Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godlinessTherefore, since all these things will be destroyed like this, what kind of people ought you to be in holy living and godliness,Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,
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… alert. Another thing you could pray is, Lord, help me to live a godly life. That's how Bible prophecy should impact us. 2 Peter 3.11 says, what kind of person should you be in holy conduct and godliness? as you await the Lord's return. First John three says, he that has this hope, that is the hope of the Lord's return, purifies himself. So if I understand these truths of the imminent return of Christ as I should, it should impact me in the way that I live. And if it isn't impacting me in the way that I live, how well do I understand them? I think I'm missing the point. Heard the story of an old farmer. What an amazing dog. his dog walked on water. Really? And so he had a neighbor named Clem who wasn't impressed by anything. You know people like that? Nothing you say impresses them. So he wanted to impress Clem. So he said, Clem, let's go duck hunting tomorrow. And they went out there and his farmer fired off a shot and a duck landed in the middle of the lake. And sure enough, his dog ran across the top of the water, grabbed that duck, retrieved it, brought it back, dropped it at his feet. And he shot another duck. Once again, his duck walks on the water, gets the duck, brings it back, drops it at his feet. The farmer turns to his buddy Clem and says, what do you think about that, Clem? Clem kind of …
… consumed by fire in the earth, and all the works done on it will be exposed. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, since everything will be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be? You must live holy and godly lives, waiting for and hastening the coming day of the Lord. Now, I love what he says there, with the Lord a day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years is as a day. So a couple of thousand years nearly have passed since that time, and it may be thousands of years into the future before the Lord brings to a conclusion. History, as we know it here on this planet. Now, it's interesting, when we think about the end of our planet, even our scientists say someday that's gonna happen, billions of years from now, when the Milky Way collides with the Andromeda galaxy or when our sun expands to such a point that our earth is consumed or is enveloped in the sun's heat where we can't support life anymore. …
… about the end of the age in chapter two. I mean, in second Peter chapter three, he says, since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? Because you see now how it's all playing out. Rewind that and ask the question, what kind of person should I be knowing everything that I now know? You ought to live, the answers, the question, holy and godly lives. As you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. In other words, as we lean toward that day, somehow in the economy of God, and I can't explain it all, we're speeding the coming of that day to us. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with this promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and, hello, a new earth where righteousness dwells. We are not going to the ethereal by and by. We're going to a new earth, what God intended in the first place for earth, a highly upgraded version of what we're experiencing right now in a new heaven with God. But the question that's asked in the middle of all that is what kind of people ought you to be? …
… Listen to it. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, What manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hastening 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. What's all of this saying? Listen, folks. Listen to me. God wants you saved today. And God says, don't yawn in the face of God and say, well, it's been 2,000 years. The judgment is not coming. As surely as I'm standing here, the judgment is coming. The earth, he's going to melt with fever heat. And you better be in the ark of safety, whose name is the Lord Jesus Christ, and you better know the grace of Almighty God. God's amazing, wonderful grace. I can imagine a little boy back in Noah's time coming home to his dad and saying, Daddy, Daddy, listen. You know where I've been? I've been over there to Mr. Noah's place. …