2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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BE NOT IGNORANT, THE LORD WILL COME SOON!
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
2 Peter 3:8-10
Matthew 24:42
“That he might present it
to himself a glorious church.”
BE NOT IGNORANT, THE LORD WILL COME SOON!
Once again the Apostle exposed the foolish ignorance of the scoffers. They were ignorant not only of what God has done in the past, but also of what He is doing now and what He will do in the future.
It is also significant that we do not think of God’s words without considering His attributes. For example, if we consider the immortality and eternality of God, we can better understand the reason for the apparent delay in His return. Peter then explained, “one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day” (2 Pet 3:8; Ps 90:4). If a thousand years are like one day to God, how can we accuse Him of delaying the fulfillment of His promise of Christ’s return?
The scoffers did not understand the eternality of God. Neither did they understand His attribute of mercy and long-suffering. Peter said, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Pet 3:9).
God “delays” the coming of the Lord Jesus not because He has no plan or He has failed in His plan. The truth is that Jesus has not come yet, because all things are happening according to His will. He has not yet come because He is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Pet 3:9). It is worth observing that God also showed great patience in the time of Noah before He destroyed the world with the flood.
Do not waste the opportunity that the Lord has given to you to repent. The Scripture reminds us that “every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure” (1 John 3:3). Are you pure? Have you been living in sin and worldliness? Then the Lord would like you to know that you should not linger any more in sin and rebellion.
THOUGHT: Return to Jesus before He returns for His people!
PRAYER: O Father, grant me grace that I “may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ” (Phil 1:10).