Are You Ready? Everything Depends Upon It!

2 Peter 3:9-18

9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare.

11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. 15 Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. 16 He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.

17 Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away by the error of the lawless and fall from your secure position. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. NIV

1. Be ready! Don’t _______ ______ Jesus hasn’t returned _____.

2. Be ready! Seek Jesus because ____________ else is used by the _______ to ________ us.

3. Be ready! Look forward to the _____ __________ and being ruled by the _______________ of Jesus.

4. Be ready! Grow in _______ and the ___________ of Jesus, so you will be found __________, ___________, and at _______ in Jesus.

Luke 12:39-40

39 But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. 40 You also

must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” NIV

Mark 1:15

15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” NIV

1. Be ready! Don’t worry that Jesus hasn’t returned yet.

2.Be ready!  Seek Jesus because everything else is used by the enemy to destroy us.

3.Be ready!  Look forward to the new creation and being ruled by the righteousness of Jesus.

4.Be ready!  Grow in grace and the knowledge of Jesus, so you will be found spotless, blameless, and at peace in Jesus.