Read 2 Peter 3.
1. What does this text tell you about the character of God?
2. What does it say about God’s nature?
3. Where do you see God’s love at work in the midst of these verses?
4. What section or verses in the text speak most personally to you?
5. How would you describe the transformation of the Peter we meet in the Gospels, to the Peter we meet in his letters?
6. How does his journey of transformation encourage you?
7. If you were preparing to write a final letter to our church, and the churches on Due West Road, what would you be sure to include?
Reflect on verses 1-7 and answer the following questions:
8. What’s Peter saying to the Church?
9. How is the Church to respond to Peter’s words?
10. How have you seen wrong doctrine seep into the Church, or into lives of Jesus followers?
11. How is this reminder similar to the reminder Jesus gave His followers regarding persecution as noted in Matthew 5.11-12
Reflect on verses 8-9 and answer the following questions:
12. Peter doesn’t give us dates of Christ’s return, because he doesn’t know the date, how do these verses encourage you to be faithful in the unknowns of Christ’s return and the unknowns of life?
13. With whom is God patient?
14. For what purpose is He patient?
15. How does His patience call you to be patient with others?
Reflect on the verses 10-18 and answer the following questions:
14. How does Peter call us to be patient while we wait for Christ’s return? Be specific.
15. In what ways do you sense “growth in the grace of knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ”?
16. What is one area of impatience in your life where a friend may be able to join you?
17. How were you encouraged by the testimony of Steve Hyde?
18. In this study of 1 & 2 Peter, how have you experienced a growing awareness of God’s grace and peace in abundance?
Spend some time giving God praise.
“To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.”
2 Peter 3.18
