1. DECEPTION from the beginning of CREATION to Jesus Christ’s REVELATION!

“3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4And 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. 5For 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: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7But 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.” (2Pet 3:1-7)

Peter wants his readers to “stir up” their remembrances. The words “stir up” mean wake up, arouse, get up.

Another word the Holy Spirit uses is “pure.”

“1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance.” (2Pet 3:1)

Do you see the word “pure”? It means sincere. It pictures a piece of pottery with a wax seal. The buyer would only know the piece of pottery had been cracked and waxed by holding it up to the sunlight, thus revealing the crack. That is the meaning of sincere, without a crack.

2. GLOBAL WARNING about GLOBAL WARMING!

“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. 11Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.” (2Pet 3:10-14)

TIME and ETERNITY is in God’s Hands!

“8But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9The 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.” (2Pet 3:8-9)