Grow | Finding Spiritual Maturity through 2 Peter

The Jeremy Roberts Podcast

PATIENCE
2 Peter 3:1–10

³ knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. 2 Peter 3:3

¹⁷ And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, Acts 2:17

¹⁸ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, Romans 1:18a

⁷ For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Romans 8:7

Following Christ, for those of us who have been redeemed by grace, in the midst of a Christ-rejecting world, is not going to be easy.

¹ This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, 2 Peter 3:1

I. God is Eternal (v. 8)

⁸ But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 2 Peter 3:8

A. With the Lord, A Thousand Years is as a Day

²⁴“All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls, 1 Peter 1:24

¹⁴ What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. James 4:14b

¹ Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
² The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
³“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”
⁴ He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision.
Psalm 2:1–4

The more you look at humanity through the vista of God being eternal, the less you will worry about minutia of this world.

¹² So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12

B. With the Lord, One Day is as a Thousand Years

⁸ with the Lord one day is as a thousand years 2 Peter 3:8b

God can do more in a moment than Satan can do in your lifetime. Thank God for His eternality.

II. God is Patient (v. 9)

⁹ The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, 2 Peter 3:9a

⁹ not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. 2 Peter 3:9b

“God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked” (Ez 18:23, 32; 33:11)