15 Three Keys to Being an Effective Witness in a Defective World 1 Peter 5:5-14

5 Know Your Future 2 Peter 3:1-18

We'd love to hear from you. Text us. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401083/fan_mail/new] Knowing the future helps us invest wisely in the present.  The problem is we are not prescient.  That is we don’t know the future, but God does.  God is omniscient.  God knows all.  That means God knows the future.  If knowing the future helps us invest in the present, we ought to listen if God offers prophetic truth.  This is exactly where we find ourselves today in 2 Peter 3.  God is urging us to "Know Our Future."  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide & let's get Washed in the Word! Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for Old Testament books are available at: https://washedintheword.life/ot-study-guides   Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for New Testament books are available at:  https://washedintheword.life/nt-study-guides

4 Know Your Adversaries 2 Peter 2:1-22

We'd love to hear from you. Text us. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401083/fan_mail/new] First Peter focused on beleaguered believers bearing up under persecution.  So, the threat in First Peter was external.  Second Peter focuses on false teachers.  The threat in Second Peter is internal but all the more lethal.  The New Testament is quite clear that the greatest threat to the church is not external persecution, painful though it may be.  The greatest threat to God’s church is internal doctrinal pollution.  It is found in false teachers corrupting the gospel, ensnaring the unsuspecting, & bringing the Way of Christ into disrepute.  There is hardly a book of the New Testament that does not warn us against the danger of false teachers.  So in our fourth message from Second Peter in our series, "The More You Know," today, we need to "Know Our Adversaries."   Grab your Bible, a pen, & print off the free downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide & let's get Washed in the Word! Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for Old Testament books are available at: https://washedintheword.life/ot-study-guides   Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for New Testament books are available at:  https://washedintheword.life/nt-study-guides

3 Know Your Scriptures 2 Peter 1:12-21

We'd love to hear from you. Text us. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401083/fan_mail/new] In a day when people are chasing & embracing every wind of doctrine.  In an era where it is taken as an absolute truth that there are no absolute truths, it is critical that we Know Our Scriptures.  The antidote to the poison of false teaching is the undiluted Truth of God found in the Word of God that points us back to the Son of God so that we might find the grace of God.  But false teachers are going to say they have additional revelation or better revelation & they will try to steer us away from our Savior using these supposedly “superior” scriptures.  Which is why God’s Word tells you & I:  "Know your Scriptures." Grab your Bible, a pen, & print off the downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide & let's get Washed in the Word! Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for Old Testament books are available at: https://washedintheword.life/ot-study-guides   Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for New Testament books are available at:  https://washedintheword.life/nt-study-guides

2 Know Your Salvation 2 Peter 1:1-11

We'd love to hear from you. Text us. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401083/fan_mail/new] Second Peter is the last love letter to beleaguered believers from the pen of Peter.  Roman Emperor Nero is in charge & he has been a scandalous scourge to the cause of Christ.   Peter knows that his leadership & apostleship are about to be extinguished by martyrdom & he wants his torch to be passed on so that his exit does not extinguish the light of Christ.  Whereas First Peter dwelt on how to persevere under persecution, Second Peter distills the core information we need to be effective & productive in our knowledge of Jesus Christ. Peter lays out five things believers must know.  Today, we tackle the second of those critical five areas: "Know Your Salvation."  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the downloadable sermon outline & accompanying study guide & let's get Washed in the Word! Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for Old Testament books are available at: https://washedintheword.life/ot-study-guides   Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for New Testament books are available at:  https://washedintheword.life/nt-study-guides

1 Know Your Savior 2 Peter 1:1-11

We'd love to hear from you. Text us. [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401083/fan_mail/new] The most important question one can ask is: "Who is Jesus?"  Depending on who you ask, you may hear that Jesus was a great moral teacher like Socrates, Buddha or Gandhi.  Or that Jesus was a paragon of compassion like Mother Theresa, Francis of Assisi or Florence Nightingale.  Skeptics portray Jesus as an itinerant Rabbi whose followers got carried away.  He may have been a Mandela-like figure but he was just a man, cynics say. How would someone who knew Jesus intimately answer this crucial question?  The Apostle Peter walked with Jesus for three years.  Peter watched Jesus teach with powerful authority.  Peter observed Jesus heal the sick, cure the deaf, give sight to the blind, & cause the lame to walk.  Peter witnessed Jesus order demons out of the devastated.  Peter watched Jesus even raise the dead.  Peter, who was an eyewitness to Jesus’ ministry, offers His Spirit-inspired testimony.  Grab your Bible, a pen, & print out the downloadable sermon outline & study guide & let's get Washed in the Word! Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for Old Testament books are available at: https://washedintheword.life/ot-study-guides   Free Sermon Outlines & Study Guides for New Testament books are available at:  https://washedintheword.life/nt-study-guides