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 Christianity means a bold claim. It doesn't offer you advice to live your best life. It announces that Jesus, the man who walked around Nazareth 2000 years ago is the son of God. He has been appointed king of all the earth and he is coming back to judge the world.

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 That's the announcement of the prophets and the apostles. Jesus is coming back. And that's a bold claim. It's not the kind of thing that you can ignore and say, well that's nice for you but it's not high property. If it's true then Jesus is your king. And judgment day is a reality that no one can avoid. This is the bold claim of Christianity. Jesus is coming back.

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 But there's just one problem with that claim. It's been 2000 years and there's no sign of it. Jesus left this earth around AD 33 and he promised that he would come back. But after 100 years, nothing. After 500 years, still nothing.

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 A thousand years. 2000 years. We've been waiting 2000 years for Jesus to come back. You might start to think Christians are looking a bit silly. This bold claim, Jesus is coming back, isn't it starting to sound a little less confident?

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 If Jesus really is coming back. If Jesus really is coming to judge and rule, where is he? Why is it taking him so long?

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 Well that's what people were saying when Peter wrote this letter. There were false teachers in the church and look what they were saying in verse 4.

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 They will say, where is the promise of his coming?

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 They scoff at the idea of the judgment day. If Jesus is coming, where is he? You can't seriously believe in a day of judgment.

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 So in this chapter, Peter is tackling that question of Jesus is really coming to judge. Why is it taking so long?

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 This question is immensely important because what we believe about the future changes everything about how we live now.

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 What we think about this claim of Jesus' return determines the whole direction of our present lives.

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 Look at the false teachers. They're skeptical about this day of judgment. And so how do they live now?

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 Well, verse 3, it says, scoffers will come in the last day with scoffing, following their own sinful desires.

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 If there's no future judgment, sin as much as you want. What you believe about the future affects how you live now.

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 And so Peter really wants to remind the church of the future and how it affects the now. Look at verse 1.

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 This is now the second letter that I am writing to you below it.

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 In both of them, I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder.

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 You should remember, number 1, the predictions of the holy prophets.

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 In other words, the day of the Lord is coming.

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 And, number 2, the commandments of the Lord and Saviour through your gospel.

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 That's the way of life that's expected of us.

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 The fact of godliness matters.

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 These two things go together.

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 Jesus' return and our present godliness.

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 So we have to tackle this big question.

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 We need to be completely sure about the future.

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 If Jesus is really coming to church, why is it taking us so long?

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 All we're going to see first is, Peter says, remember the flood.

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 That's our first point, remember the flood.

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 But false teachers have an answer to their own question.

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 Why is it taking so long for Jesus to judge?

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 Because, they say, God has set the world running and then left it to do his own thing.

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 Have a look at verse 4.

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 They will say, where is the promise of his coming?

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 For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.

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 Things just carry on the way they always have.

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 People are born, they live their lives, they make a few babies, and then they die.

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 And the cycle continues.

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 The sun rises and it sets.

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 Life goes on, round and round, and nothing ever changes.

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 So why do you think that God is going to step in and judge?

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 Can't you see that he never intervenes?

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 There's no reason to think he's going to suddenly judge the world.

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 Isn't that pretty similar to what a lot of people think today?

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 If there even is a God, he must have set the world going, but then it's pretty obvious that he's just left us to it.

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 He never shows up.

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 Everything continues the way it always has.

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 Peter says that's false.

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 That's complete rubbish.

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 Things have not continued the same way since creation.

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 There was a massive discontinuity.

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 Have a look at verse 5.

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 For they deliberately overlooked this fact,

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 that the heavens existed long ago, and the earth was formed out of water and through water,

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 by the word of God,

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 and that by means of these the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.

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 Do you see what he's saying?

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 God has intervened before.

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 He has judged the world before.

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 And this was not a small intervention,

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 where he stepped in on a small scale.

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 The whole world, the entire planet was flooded with water and perished.

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 And they've conveniently forgotten this major catastrophe.

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 He's talking there about the time of Noah.

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 We read in Genesis that the Lord saw that the wickedness of mankind on earth was great,

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 and it breathed him to his heart.

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 So the Lord said,

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 I will blot out mankind who I've created from the face of the earth.

