Would you join me in a word of prayer?

Lord, there's really no time to be a passive Christian, Lord.

But what's been going on now and what your word says will be happening.

It is more true today, Lord.

Let us not be passive, Lord, but let us be transformed, Lord. Would your word live and

breathe in us to strengthen us to stand up for your word, the truth that's found in your word,

Lord? So would you focus us this morning, Lord? Would your Holy Spirit calm our hearts and our minds and silence anything else?

That is pulling for our attention, Lord.

We want to, and it's so important that we hear you this morning.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We ask this in the name of Jesus. We say amen. Amen and amen. Good morning and welcome. You can be seated. So glad you're here. I want to welcome you. Want to welcome those of you that are joining us online as well. We're so glad that you are. Real quick, before we

get started, I wanted to mention that this upcoming Tuesday, 7 p.m. here in the sanctuary,

is our prayer meeting. Would really hope that you're able to come out and join with us and pray

with us. That's this Tuesday, and it the seventh. And so with that, Second Peter

chapter three. Our text today is verses five through seven. We're going to continue in our verse

by verse study through Second Peter. We're in the last chapter of Second Peter. And I hope you

don't mind that i as they say am

going to savor the flavor that was pretty good well some of you're already standing so if you're

able to stand you can do so you can follow along as i read and savor the flavor

if not where you're seated is fine, but follow along

beginning in verse five. Now, Peter is continuing. He's in the context of these mockers and

scoffers concerning the Lord's return. He says of them, verse five, but they deliberately forget that long ago, by God's word,

the heavens existed, and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also, verse six, the world of that time was deluged

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