2 Peter 3 (The Message)
8-9Don't overlook the obvious here, friends. With God, one day is as good as a thousand years, a thousand years as a day. God isn't late with his promise as some measure lateness. He is restraining himself on account of you, holding back the End because he doesn't want anyone lost. He's giving everyone space and time to change.
God isn't restricted by time. We are controlled by time. God is, was, and always will be. So, he can't be late. We're always late. Unless you're someone very special you probably put things off. Our students had finals this week and I saw so many of them "Cramming" at the last minute. Lunch time in the Gym commons was full of kids quizzing each other, studying vocab, and panicking! We had athletes trying to do everything possible to keep from failing classes. My guess is they could have put in some more time earlier in the term. It is a great part of our human nature to put things off. Well, God is putting things off also. But, he's not procrastinating. The reason God doesn't come back and begin the judgement of mankind is Obvious. He's waiting on us. He loves us so much, he can't imagine anyone becoming permanently lost. But, the US he's waiting on isn't what it seems. He's not just waiting on the lost to come to know him. He's waiting on us CHRISTIANS to get off our "rear-ends" and go out into all the world to save the lost.
We heard a great message about this at church today. Pastor Stu challenged us with this statement: "If everyone in the church congregation was just like you, what kind of church we have?" What would happen to our churches if we really became messengers to the lost. If we want the end to come sooner than later, we better get busy sharing. Why don't we share? Are we embarrassed of Jesus? Are we just too busy? Are we just wanting to be another link in the chain? Will someone else finish the job? God doesn't want anyone to be lost when his final judgement begins. But, he uses us to share. He has made us ambassadors and he wants us to speed up the process. Don't put it off. Don't wait on someone else to make the first move. Be Bold! Let's get moving so we can end this thing and join Jesus in our Heavenly Home! God is giving us space and time to change so we can bring change to those we know who are lost! God is withholding the final judgement, the grande finale, because of me and you! I don't know about you, but I don't feel comfortable holding up the creator of the universe! We better Get Moving!
We heard a great message about this at church today. Pastor Stu challenged us with this statement: "If everyone in the church congregation was just like you, what kind of church we have?" What would happen to our churches if we really became messengers to the lost. If we want the end to come sooner than later, we better get busy sharing. Why don't we share? Are we embarrassed of Jesus? Are we just too busy? Are we just wanting to be another link in the chain? Will someone else finish the job? God doesn't want anyone to be lost when his final judgement begins. But, he uses us to share. He has made us ambassadors and he wants us to speed up the process. Don't put it off. Don't wait on someone else to make the first move. Be Bold! Let's get moving so we can end this thing and join Jesus in our Heavenly Home! God is giving us space and time to change so we can bring change to those we know who are lost! God is withholding the final judgement, the grande finale, because of me and you! I don't know about you, but I don't feel comfortable holding up the creator of the universe! We better Get Moving!
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