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 And he brought a flood on the whole earth,

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 like nothing that had ever happened or has ever happened since.

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 A full scale judgment on the world against sin.

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 This wasn't a local disaster.

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 It wasn't like the floods you get in India or a tsunami in Japan.

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 This was a disaster on a scale that we have never seen.

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 Europe, Asia, Africa, every continent, every country was covered in the floods.

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 No one escaped.

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 We've heard of world wars where the loss of life was devastating.

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 We've heard of genocide where people were being decimated.

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 But this is beyond all of that.

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 The virtual extinction of the entire human race because of the judgment of God.

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 And the point Peter really wants to make is the flood was decreed by God's word.

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 God was not passive.

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 He's not a passive observer of our world.

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 He is the creator and the judge.

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 Look at verse 5.

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 The earth was formed out of water and through water by the word of God.

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 God created the world by his word.

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 And verse 6, by means of means, that's by means of his word and by means of water,

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 the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished.

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 In other words, God created by his word and he judged by his word.

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 By the same word, he created the world and flooded the world.

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 The flood was not a tragic accident.

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 God decreed it by his word in order to judge the world.

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 What are you to make of this?

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 What does this tell us about the kind of future that we should expect?

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 What are you to tell us?

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 Verse 7.

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 But by the same word, the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire,

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 being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

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 God sent the flood by his word and by the same word, he will send fire.

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 This verse says clearly that there is a fire coming on the earth.

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 This earth that we live in now will one day come under the fire of God's judgment.

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 This is not a myth or a story or something made up by the church to keep people under control,

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 to keep people behaving.

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 This is God's word.

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 Judgment day is coming and the ungodly will be destroyed.

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 So Peter says remember the flood.

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 There is a precedent for the coming judgment.

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 Just as he sent the flood on all the ungodly, it is certain he will send the fire too.

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 Even when we're kids, we learn to expect things in the future based on what we've experienced in the past.

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 When you're a kid, you test your parents.

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 Kids will always test you.

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 That's what they do.

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 They push boundaries.

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 But if you have parents who are consistent, you soon learn that that's not going to work.

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 When I was a kid, it took me a while to learn that if my parents said something, they will always follow through.

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 If they told me, be home by this time, or they will be troubled the first couple of times, I was like, not worried.

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 I wasn't taking them seriously.

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 But I soon learned.

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 So the next time, I knew what was coming.

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 They set the precedent.

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 When you've pushed the boundaries a few times and you've felt the consequences, you learn to know what to expect.

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 You know from previous experience.

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 Peter is saying, we have previous experience.

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 That God will follow through on what he says.

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 There will be a judgment on the ungodly.

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 But the false teachers say the reason judgment is taking so long is because God has left the world to just carry on the way he always has.

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 But Peter says, no, we know he's coming to judgment because we have a past example to float.

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 But that still leaves us with the question, why is he taking so long?

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 And what we're going to see is he delays so you will repent.

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 That's our second point.

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 And he delays so you will repent.

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 Verse 8 says this.

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 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved.

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 That with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.

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 Peter's quoting Psalm 90 here.

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 And Psalm 90 compares the shortness of human life with the infinite length of God's life.

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 We are bound by time.

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 We have a very limited amount of time.

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 Our lives are just a tiny glip in the face of eternity.

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 It's a bit like a mayfly.

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 Do you know how long the lifespan of a mayfly is?

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 It's 24 hours.

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 They live for one day and they die.

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 Now if mayflies could think, they think, we're crazy.

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 You know, we spend eight hours, eight hours a night sleeping.

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 That's a third of their whole life.

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 If a mayfly could talk, he'd say, why on earth do you spend so long lying in bed doing nothing?

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 Because the mayfly's perception of time can't be compared with a human.

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 A day is like a thousand years.

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 God is outside of our tiny time frames.

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 When humans criticise God for his slowness in fulfilling his promises, they don't know what they're talking about.

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 It's like the mayfly criticising your schedule.

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 But having said that, God is not oblivious to the passage of time.

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 He created time.

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 He has a reason for setting the appointed time for the judgment day.

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 There's a reason that the judgment day wasn't yesterday.

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 What is that reason?

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 Verse 9.

