2 Peter 2:3-10 – The God Who Judges and Rescues

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My sermon notes for Sunday morning, July 13th.  Remember, these are my personal study notes and not a manuscript of the sermon. They are provided as an outline each week for our Tabernacle Church family. We provide the preaching each week through YouTube by Sunday afternoon. You can find Sermon Notes, Family Devotional Guides, Prayer List, and other resources at our Church Website.

Intro

  • False teachers – 2:1-22
    • Danger of False Teachers – 2:1–3
    • Destruction of False Teachers – 2:4–10
    • Description of False Teachers – 2:11–22

God Acts With Patience and Justice – v. 3b

He is consistent

  • Condemnation
  • From long ago
  • Idle. Asleep.
    • Delay does not mean acceptance.
    • We see the wickedness of the day and may wonder…where is God’s judgment.

Love & Righteous Judgment

God’s Love

  • Heaven
  • Patient. Grace and Mercy

God’s Wrath

  • Hell
  • His reaction to sin, iniquity, and injustice
  • His wrath is not an outburst of anger, but rather the response of sinfulness towards His holiness.
  • Psalm 7:11; John 3:36; Ephesians 5:6; Romans 1:18; Romans 2:5; Exodus 34:6-8; Revelation 19:15

God Has Judged the Unrighteous – vv. 4, 5a, 6

Sinning angels. Genesis 6:1-4

  • Eternal damnation

Noah’s sinful generation Genesis 6:5-7

  • Brought a flood on the ungodly

The ungodly Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis 18 &19

  • Turning the cities (catastrophe)

God Has Rescued the Righteous – vv. 5b, 7-8

Noah – A herald of righteousness. Genesis 6:8-9

  • Preached and Lived. Proclamation and Demonstration
  • Impacted his life and others

Lot – Righteous. Concerned over the wickedness.

  • Obviously not perfect, but God saw his heart.

God Continues to Rescue and Judge Today – vv. 9-10a

If vv. 4-8 are true… THEN

God’s Unchanging Character

The Godly

  • The Godly are rescued from trials
  • Matthew 6:13 – Lead us not into temptation
    • An attack with intent to destroy
  • Romans 8:37-39

The Unrighteous

  • Kept under punishment
  • Indulge in the lust of defiling passion
  • Despise authority.
  • Despise His Lordship.

Conclusion – Truths to Consider

Romans 2:1-11

  1. We need to be aware of and expose false teachers, but we do not need to live in fear of false teachers and the schemes of the devil. Why?
    • Because we have an assurance of our salvation. REPENTANCE AND FAITH. We know we are a child of God.
    • We love God and pursue holiness.
    • We read, study, meditate, and apply the Word to our life. WE KNOW WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD.
    • We should be bold, confident, loving people of the Word. We are ready for the battle.
  2. We trust in the Lord and know that no matter how this world treats us, we have a heavenly home in the presence of our Father. This is our temporary home.
  3. A word of warning. Stop playing around with God. He knows your heart, mind, and soul. Judgment is coming.    

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