Worship Preparation - August 10, 2025
Read the sermon text: 2 Peter 3:8-13
Read the sermon summary: Imagine, you are a boxer going against Mike Tyson in his prime… how would you prepare? Would you train like a swimmer or a gymnast? No… you would train like a boxer! In chapter 3, verse 11, Peter considers “what sort of persons ought you to be?”… for Christians and the end of days! We look ahead to the final judgement, we must live and prepare appropriately - as Christians! As partakers of the divine nature, we should pursue holiness and godliness looking forward to the “Day of God” when the Lord will bring a fiery trial, and bring about a new heavens and a new earth. A boxer prepares for the “test” of the big fight, where his preparation will be exposed! As Christians we prepare for God’s final judgment, understanding his patience as a form of grace so that more might be saved. In the end, the heavens and earth will be tested by fire, all will exposed… are you prepared?
Read the following song lyrics in relation to the sermon:
Christ Our Hope In Life And Death
Verse 1
What is our hope in life and death
Christ alone Christ alone
What is our only confidence
That our souls to Him belong
Who holds our days within His hand
What comes apart from His command
And what will keep us to the end
The love of Christ in which we stand
Chorus
O sing hallelujah
Our hope springs eternal
O sing hallelujah
Now and ever we confess
Christ our hope in life and death
Verse 2
What truth can calm the troubled soul
God is good God is good
Where is His grace and goodness known
In our great Redeemer's blood
Who holds our faith when fears arise
Who stands above the stormy trial
Who sends the waves that bring us nigh
Unto the shore the rock of Christ
Verse 3
Unto the grave what will we sing
Christ He lives Christ He lives
And what reward will heaven bring
Everlasting life with Him
There we will rise to meet the Lord
Then sin and death will be destroyed
And we will feast in endless joy
When Christ is ours forevermore
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