TITLE: Lest We Forget

TEXT: 2 Peter 1:12-15

PROPOSITION: God does not want us to forget Him.

QUESTION: How?

KEY WORD: Memorials

1. God warned about forgetting.             Deut. 6:12

2. Many forgot God.                              Judges 8:34

3. God established memorials to help us remember.

1.     Passover.         Ex. 12:14      This day shall be a memorial

2.     Cross Jordan.   Joshua 4:1-9 When people ask about stone

3.     Feast of Purim. Esther 9:28 Rem. for all generations

4.     Stones of High Priest.   Ex. 28:12 Stones a mem. of child. of Is.

5.     Prayers Answered.     Acts 10:4 Prayers, alms = memorial

6.     Alabaster Box.  Matt. 26:13 Spoken of where gospel preached

7.     Lot’s Wife.        Luke 17:32 Remember Lot’s wife

8.     Lord’s Supper.  1 Cor. 11:24 “This do in rememberance of me”

9.     Trumpets to remember Sabbath.    Lev. 23:24 Like ringing ch. bell

10. Exhorting one another.         Heb. 10:25 Exhort (remind) each other

11. Bible.                Text

          12 - Rememberance of these things

          13 - Putting you in rememberance

          15 - After his death - Always in rememberance