10 21 II Peter 3:3-7 In our passage today Peter shows us a future problem, a forgotten past, and a faithful proclamation. The future problem to Peter, one that is quite evident today and will only get worse, is a warning about mockers. They will mock the second coming of Christ because everything has continued as it has from the beginning. From their perspective, there has been no divine intervention, the natural state of everything continues to march on unimpeded. They conveniently forgot that in the beginning God spoke and brought everything into existence and that He spoke and the world was judged by a flood. Those who mock God are being reserved for a judgment by fire that is being held back by the power of His word. We must be ready for such mockers and be proclaiming the coming judgment. It will happen just as He said it would.
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