2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Treated in 8 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Free Grace cites 2 Pet. 3:9
…are, “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 cau…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Entertain False Hopes cites 2 Peter iii. 9
…ect 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 themselv…
- 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 o…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
John Praying Hyde — The Apostle of Prayer in India cites 2 Peter 3:9
…e 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 …
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites 2 Peter 3:9
…ed 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 i…
- The Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian Faith ·
Is There a Literal Hell? cites 2 Peter 3:9
…g 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 self-det…
- 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 wra…
- 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…