2 Peter 3:10-14 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“10But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
“11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness 12as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat. 13But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. 14Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.”
The Day of The Lord
Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior. He is the one who gave
his life up for us on a cross to put our sins to death with him so that, by
biblical faith in him, we will deny self, die to sin, and obey God in practice,
in the power of God, by His grace. And then he rose from the grave victorious over
death, sin, hell, and Satan so that we will now live for the Lord in walks of
holiness, in submission to his will and purpose for our lives, all in his
power, strength, and wisdom. And then he went back to heaven, but one day he
will return.
When Jesus returns it will be to come as judge. And all of
us will have to stand before him and to give an account as to what we did with
him and with his salvation which he provided for us via his death and resurrection.
And there will be many who will call him “Lord,” who will claim that they did
this or that in his name. But he will tell them plainly, “I never knew you; depart
from me you workers of lawlessness.” For “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord,
Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my
Father in heaven.” (see Matthew 7:21-23; Romans 2:5-8)
What Kind of People?
Knowing that our Lord is going to return one day, a day
which we do not know, and God will judge this earth and the people on the
earth, and the world as we have known it will pass away, what kind of people
ought we to be? And why is that an important question to ask? Well, contrary to
the opinion of a lot of people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, we are not
saved and on our way to heaven based off a profession of faith in Jesus only.
We must, by faith in him, deny self, die to sin, and obey our Lord in practice.
God has standards for what qualifies as biblical faith and
what does not. And the main standard is that we must, by faith in Jesus, leave
our lives of sin behind us (repent of our sins) and now follow our Lord in
obedience to his commands. For, regardless of what our lips profess, if we
continue living in deliberate and habitual sin, and if obedience to God and to
his commands (New Covenant) is not our practice, then we do not have the
promise of salvation from sin and eternal life with God unless we repent and
obey God.
So we are to conduct ourselves in holiness and godliness.
And to be holy is to be different, unlike the world, set apart by God and for
God to do his will. And godliness involves us living upright, godly, morally
pure, honest, and faithful lives in submission to the will of God, in his
power. Sin must no longer be our practice, but obedience to our Lord’s commands
is now to be what we practice. This doesn’t mean we will be absolutely perfect,
or that we will never sin, but that disobedience to God should no longer be our
practice.
Make Every Effort
Basically what this is teaching us is that we cannot just
make a profession of faith in Jesus and think we now have salvation from sin
and heaven as our eternal destiny. We need to know and be aware of what the
Scriptures actually teach about what constitutes genuine biblical faith
resulting in salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And they require
that we must deny self, die to sin, and obey our Lord and his commands as a
matter of life practice, by the grace of God, in his power, strength, and
wisdom.
So, if we make every effort to be found at peace – spotless and
blameless in his sight – then our lives must be surrendered to the Lord,
committed to his service, to doing his will. Sin must be put out of our lives.
It must no longer be what we practice. And obedience to our Lord must now be
our practice. And this is not just about following a set of rules, but this has
to do with total surrender of our lives to God to do his will, to go where he
sends us, to do what he commands, and to say what he gives us to say to the people.
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts
26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans
8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1
Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians
5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14;
Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24;
1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation
3:1-22]
But The Day of The Lord
An Original Work / July 16, 2026
Christ’s Free
Servant, Sue J Love
Search Me, O God
By
James E. Orr, 1936
Search
me, O God, and know my heart today,
Try
me, O Savior, know my thoughts, I pray;
See
if there be some wicked way in me;
Cleanse
me from every sin, and set me free.
I
praise Thee, Lord, for cleansing me from sin;
Fulfill
Thy word and make me pure within;
Fill
me with fire, where once I burned with shame;
Grant
my desire to magnify Thy name.
Lord,
take my life, and make it wholly Thine;
Fill
my poor heart with Thy great love divine;
Take
all my will, my passion, self and pride;
I
now surrender, Lord, in me abide.
O
Holy Ghost, revival comes from Thee;
Send
a revival, start the work in me;
Thy
Word declares Thou wilt supply our need;
For
blessings now, O Lord, I humbly plead.
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