LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY OF GOD
2 Peter 3:1-18
Key Verse: 3:11-12a “Since everything is going to be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.”
1. What is “wholesome thinking” and how do the Scriptures and Jesus’ commands stimulate us to wholesome thinking? (1-2; cf. 1 Peter 1:13)
2. What are “the last days”? Why do some people scoff at the second coming of Jesus? (3-4)
3. What truths have scoffers deliberately forgotten? (5-6) What will happen to the present heavens and the earth? (7) What does God’s patience mean for us? (8-9,15; cf. Ezekiel 18:23)
4. What is “the day of the Lord”? (10) What kind of people should we be as we look forward to the day of the Lord? (11-14)
5. How does our hope in the second coming of Jesus set the direction for our lives? (17-18) From the study of 2 Peter, what have you learned about what it means to live holy and godly lives?