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 The Lord is not slow to fulfil his promise, as some count slowness.

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 But is patient toward him.

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 Not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

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 Peter says God is not procrastinating.

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 He's being patient with you.

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 He delays so that you will repent.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 These false teachers are scoffing.

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 Where are you then, Jesus, if you're coming to church?

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 It's been a long time.

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 And all the while, he's being patient with them.

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 He's giving them a chance to repent so they won't perish when judgment comes.

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 It says there, God does not wish that any should perish.

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 He doesn't please God when sinners get destroyed.

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 In Ezekiel 18.23, God says,

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 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked?

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 It says there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

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 He's a God of great grace, mercy and compassion.

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 you know with all this talk of

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 the judgment of God against the ungodly

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 the flood and the fire and the destruction

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 you could think that God is an

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 angry, tyrannical

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 God who just flies off the handle and

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 wipes everyone out and everything gets better

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 that couldn't be further

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 from the truth

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 God is incredibly patient

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 why has Jesus

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 waited 2000 years to return

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 because he's patient

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 he warns

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 and warns and warns

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 he warns us to repent

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 and be saved, he doesn't want you

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 to be destroyed in the fire

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 God is just

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 and he will punish sin

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 in justice but he gives us chance after chance

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 to repent so we will not

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 perish when that day finally

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 comes

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 we know don't we that God is

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 sovereign, he's in control over

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 salvation but that doesn't change the fact

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 that his heart loves

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 to see sinners saved, he delays

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 so you will repent

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 this word

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 repent isn't really used much

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 outside of church

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 but if you're new to church

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 this word repentance just means to have

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 a complete change of mind

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 you are heading in one direction

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 and you're converted

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 your mind is changed

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 you do a 180

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 and go in the other direction

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 in other words

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 we turn from

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 living a life of sin

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 and rebellion against God

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 and we start to live

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 for him

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 but the shock here is

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 who has been told

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 to repent

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 who is God waiting for

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 verse 9 says

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 he's patient towards

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 you

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 I've often heard this talk

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 evangelistically

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 God is holding back

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 the judgement

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 so that the people

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 out there in the world

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 will be saved

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 and come into the church

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 and they won't face

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 judgement

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 and that's true isn't it

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 but that's not actually

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 who Peter's focusing on here

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 he's talking to

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 people who in the church

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 just before he calls

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 beloveds

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 these are people

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 in the church

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 the same people

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 he's been addressing

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 the whole letter

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 so when he says

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 God is patient towards you

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 he's talking to us

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 he's talking to people

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 in the church

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 the whole point

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 of this letter

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 has been that

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 the church

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 the visible church

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 is a mixed bag

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 you've got

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 those false teachers

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 in the church

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 who Peter says

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 will face judgement

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 then you've got people

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 in the church

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 who escaped

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 from the sinful ways

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 of the world

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 but are being enticed

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 back

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 to a life of sin

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 and Peter is saying

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 to them

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 repent

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 before it's too late

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 God is being patient

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 with you

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 if you're part of the church

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 don't miss the fact

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 that this message

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 is for you

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 don't think

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 this is for

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 my unbelieving friend

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 who doesn't come to church

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 Peter's speaking to us

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 sitting in church

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 today

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 he's saying

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 if you're in the covenant community

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 if you're in the church

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 but you're living in sin

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 you need to repent

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 God is being patient

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 with you

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 so that you won't perish

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 in the church

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 imagine

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 a father

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 who sees his kid

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 steal gum's purse

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 from the dresser

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 he sees it happen

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 but he doesn't do anything

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 he could have gone

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 straight down there

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 to punish his kid

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 for what he's done wrong

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 but he waits

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 why?

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 because he's waiting

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 for something

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 that dad

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 is giving his son

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 a chance to change his mind

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 and to bring the purse back

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 so he waits

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 God is waiting for us

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 to repent

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 and we have to ask ourselves

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 are we living in unrepentant sin?

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 have we been enticed

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 into a double life

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 where we're in the church

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 and yet

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 we're

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 we're living in sin

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 Peter emphasizes

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 sexual sin

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 in this letter

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 but it could be anything

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 when we're comfortable

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 in our sin

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 when we're

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 we're okay

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 with

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 we're living

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 our old way of life

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 instead of fighting against it

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 are we living in sin today?

