The God Who Judges & Rescues (2 Peter 2:3-10) - 7/13/25

God Acts With Patience and Justice – v. 3b

He is consistent

• Condemnation

• From long ago

• Idle. Asleep.

  • Delay does not mean acceptance.

  • We see the wickedness of the day and may wonder…where is God’s judgment.

Love & Righteous Judgment

God’s Love

• Heaven

• Patient. Grace and Mercy

God’s Wrath

• Hell

• His reaction to sin, iniquity, and injustice

• His wrath is not an outburst of anger, but rather the response of sinfulness towards His holiness.

• Psalm 7:11; John 3:36; Ephesians 5:6; Romans 1:18; Romans 2:5; Exodus 34:6-8; Revelation 19:15
  

God Has Judged the Unrighteous – vv. 4, 5a, 6

Sinning angels. Genesis 6:1-4

• Eternal damnation

Noah’s sinful generation Genesis 6:5-7

• Brought a flood on the ungodly

The ungodly Sodom and Gomorrah Genesis 18 &19

• Turning the cities (catastrophe)
  

God Has Rescued the Righteous – vv. 5b, 7-8

Noah – A herald of righteousness. Genesis 6:8-9

• Preached and Lived. Proclamation and Demonstration

• Impacted his life and others

Lot – Righteous. Concerned over the wickedness.

• Obviously not perfect, but God saw his heart.
  

God Continues to Rescue and Judge Today – vv. 9-10a

If vv. 4-8 are true… THEN

God’s Unchanging Character

The Godly

• The Godly are rescued from trials

• Matthew 6:13 – Lead us not into temptation

  • An attack with intent to destroy

• Romans 8:37-39

The Unrighteous

• Kept under punishment

• Indulge in the lust of defiling passion

• Despise authority.

• Despise His Lordship.

Conclusion – Truths to Consider

Romans 2:1-11

1. We do not need to fear false teachers and the schemes of the devil, why?

   • Because we have an assurance of our salvation. REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

   • We love God and pursue holiness.

   • We read, study, meditate, and apply the Word to our life. WE KNOW WHAT IS PLEASING TO THE LORD

2. We trust Him and know that regardless of how this world treats me, I have a heavenly home in the presence of my Father.

3. A word of warning. Stop playing around with God. He knows your heart, mind, and soul. Judgment is coming.