2 Peter 3:14-18 (ESV)
Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. 15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. 18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

1. Pursue holiness. (v. 14)

Holiness = becoming like Jesus

Sanctification is not a passive process.

2. Seize the moment. (v. 15)

2 Corinthians 6:2
For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

John 4:35
“Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.”

3. Seek understanding. (v. 16)

Ephesians 5:17
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

4. Be on guard. (v. 17)

1 Corinthians 16:13-14
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done in love.

5. Commit to growth. (v. 18)

1 Peter 2:2
Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation…