“LEST YE FALL FROM YOUR STEADFASTNESS”
II PETER 3:14-18
INTRODUCTION:
A. Fruit bearing is a part of the Christian life; Luke 13:6-9; John 15:2
B. Christians must grow in the Lord; Galatians 5:22-23
C. Christians who fail to be active will fall from grace; Matthew 25:30
1. Many deny this possibility, yet scripture clearly proclaims it
2. A look at what God has to say about falling from grace
I. “BEWARE, LEST YE FALL”: II Peter 3:17
A. From your steadfastness; I Corinthians 15:58; Hebrews 3:14
B. From your first love; Revelation 2:4
1. Remember, repent and do; Revelation 2:5
2. Be faithful; Revelation 2:10
C. From true (sound) doctrine; Revelation 2:20
1. John wrote; Revelation 2:23-26
2. Paul told the brethren at Galatians; Galatians 1:6-9
II. “YE ARE FALLEN FROM GRACE”: Galatians 5:4
A. False teachers and circumcision; Old Testament teaching
1. Not included in New Testament practice; Galatians 5:2
2. Some embracing it and insisting that others do the same; Galatians 5:3-4
B. Man-made doctrines and commands; Matthew 15:9
1. Vain – with no avail or effect
2. They “Draw away with their lips”; Matthew 15:8
3. “Ye are fallen”
C. Adding to or subtracting from; Deuteronomy 4:2; Revelation 22:18
III. SCRIPTURAL WARNINGS: II Peter 3:17
A. The brethren at Galatia had “fallen from grace”; Galatians 5:4
B. “No other gospel”; Galatians 1:8-9
C. Paul asked the Hebrew Christians; Hebrews 2:3
D. Peter described those who had gone back to the world; II Peter 2:20-22
CONCLUSION:
A. Christians may live in ways that will make them fall; Hebrews 6:4-6
B. Let us examine ourselves and serve God acceptably; II Corinthians 13:5
