The Church in Waiting: The Posture & Practice of the Church in These Last Days!
2 Peter 3:1-18
July 2, 2023

SELECTED TEXT
2 Peter 3:1–18

• INTRODUCTION

We will consider our text under the following headings.

• A Stirring Reminder to a Sleepy Church
• A Deliberate & Disastrous Oversight by a Deceived Crowd
• A Misunderstood & Errant Calculation Concerning God’s Apparent Delay
• A Fixed & Certain Appointment with the Consuming Righteous Judgment of God
• The Posture & Practice of the True Church in These Last Days

• ARE WE IN THE LAST DAYS? Acts 2:16–21; Hebrews 1:1–2

• A STIRRING REMINDER TO A SLEEPY CHURCH Romans 13:11–14; Matthew 25:1-13

• A DELIBERATE & DISASTROUS OVERSIGHT BY A DECEIVED CROWD

• A MISUNDERSTOOD & ERRANT CALCULATION REGARDING GOD’S APPARENT DELAY

• A FIXED & CERTAIN APPOINTMENT WITH THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT OF GOD. Acts 17:30–31

• THE POSTURE & PRACTICE OF THE TRUE CHURCH IN THESE LAST DAYS

• It is a Church that lives in eager anticipation of the Lord’s return.
• It is a Church that diligently pursues a life of holiness.
• It is a Church that resolutely stands for Truth.