2 PETER 3:10-16 WAIT WITH EAGERNESS FOR THE LORD'S COMING

Passage :

2 PETER 3:10-16

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 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, the home of righteousness. 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.

Truths :

1. Day of the Lord will come like a thief.
2. Heaven will disappear,elements destroyed by fire & earth will be burned up.
3. Since we look forward to the day of his second coming we should be :Leading a holy and Godly life; we should be looking forward to His coming and eagerly wait for the Lord
4. We are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth where righteousness dwells.
5. We should make every effort to be Spotless, Blameless and at peace with him.(Action to Take)
6. Lord's Patience = Salvation
7. Paul had written regarding these matters in his letters, but it was not easy for the unlearned to understand and unstable people distorted the scriptures to their own destruction.

Promise of the Lord: Destruction of the ungodly and the new heaven and earth to the righteousness
Sins to Confess : Leave all the worries, sins of this world and wait patiently for His return.

 Application :

          We do not know the time when the Lord is coming back. The heaven will disappear and the earth will be destroyed. We shouldn't be caught off guard when He comes back for us. He has given us plenty of time to repent, turn back from old ways and live a new life in him.  Just like the 5 wise virgins in the Parable of the Ten virgins, we should have our extra oil ready. As I understand, This extra oil represent our lives totally committed to Christ. We are to be a new creation - crucified , buried and resurrected with Him. The new life has a counselor, the Holy Spirit to lead us to a more godly life and which will allow the fruit of the spirit to appear. The verse says 'make every effort to be found spotless' which means that we should grow more and more into His image while we are on this earth. We cannot be perfect as He is, but we become transformed by our renewed spirit. The Lord's coming is not late but we should understand that His patience is only to lead many more to Salvation. We have a purpose in this and should share the gospel to many others so that they too may have the faith that saves them. I consider the last verse as a warning that many might use scriptures to give a different meaning to what the Lord has commanded and I need to be careful of it. 

Prayer:

Abba Father, Thank you for your promising verses that the righteous will be saved and the ungodly destroyed. All the trials and difficulties we face will pass away and we will be with you when you come back for us. Help me to have the burden to pray for the salvation of many others and lead them to you. I sincerely seek your blessings to have the courage to do this mission. Help me to hold fast to my faith and wait in eagerness for you and let nothing in this world bother me or take my eyes off you Lord. I want to make you proud of me when you come back to me and seek your guidance to lead me to your will in my life.
In Jesus' precious name I pray
AMEN