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Be Diligent & Grow in Grace

Sunday, May 20, 2012
Led by Eric Gintert

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2 Peter 3:1-18 
  • The word of God is the trumpet... the wake-up call. We are the ones called to carry it.
  • If the things we are seeing in these latter times are not getting to you, something is wrong with you. It's unrighteousness and it should get to you.
  • 1 Peter 1:20  -  The scripture is of no private interpretation. He's not going to reveal one thing to another and something different to someone else. Or only to certain people and not others who are truly seeking Him.
  • We are to be looking for and hasting unto the day of the Lord.
  • We are to be diligent that we be found in peace, without spot, and blameless.
  • We are to be growing in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 16:1-21
  • God doesn't want to pour His wrath on anyone. It is His will that all would come to repentance and everlasting life
  • For those who think that God isn't being fair, even after all the pain and suffering, the evil people still will not repent.
This is what is set for those who are not born again and never repent of their sins. Does this not encourage you to do what 2 Peter 3 says we should be doing? We need to be diligent and growing in grace and steadfastness so that we won't fall.

We are all guilty and deserve Revelation 16, but God doesn't want that for anyone. God made a way called grace that through Jesus, we could be saved from His wrath.

Ephesians 6:10-20
  • We need to be strong in His might, not our own. He has called us to stand! Above all, we need to take up the shield of faith which quenches the fiery darts of the wicked.
Prayer Requests
Melissa F.  -  baby due soon; strep B
Melisaa F. Dad  -  hernia surgery on Tuesday
Ed G.  -  prostrate biopsy on May 29th
Larry D.  -  prostrate issues
Dentist appts
Larry S.  -  6mo cancer check
Joel N.  -  cyst in back of throat; needs surgery

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