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 repent

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 God is

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 patient with us

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 he's holding back

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 the judgment

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 so we will reach

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 repentance

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 so we've seen

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 God delays

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 so that you will repent

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 but Peter says

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 make no mistake

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 the day of the Lord

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 is coming

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 have a look at verse 10

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 but the day of the Lord

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 will come

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 like a thief

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 and then the heavens

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 will pass away

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 with the war

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 and the heavenly bodies

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 will be burned up

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 and dissolved

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 and the earth

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 and the works

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 that are done on it

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 will be exposed

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 the day of judgment

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 will come like a thief

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 what does Peter mean?

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 well if you're

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 a professional thief

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 do you call the people

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 who you're going to burble

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 in advance

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 and send the point

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 you're with them

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 I'm going to come

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 and rob your house

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 on Thursday

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 at 10pm

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 if that's okay

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 of course not

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 it's not like

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 being a plumber

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 where they know

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 what day

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 and what time

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 to expect you

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 they come at a time

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 that's unpredictable

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 the point is

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 to not get caught

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 and Peter's saying

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 the day of judgment

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 will be unpredictable

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 you can't predict

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 when it's coming

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 it will come like a thief

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 without notice

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 unpredictable

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 but inevitable

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 it's coming

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 you just don't know when

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 what will happen

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 on the day of judgment

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 we read just now

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 in verse 10

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 that the heavens

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 will be dissolved

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 and the earth

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 will be exposed

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 what does that mean

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 Peter has told us

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 that the heavens

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 and the earth

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 are being stored up

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 for fire

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 on the judgment day

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 there will be fire

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 and this fire

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 will have a different

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 effect on the heavens

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 than it has

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 on the earth

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 it will burn away

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 everything above us

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 in order to expose

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 everything around us

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 sometimes we think

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 that the earth

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 is going to be

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 completely annihilated

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 and a totally new one

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 will be created

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 but the bible

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 seems to teach

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 a radical

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 renewing

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 and recreating

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 of the same earth

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 that already exists

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 it will be radically new

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 but it's still

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 the same earth

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 Peter says here

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 the effect

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 the fire

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 will have on the earth

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 is to expose

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 not to destroy

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 it's a bit like

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 what happened

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 with the flood

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 the flood was

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 like a decreation

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 of the earth

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 a reversal

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 of God's creation

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 order

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 and yet he didn't

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 flush the earth

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 down the sink

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 he didn't destroy it

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 he renewed it

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 and that's a picture

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 of what the final

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 judgment

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 will be like

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 when the fire

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 comes

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 it will expose

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 the earth

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 but not destroy

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 it

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 so what will

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 it expose

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 verse 10

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 says the earth

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 and the works

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 that are done

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 on it

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 will be exposed

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 the works

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 done on the earth

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 everything we've

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 ever done

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 will be exposed

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 it will be exposed

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 whether we have

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 stuck

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 with Jesus

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 whether we went

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 back

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 to our old

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 sinful ways

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 whether we gave

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 in

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 to the seduction

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 of the false

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 teachers

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 that's why he

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 calls us

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 to repent

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 and that's why

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 he's taking

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 so long

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 because he wants

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:07.299
 everyone

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 to reach repentance

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 he wants you

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 to reach repentance

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 so repent

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 before judgment

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 day

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 God is gracious

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 he's not out

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 to get you

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 instead he's

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 engaged himself

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 to save all

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 who are his people

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 repent and believe

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 in the gospel

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 and you will be

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 saved

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:29.500
 we've been asking

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 this question

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 if Jesus is really

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 coming to church

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 why is it taking

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 so long

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 and it's not

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 because God

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.079
 has left

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 our world

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 to just keep

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 on going

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 as it always

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 has

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 God has

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 judged before

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 and he will

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 again

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 but he delays

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 so we will

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 repent

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 the way we live

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 now

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:48.200
 is based on

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 what we think

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 the future holds

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 and Peter wants us

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 to know

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 judgment is coming

00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:54.099
 the works that are

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.639
 done on the earth

00:21:54.639 --> 00:21:55.639
 will be exposed

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 and now is the time

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 to repent

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 let's pray

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 Thank you.