Read 2 Peter 3:1-18 and pages 99-102 of A.S.K.
Questions from the Bible reading
1. What are the three sources of information that Peter refers his hearers to? (v1-2)
2. Some people are making fun of Christians. What about? (v3-4)
3. What is the ancient disaster that Peter refers to and how is the future one different? (v5-7)
4. What does Peter mean by “With the Lord a day is like a 1000 years, and a 1000 years are like a day”? (v8)
5. Why is God patient with sinners and why will it be a shock when Jesus does finally return? (v9-10)
6. How should Christians live, given what is coming in the future? (v11,14,17-18)
7. What does Peter think Paul’s letters are like and why do some people get them wrong? (v15-16)
8. Draw a picture, or write a description, of what will happen to our universe at the end of time, and of what will come after it (v12-13)
Questions from the book
1. What shows us that predictions of the date of the end of the world are not to be trusted?
2. If Jesus is God, why did he tell his disciples he didn’t know the date when the world will end?
3. Why do you think people like trying to guess details about the end of the world?
4. Why does God need to destroy the universe as it is today? What will be the big difference in the new one?
5. Explain what is meant by ‘holiness’ and what it means for a Christian to live a ‘holy’ life.
6. Write a prayer in which someone uses the phrase “Come soon, Lord Jesus”
Questions to do at home
1. Ask a Christian you know to tell you their view on when the world will end.
2. Think about your reply to a friend who says to you, “I’m really scared about the world being destroyed”.
3. What might Peter mean when he says Christians can “speed the day” of the Lord’s coming (v12)?