The Full Knowledge of Christ

I. The Structure of Full Knowledge
A. God's revealed plan for the universe - 2 Pet. 1:2-3, 8; Rev. 1:1
1. The universe exiting by the word of God - 2 Pet. 3:5-7
2. The promise of His coming - 2 Pet. 3:3-4
3. The waiting period for His coming - 2 Pet. 3:8-9
a) The scoffing atmosphere in the last days - 2 Pet. 2:3-4
4. The history of the judgment of the universe - 2 Pet. 2:3-4, 9; 3:7
a) "The day of God" - 2 Pet. 3:12
b) The day of judgment - 2 Pet. 3:7
(1) The angels that sinned - 2 Pet. 2:4
(2) The ancient world of the ungodly - 2 Pet. 2:5
(3) The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah - 2 Pet. 2:6-9
(4) The judgment of corrupt Christianity - 2 Pet. 2:9, 17
5. The kingdom - 2 Pet. 1:11
6. The new heaven and the new earth - 2 Pet. 3:13
II. The Practical Significance of Full Knowledge
A. Knowing things beforehand - 2 Pet. 3:17
B. Looking forward to "these things" - 2 Pet. 3:12-14
C. Paying attention to the prophetic word - 2 Pet. 1:19
D. Diligently cultivating what God has already given to us - 2 Pet. 1:5-11
1. Faith - 2 Pet. 1:1
2. Divine power working with full knowledge - 2 Pet. 1:2-3
3. Great and precious promises - 2 Pet. 1:4
E. Motivated to experience Christ - 2 Pet. 3:11
F. Being diligent to be found in Him - 2 Pet. 3:14; 1:5, 8, 10, 15; 3:14
G. Still time for the salvation of the soul - 2 Pet. 3:15; 1 Pet. 1:9
H. The purpose of the Lord's delayed coming - 2 Pet. 3:7-9, 15
I. The multiplication and growth of grace and peace through full knowledge - 2 Pet. 1:2; 3:18 J. The need to be reminded of "the words" - 2 Pet. 1:12-15; 3:1-2
III. The Frustrations to Full Knowledge
A. Lazy, lack of diligence - 2 Pet. 1:8
B. Unsupplied - 2 Pet. 1:8
C. Blind - 2 Pet. 1:9
D. Short sighted - 2 Pet. 1:9
E. Forgotten - 2 Pet. 1:9
F. The corruption of Christianity
1. False teachers - 2 Pet. 2:1
2. Destructive heresies and ways - 2 Pet. 2:1-2
3. The way of truth blasphemed - 2 Pet. 2:2
4. Merchandising Christianity - 2 Pet. 2:3
5. The nature of a corrupt Christianity
a) Fleshly - 2 Pet. 2:10a
b) Rebellious - 2 Pet. 2:10b-12
c) Dangerous and deceived persons - 2 Pet. 2:13-19
d) The consequences of forsaking full knowledge - 2 Pet. 2:20-22
IV. The Embodiment of Full Knowledge
A. The nature of the Scriptures
1. The person & work of Christ in the Scripture - 2 Pet. 1:3-4
2. The Spirit-Word - 2 Pet. 1:20-21; 2 Tim. 3:15-16
B. The function of the Scripture
1. Partaking of the divine nature - 2 Pet. 1:4
2. A light shinning - 2 Pet. 1:19
C. The twisting of the Scriptures - 2 Pet. 3:15-16
D. The Word of God and the history and destiny of the universe - 2 Pet. 3:5-9