2 Peter
Wayne Barber
Lesson 5
A Word of Certainty in a Time of Trouble
2 Peter 1:12- Make certain what you know in certain and sure. Otherwise it doesn’t matter what or how much you know.
Established –grounded, founded, settled- in God’s word.
In who we are
In what we are to do
Word of God is secure- promise of abundant entry.
Word of God is sacred 2P1:20
Question being asked: God where are You?
Ps 94:3-7
Ps. 73:1-14
1 Peter persecution from w/out
2 Peter persecution from within- heresies and false prophets
Look underneath! It’s not always what you see.
These are sure and certain:
1.God judges rebellion to His Word:
Pr 15:3
False teachers –secretly- under cover
v.1- bringing swift judgment upon themselves; present tense; they bring judgment upon themselves
not asleep- God has declared and hasn’t shut His eye (2 P 2:9)
v.9- eternal judgment is coming White Throne Judgment
- angelic realm some rebelled against God and God judged those in the angelic realm
If God judges His angelic realm, He most certainly judge man
Is 14:12-15-stars of the morning = angels; I WILL – I = biggest problem
Ez 28:11-19- Satan’s fall
Rev 12:7
Not a treatise on angels
Angels in tartarus- NOT Hell or Hades; designed specifically for fallen angels
(Wayne- not saying for sure who angels are in 2 Peter 2- could be Nephilim in Gen)
B. Noah- ancient world-no creature laughs, rebels against the Creator and is not judged
Preached righteousness; no one listened to him Ro 1:18-23
God waited 120 years, then He judged them- Gen 6:1,5,11-13; only 8 people survived-
indicates the holiness of God- God closed the door of the arc and no one could
open it
God waited for 120 years in His mercy, long-suffering
If God doesn’t judge America- He owes some people an apology.
- SodomGomorrah/ Lot
Gen 13:13- how God perceives S&G
Jude 7&8; Ro 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:9; Lev 18:22; Lk 17:28-29- synopsis of what happened to S&G
2. God delivers the righteous
- Noah
1.delivered Noah in the midst of the filth of the wolrd; his willingness to obey insulated him = righteousness; he was never isolated from the world
2.delivered him from the judgment of the world; the thing that judged the world lifted Noah up (water); the thing that judges the world, will exalt the righteous
- Lot: moved into Sodom…Sodom moved into him; angels had to save him; even the weak who is
righteous will be delivered at judgment- 2 Peter 3:10-12- earth and works burned up
2 Peter 3:9- God is long- suffering
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