2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some people think of delay. Rather, he is being patient with you. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants all people to turn back in repentance.
Treated in 26 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Free Grace cites 2 Pet. 3:9
…“He is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance;” (2 Pet. 3:9; ) “He willeth that all men should be saved.” And they, Secondly, declare what is the…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Entertain False Hopes cites 2 Peter iii. 9
…His Son. Still another way to deal with these men is by showing them from John v. 40; 2 Peter iii. 9‒11 or Ezek. xxxiii. 11, that it is not so much God who damns men as men who damn…
- Communion with God ·
Inferences on communion with the Father in love cites 2 Pet. iii. 9
…unto that infiniteness of patience and forbearance (without which we die, we perish), 2 Pet. iii. 9, which he exerciseth towards us. And it is, — 4thly. Distinguishing. He hath not thus…
- The Key Teachings of Dwight L. Moody ·
Come Thou into the Ark cites 2 PETER 3:9
…to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 PETER 3:9 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Is there anything God has asked of you that you have been…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with the Complaining cites 2 Peter iii. 9
…3‒4, shows that God, so far from creating man to damn him, desires that all men be saved. 2 Peter iii. 9, teaches that God is not willing that any should perish and is delaying His purposes in…
- Communion with God ·
Digression II: all solid wisdom laid up in Christ cites 2 Pet. iii. 9
…God those towards whom he is pleased to exercise them. And therefore Peter tells you, 2 Pet. iii. 9, that he is “long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites 2 Peter 3:9
…in you.” Romans 8:26 — “The Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.” 2 Peter 3:9 — “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he…
- Practical Religion ·
Self-Exertion cites 2 Pet. iii. 9
…God is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." (2 Pet. iii. 9.) He that endeavours to show his neighbour the strait gate is doing a work which God…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
Is There a Literal Hell? cites 2 Peter 3:9
…to usward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9). But God has made us in His own image, with a moral nature, with a capacity for…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
John Praying Hyde — The Apostle of Prayer in India cites 2 Peter 3:9
…is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9, NIV). When Hyde prayed for a soul to be saved, he was not asking God to do something He…
- Practical Religion ·
Heirs of God cites 2 Peter iii. 9
…that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." (Ps. cxlv. 9; 2 Peter iii. 9; Ezek. xviii. 32; John iii. 16.) But that God is a reconciled and pardoning Father to any…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites 2 Peter iii. 9
…is useful as showing that even at the last hour Jesus will hearken to the sinner’s cry. 2 Peter iii. 9, will show that His will is that none should perish, but that He is delaying the judgment…
- The Key Teachings of John Wesley ·
Free Grace cites 2 PETER 3:9
…to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 PETER 3:9 And then, in the most notorious passage, Wesley says that the doctrine is full of…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
When Will Jesus Come Back? cites 2 Peter 3:9
…is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). The waiting is mercy. Every day He hasn’t returned is another day for someone to come…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
If God Is Good, Why Is the World So Full of Evil? cites 2 Peter 3:9
…“is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). And the end of the story is certain: “we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new…
- Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 3 ·
Day 5 — Patience cites 2 Peter 3:9
…up on you. The Bible says the Lord is patient with us, not wanting anyone to be lost (2 Peter 3:9). He waits for us, forgives us and helps us grow, over and over. When you remember how…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
Repentance Must Go with Forgiveness cites 2 PETER 3:9
…to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 PETER 3:9 That is the note on which he ends, and it is a gospel note. The reader who feels he…
- The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth ·
The World’s Need cites 2 PETER 3:9
…to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 PETER 3:9 Weighing it Two things should be said. First, her insistence that Christ died for every…
- The Key Teachings of Ignatius of Antioch ·
Pray for the Rest of Mankind cites 2 PETER 3:9
…to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 PETER 3:9 The church for which he prayed The prayer that runs through all seven letters is for the…
- The Key Teachings of John Bunyan ·
Christiana and the Weak Pilgrims cites 2 PETER 3:9
…to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 PETER 3:9 For every reader who has prayed long for a husband, a wife or a child, the Second Part is…
- The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson ·
Till He Comes cites 2 PETER 3:9
…to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 2 PETER 3:9 The delay is mercy. It exists so that people still outside may come in. Which is an…
- The Ten Commandments ·
3.3 The Wrath of God cites 2 Pet 3: 9
…his murdering-piece. ‘The Lord is long suffering to usward, not willing that any perish.’ 2 Pet 3: 9. God adjourns the assizes, to see if sinners will turn; he keeps off the storm of his…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites 2 Pet. 3:9
…Lord is “not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance,” (2 Pet. 3:9). But the solution of the difficulty is to be found in the second branch of the sentence…
- Old Paths ·
Forgiveness cites 2 Pet. iii. 9
…is “His strange work.” He is not willing that any should perish. (Isai. xxviii. 21, 2 Pet. iii. 9.) He would fain have all men saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth. (1 Tim. ii.…
- Old Paths ·
Faith! cites 2 Peter iii. 9
…to the knowledge of the truth.”—He “has no pleasure in the death of him that dieth.”—(2 Peter iii. 9; 1 Tim. ii. 4; Ezek. xxxiii. 11.) There lives not the man or woman on earth whom God…
- Old Paths ·
Repentance cites 2 Pet. iii. 9
…of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.”—(Ezek. xviii. 27; Psalm Li. 17; 2 Pet. iii. 9; Ezek. xxxiii. 11; Luke xv. 10.) Surely these words are encouraging, if any words can be!…