3:7

V. When will it finally happen? Psalm 90:4

VI. God’s purpose in waiting. 3:9
A. God is patient, not slow.
B. God is loving.
C. We don’t get what we deserve, unless we turn down God.
D. Be ready, for the end is coming.