1. “The Certainty of Christ’s Return!”
2 Peter 3:1-18

2. …we supposedly live in a world of no absolutes… There are those who have difficulty or who just plain don’t accept the certainty, the absoluteness of Christ’s return…

3. Because of this, there are those who will be prepared and there are those who will be unprepared when Christ returns!

4. to compare the prepared to the unprepared at the return of Christ
Purpose:
to compare the prepared to the unprepared at the return of Christ

5. I The UNPREPARED Person (vv 1-11)
A. The Life of the Unprepared (vv 4-5)

6. Peter refers to this unprepared person as a mocker which literally means “a scoffer or a skeptic”…

8. I The UNPREPARED Person (vv 1-11)
A. The Life of the Unprepared (vv 4-5)
B. The Deception of the Unpre- pared (vv 5-7)

9. The unprepared buy into the idea that God and His Word is a non-factor in life today…

10. I The UNPREPARED Person (vv 1-10)
A. The Life of the Unprepared (vv 1-5)
B. The Deception of the Unpre- pared (vv 5-7)
C. The Correction of the Unpre- pared (vv 8-10)

11. To the unprepared, God’s delay is a sign of God’s slackness; yet, the seeming delay is God’s invitation…

12. II The PREPARED Person (vv 11-16)
A. The Life of the Prepared (v 11)

13. The life anticipating Christ’s return is seeking continuously how to be more pure and righteous…

14. II The PREPARED Person (vv 11-16)
A. The Life of the Prepared (v 11)
B. The Perception of the Pre- pared (vv 12-13)

15. The prepared actually anticipates, eagerly awaits the coming Day of the Lord…

16. II The PREPARED Person (vv 11-16)
A. The Life of the Prepared (v 11)
B. The Perception of the Pre- pared (vv 12-13)
C. The Instructions for the Pre- pared (vv 14-18)

17. We must regard the patience of our God as salvation…

18. Conclusion and Summary
“You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”