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Without Repentance People Perish
II Peter 3:8–13
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That which men regard as a long time is only as one day to God (v. 8). It has been said that with God there is no time-past, present or future - but one eternal now. Man may think that God’s long silence means that He is not going to act while He views time as though it were a moment. Even though he may delay we can be sure that he does not forget. Peter reminds us that the Lord is not slack concerning his promise (v.9). He does not delay His coming because he is weak but because he wants to give man plenty of opportunity to repent and to turn from their wickedness. It is God’s desire for all men to repent of their sin and turn to Him (I Tim 2:4). This means that those who teach limited atonement (that Christ died for only the elect) may be sincere but they are sincerely wrong.
“The day of the Lord” (v. 10) no doubt refers to the coming of the Lord with His saints to establish his Kingdom on earth (Matt. 24:27-31). At the end of that time the heavens shall pass away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with fervent heat. Some speculate that this burning is caused by internal heat which could very well begin with a nuclear explosion which has the potential of a chain reaction of nuclear stockpiles around the world. Everything will be destroyed (v. 11). So you should serve and honor God by the way you live. You should look forward to the day when God judges everyone, and you should anticipate it coming soon (v. 12). On that day the heavens will be destroyed by fire, and everything else will melt in the heat. But God has promised us a new heaven and a new earth, where justice will rule (v. 13). We should really be looking forward to that!Application
“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” Luke 13:5. I am so glad that I know this truth, and because I have obeyed it I will spend all eternity with my Lord.
II Peter 3:8-13 (English Standard Version)
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. 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. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed. Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn! But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
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