The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012–2013, ed.

May 26
Lesson 13
PATIENT HOPE

DEVOTIONAL READING: John 14:1–7
BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: 2 Peter 3

2 PETER 3:3–15A, 18


LESSON OUTLINE

Introduction
      A.      Distance and Perspective
      B.      Lesson Background
          I.      Scoffers’ Perspective (2 PETER 3:3, 4)
      A.      What They Do (v. 3)
      Skepticism, Proper and Improper
      B.      What They Say (v. 4)
          II.      History’s Perspective (2 PETER 3:5–7)
      A.      Destroyed by Water (vv. 5, 6)
      B.      Destroyed by Fire (v. 7)
          III.      God’s Perspective (2 PETER 3:8, 9)
      A.      His Timetable (v. 8)
      B.      His Patience (v. 9)
          IV.      Believers’ Perspective (2 PETER 3:10–15a, 18)
      A.      Future Event (vv. 10–13)
      B.      Present Response (vv. 14, 15a, 18)
      Two Kingdoms
Conclusion
      A.      Patient Endurance
      B.      Prayer
      C.      Thought to Remember


The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2012–2013, ed. Ronald L. Nickelson and Jonathan Underwood (Cincinnati, OH: Standard, 2012). 330.