Stirred By Reminders
Notes from Ky Martin's sermon on Sunday, October 5, 2025.
Sermon text: 2 Peter 3:1-7
We need reminders.
The Lie: God is Inactive
Peter argues that these scoffing teachers know the word and have deliberately forgotten bits that they don’t like or think are irrelevant. How often we find Christians today who overlook the bits of Scripture that do not suit what they want to believe or do not fit with their actions. - Paul Gardner
Gen. 1:9-10 9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good."
Thirty or so years was still a long time. A generation had passed away in that time. Those who had been household leaders and political leaders in Jesus’ day, the middle-aged and older, had already died and still he had not come. Indeed, it is quite possible that ‘the fathers’ of this church, the apostles and early leaders who had ‘planted’ the church had now died, and so the younger heretical leaders ask: ‘So where is this “coming”?’ - Paul Gardner
The Truth: God Orders All Creation
He is powerful
Heb. 1:3 …he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
Job 38:4-11 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? “Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
Col. 1:16-17 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
He is involved
Mt. 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
Psalm 103:10-14 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
He will return
Discipleship Questions:
Sermon text: 2 Peter 3:1-7
We need reminders.
The Lie: God is Inactive
Peter argues that these scoffing teachers know the word and have deliberately forgotten bits that they don’t like or think are irrelevant. How often we find Christians today who overlook the bits of Scripture that do not suit what they want to believe or do not fit with their actions. - Paul Gardner
Gen. 1:9-10 9 And God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.” And it was so. God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good."
Thirty or so years was still a long time. A generation had passed away in that time. Those who had been household leaders and political leaders in Jesus’ day, the middle-aged and older, had already died and still he had not come. Indeed, it is quite possible that ‘the fathers’ of this church, the apostles and early leaders who had ‘planted’ the church had now died, and so the younger heretical leaders ask: ‘So where is this “coming”?’ - Paul Gardner
The Truth: God Orders All Creation
He is powerful
Heb. 1:3 …he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
Job 38:4-11 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? “Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed’?
Col. 1:16-17 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
He is involved
Mt. 10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.
Psalm 103:10-14 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.
He will return
Discipleship Questions:
- Peter says that he wants to stir them up by way of reminder…
- What do we need to be reminded of?
- Why do we need reminders?
- Do you ever feel like God is inactive or disinterested?
- How do you combat those thoughts / feelings?
- What are the greatest promises that God has given us?
- How can we anticipate His return without fear?
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