Second Wind
“The Day of The Lord”
2 Peter 3:1-13

You get a “second wind” when you are filled with the hope of Jesus coming back again.

2 Peter 3:1-13

“…stirring up your sincere mind…” – 2 Peter 3:1

Scoffers – 2 Peter 3:3
Live your life as if this life is all there is to live.

“The meaning of life is that it ends.” – Franz Kafka, atheist 

How do we know that Jesus is coming back? – 2 Peter 3:4-9a

1. Because He “said so” – 2 Peter 3:4-7

God’s Word is compelling proof of the future.

Creation – “God said” – 10x at the creation of the World 

“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” – Hebrews 11:3	

1,600 years later – Noah and the flood that “restored” the earth 
Jesus was born, died, and was resurrected by the “Word” of God 
2,000+ years since Jesus ascended into heaven

New Creation – new heavens and new earth – 2 Peter 3:13
Fire will eliminate all sin and brokenness
Fire will not make the earth uninhabitable but “new”
Just like a “new” Christian is the same person before, different but new

“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.” – Isaiah 65:17

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.” – Revelations 21:1

God’s plan is not to destroy everything but to restore everything to perfection, including us.

2. Boredom proves it – 2 Peter 3:8
		
		1,000 years = 1 day
		2,000 years = 2 days

Jesus has been at the right hand of the Father since the day before yesterday!

When you look forward to something, it happens so slow
When you look backward at something, it happened so fast

God seems to operates outside of time; He is never bored.
	
3. All of us want to dodge “the bullet” – 2 Peter 3:9; Luke 15:1-7

“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” – 2 Peter 3:9

God’s patience is because He is for us and loves saving people.

You know you believe in Jesus' second coming … – 2 Peter 3:9b-13
If you have a strong desire for God to be known to those around you
By embracing the strong urge to respond appropriately to everything, as God would
Living every day while acknowledging God’s presence

 You get a “second wind” when you are filled with hope of Jesus coming again.