A Message by Pastor Luke Lepago International Bible Baptist Church Bangkok, Thailand 152 Intharaphithak Road ], Soi 1, Bangyeerua, Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand 10600 Contact Numbers: +66846529839, +6670453402 Email: lepagoluke@yahoo.com, ruthlepago@yahoo.com

1. The Reality of
Christ's Return
2 PETER 3:1-7 KJV

2. 2 Peter 3:1-7
This second epistle, beloved, I now write
unto you; in both which I stir up your pure
minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye
may be mindful of the words which were
spoken before by the holy prophets, and of
the commandment of us the apostles of
the Lord and Saviour:

3. 2 Peter 3:1-7
3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in
the last days scoffers, walking after their
own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the
promise of his coming? for since the fathers
fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of the creation.

4. 2 Peter 3:1-7
5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that
by the word of God the heavens were of
old, and the earth standing out of the
water and in the water: 6 Whereby the
world that then was, being overflowed with
water, perished:

5. 2 Peter 3:1-7
7 But the heavens and the earth,
which are now, by the same word are
kept in store, reserved unto fire
against the day of judgment and
perdition of ungodly men.

6. Matthew 24:37-39
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the
days that were before the flood they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that Noe entered into
the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came,
and took them all away; so shall also the coming
of the Son of man be.

7. Luke 12:40
Be ye therefore ready also: for the
Son of man cometh at an hour
when ye think not.

8. I. Jesus Christ Is Coming
Very Soon

9. A. Remember the Promise

10. Vs.1: This second epistle,
beloved, I now write unto you;
in both which I stir up your
pure minds by way of
remembrance:

11. 1) Read the Scriptures

12. 2) Remember the Warnings of the
Prophets

13. Vs.2a: That ye may be mindful of
the words which were spoken
before by the holy prophets,

14. Psalms 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep
silence: a fire shall devour before him,
and it shall be very tempestuous round
about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens
from above, and to the earth, that he
may judge his people.

15. Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall
burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea,
and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:
and the day that cometh shall burn them
up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall
leave them neither root nor branch.

16. 3) Remember the
Commandment of the Apostles

17. Vs.2b: …be mindful… of the
commandment of us the apostles
of the Lord and Saviour:

18. Revelation 1:7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and
every eye shall see him, and they
also which pierced him: and all
kindreds of the earth shall wail
because of him...

19. 2 Peter 3:10
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.

20. James 5:7
Be patient, therefore,
brothers, until the
coming of the Lord.

21. I Thessalonians 5:2
the day of the Lord will
come like a thief in the
night.

22. 4) Jesus Christ Said It

23. Matthew 25:13
Watch therefore, for ye know
neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of man
cometh.

24. Matthew 4:17
...Repent: for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand

25. Matthew 26:64
...you will see the Son of Man
seated at the right hand of
Power and coming on the
clouds of heaven.

26. Matthew 24:4-8
And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man deceive
you. 5 For many shall come in my
name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many.

27. Matthew 24:4-8
6 And ye shall hear of wars and
rumours of wars: see that ye be not
troubled: for all these things must
come to pass, but the end is not yet.

28. Matthew 24:4-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom: and
there shall be famines, and
pestilences, and earthquakes, in
divers places. 8 All these are the
beginning of sorrows.

29. 2 Timothy 3:1-5
This know also, that in the last days
perilous times shall come. 2 For men
shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy

30. 2 Timothy 3:1-5
, 3 without natural affection, trucebreakers,
false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of
those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady,
highminded, lovers of pleasure more than
lovers of God; 5 Having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof: from such
turn away.

31. A. Remember the Promise

32. B. Remember the words of
the Scoffers

33. Vs.3-4: Knowing this first, that there shall
come in the last days scoffers, walking after
their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the
promise of his coming? for since the fathers
fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of the creation.

34. Titus 2:13
Looking for that blessed hope,
and the glorious appearing of the
great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ;

35. II. Judgment Is Coming

36. 2Peter 3:9
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.

37. A. The Past Judgment

38. Vs.5,6: For this they willingly are ignorant
of, that by the word of God the heavens
were of old, and the earth standing out
the water and in the water: 6 Whereby
world that then was, being overflowed
with water, perished:

39. Genesis 6:5-7
And GOD saw that the wickedness of
man was great in the earth, and that
every imagination of the thoughts of his
heart was only evil continually. 6 ¶And it
repented the LORD that he had made
man on the earth, and it grieved him at
his heart.

40. Genesis 6:5-7
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man
whom I have created from the face of
the earth; both man, and beast, and the
creeping thing, and the fowls of the air;
for it repenteth me that I have made
them.

41. B. The Coming Judgment

42. Vs.7: But the heavens and the earth,
which are now, by the same word are
kept in store, reserved unto fire
the day of judgment and perdition of
ungodly men.

43. Genesis 9:15
And I will remember my covenant,
which is between me and you and
every living creature of all flesh; and
the waters shall no more become a
flood to destroy all flesh

44. Vs.10: But the day of the Lord will come
as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also and the works
that are therein shall be burned up.