Three Dimensional People

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What Kind of
People

• Three Dimensional People

Should We Be?
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Three Dimensional People

• The Physical World
• We live in a three dimensional world that
  encompasses everything

Height
Length
Three Dimensional People
Breadth
In a physically oriented society, it appears that
the physical life is all that matters.
the education that we seek
the children we wished we had
to the lifestyle we want to live.
from the pursuit of the food we eat
the person we want to marry
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) Just as it was in the days of
  Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son
  of Man

But then we have to ignore
what Jesus said when
He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) People were eating, drinking,
  marrying and being given in marriage up to the
  day Noah entered the ark

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) Then the flood came and
  destroyed them all

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) It was the same in the days of
  Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and
  selling, planting and building

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) But the day Lot left Sodom, fire
  and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed
  them all

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) It will be just like this on the
  day the Son of Man is revealed

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) On that day no one who is on the
  roof of his house, with his goods inside, should
  go down to get them...

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) Likewise, no one in the field
  should go back for anything...

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) Whoever tries to keep his life
  will lose it, and whoever loses his life will
  preserve it

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) I tell you, on that night two
  people will be in one bed one will be taken and
  the other left

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) Two women will be grinding grain
  together one will be taken and the other left

He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People

• (Luke 1726-36) Two men will be in the field
  one will be taken and the other will be left.

HOW ARE YOU WITH YOUR THREE DIMENSIONAL WORLD?
He challenges us to rethink the meaning and the
purpose of our physical life.
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Three Dimensional People
People
HOW ARE YOU WITH YOUR THREE DIMENSIONAL WORLD?
People and God
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People and God

• The Second Coming of Jesus challenges three
  dimensional people with the nature of the Eternal
  God.
• The Apostle Peter points out
• Three Distinctions
• between 3D People and the Eternal God

(2 Peter 38) But do not forget this one thing,
dear friends With the Lord a day is like a
thousand years, and a thousand years are like a
day
People and God
Three Distinctions
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People and God
Three Distinctions

• (2 Peter 38) But do not forget this one thing,
  dear friends With the Lord a day is like a
  thousand years, and a thousand years are like a
  day

Distinction1 Our physical world cannot
comprehend Gods awesome nature.
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People and God
Three Distinctions

• (2 Peter 39) The Lord is not slow in keeping
  His promise, as some understand slowness...

Distinction1 Our physical world cannot
comprehend Gods awesome nature.
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People and God
Three Distinctions

• (2 Peter 39) He is patient with you, not
  wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to
  repentance.

Distinction2 Our human impatience cannot dictate
Gods patient love.
Distinction1 Our physical world cannot
comprehend Gods awesome nature.
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People and God
Three Distinctions

• (2 Peter 310) But the day of the Lord will come
  like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a
  roar...

Distinction2 Our human impatience cannot dictate
Gods patient love.
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People and God
Three Distinctions

• (2 Peter 310) the elements will be destroyed
  by fire, and the earth and everything in it will
  be laid bare.

Distinction3 Our secret lives cannot resist
Gods perfect knowledge.
Distinction2 Our human impatience cannot dictate
Gods patient love.
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People and God
Three Distinctions

• His timing is perfect
• His love is great
• His judgment is piercing.

(2 Peter 311-12) You ought to live holy and
godly lives as you look forward to the day of God
and speed its coming.
(2 Peter 311-12) Since everything will be
destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought
you to be?
SO, HOW ARE THINGS BETWEEN YOU AND GOD?
Distinction3 Our secret lives cannot resist
Gods perfect knowledge.