FOCUS TEXT: 2 Peter 3:8-18

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURES: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Titus 2:11-15; 2 Peter 3:1-18

DEVOTIONAL READING: Mark 13:28-37

KEY VERSE: Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness . . . ? (2 Peter 3:11).

CENTRAL TRUTH: The believer's responsibility is to live righteously in the hope of Christ's coming.

OBJECTIVE: By the end of this lesson my students should be able to list ways they can be better prepared for Christ's coming.

LESSON OUTLINE:
I. Delay of Christ's Coming (2 Peter 3:8, 9)
II. Dissolution at Christ's Coming (2 Peter 3:10-13)
III. Diligence for Christ's Coming (2 Peter 3:14-18)