1. What Sort of Person Ought you to be? 2 PET. 3:11

2. 2 Pet. 3:11 ‘Since all these things are to be destroyed in This way,” Peter says, “What (manner) sort of people ought you to Be?”

3. IF……. 1. If you KNOW that Jesus is coming (John 5:28,29) 2. If you are anticipating what Peter calls the day of the Lord,(2 Cor.5:10) 3. If you’re antiscipating the final state (Mtt.25:46) 4. If you are contemplating a glorious future,(Mt.25:32) 5. If you are planning for the eternity that God has planned for those who love Him (I Thess. 4:18ff) HOW SHOULD THIS IMPACT YOUR LIFE NOW?????

4. 2 Pet. 3:10 tells us plainly 1. The world will end in fire and in judgment 2. Observe: “The heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat…and the earth and its works will be burned up.” in 2 Pet. 3:7 Peter had just said: “The present heavens And earth by His Word are being reserved for fire, kept for the Day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.”

5. PLAIN SPEECH….. Since we know that’s going to happen Since all these present worldly things are going to be destroyed in this way which will usher in the day of God and the New Heavens and the New Earth, Plain question: “what sort of people ought you to be?”

6. The New Heavens and New Earth What does God say about that?

7. In View of this, What sort of person ought you to be?

8. Again: IF 1. If Jesus is coming to reward you 2. If Jesus is coming to take you to be with Himself 3. If Jesus is coming tousher you into a new heaven and a new earth 4. If Jesus is coming to deliver you from judgment and to usher you into the great eternal day of God 5. If Jesus is coming to take you into the kingdom of eternal righteousness

9. 6. If you have been made for that, created for that, redeemed for that, sanctified for that, ….then you ought to begin to live in the light of that. 7. That my friend, ought to impact your life. That is what God is precisely saying. !!!!!

10. Don’t be like Diotrephes 3 John 1:9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us. 10 So if I come, 1 I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. 2 He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church. 3

11. Don’t be like Agrippa Acts 26:28 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian

12. Don’t be like Felix Acts 24:25 25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

13. Don’t be like Judas Mtt. 27:3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

14. There is Hope For All of Us! I John 1:7 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

15. Be Like Mary : Obedient Luke 1:38 38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

16. Be Like Peter… Matthew 26:75 75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

17. Be Like Simeon in the temple Luke 2:25-32 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. 26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, 28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

18. What kind of person ought you to be: A Baptized Believer. Like The Eunuch. Acts 8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. Like the Corinthians. Acts 18:8and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.

19. How we are living Today ought to be consistent with our future destiny!

20. What sort of person are you today? (LOST) (A Hypocrite?) (A luke warm ) (A World-ly minded ) (A contentious) (A gossiper) (A pretended ) (A mis directed,) (mis informed …)

21. A Christian (Saved) 1. A true Christian 2. A genuine heart of faith in Jesus 3. Trying to be a better person every day 4. Showing others the way by my example 5. Godly 6. Faithful 7. Sharing 8. Really looking forward to going Home to be with the Lord!

22. What you ought to be. What you really are. What you can become! Jesus is the Answer!