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*Bulletin Insert - August 13, 1995*
*2 Peter 3:3-14*
*The Day of the Lord - It's About Time*
* *
*Sermon Outline:* Thinking rightly about Christ's return means we must consider the present as:
*I.*
A time to *r* _ _ _ _ _ the past.
(vv.
3-6)
*II.*
A time to *r* _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the future (in light of the past).
(v.
7)
*III.*
A time to *r* _ _ _ _ _ .
(vv.
8-9)
*IV.*
A time to *r* _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the certainty of God's sovereign control on the day of the Lord.
(v.
10)
*V.*
A time to *r* _ _ _ _ _ holiness.
(v.
11-12)
*VI.*
A time to *r* _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hope.
(v.
13)
*VII.*
A time to *r* _ _ _ _ _ _ _ our relationship to God.
(v.
14)
*Timeless Truth:* Right thinking about Christ's return reassures us of its *c* _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and promotes our *p* _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
\\ *Sermon Functional Outline*
*2 Peter 3:3-14*
*The Day of the Lord - It's About Time*
* *
*Passage Subject:* How can believers think rightly about Christ's return?
*Passage Complement:* They can realize that God is in control of time.
*Passage Idea:* Believers can think rightly about Christ's return by realizing that God is in control of time.
*Why is this passage here?
(FCF)*
Because believers can easily stray from the truth that God is in sovereign control of time, they are being reminded to remain consistent in Christ considering the certainty of Christ's return.
THEREFORE---
*Theological Subject:* Since God is in sovereign control of time, how must we respond to the time he gives us?
*Theological Complement:* We must think rightly about Christ's return.
*Theological Idea:* Since God is in sovereign control of time, we must respond to the time he gives us by thinking rightly about Christ's return.
/(Peter's functional question---Explanation: Explain it.
What does this mean?)/
In what ways must we think rightly about Christ's return?
*Theological Outline:* Thinking rightly about Christ's return means we must consider the present as:
*I.*
A time to recall the past.
(vv.
3-6)
*II.*
A time to reconsider the future (in light of the past).
(v.
7)
*III.*
A time to repent.
(vv.
8-9)
*IV.*
A time to recognize the certainty of God's sovereign control on the day of the Lord.
(v.
10)
*V.*
A time to revive holiness.
(v.
11-12)
*VI.*
A time to rekindle hope.
(v.
13)
*VII.*
A time to reassure our relationship to God.
(v.
14)
*Timeless Truth:* Right thinking about Christ's return reassures us of its certainty and promotes our participation.
\\ Prayer Tim Glover
*Sermon Introduction*
*2 Peter 3:3-14*
*The Day of the Lord - It's About Time*
(Please stand for the reading of our portion from God's Word this morning.)
*I.
Illustration*
What time is it?
This is a question we frequently get asked, perhaps several times a day.
We wonder ourselves what time it is and look at the clock on the wall or the watch on our wrist - and we tick off the answer.
But what time is it, really?
Isn't our answer only according to our own frame of reference?
It is not the same time everywhere.
Ohio is one hour later that here.
Western South Dakota is one hour earlier.
We had some missionaries from Portugal visiting with us for the last two weeks and it is seven hours later there than here.
They told us that the twelve countries in the European federation have all agreed to be on the same time as each other, but it puts high noon by the sun in Portugal at two in the afternoon by the clock.
Time is relative because it depends on whose timetable we are on.
You know, that's a serious statement - that time is relative.
It can be either friend or foe depending on whether we have a restored relationship to God through Christ because the ultimate frame of reference for time belongs to God alone.
God is both sovereign and eternal.
*II.
Need*
Ecclesiastes 7:14 brings this home to us.
Is God in control of time?
Of course he is, he is eternal (Ps.
90:2).
God has no beginning.
He has always existed.
But what about your time and my time?
How much do we have?
And whose frame of reference are we on?
Are we living for ourselves or for God? Are we living only for the present or are we convinced of an eternal future that can be either good or bad depending on where we stand with God through Christ.
God is Spirit (Jn.
4:24).
Man is made in God's image (Gen.
1:27) as a being created by God.
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