Mark 15:16-32 | All or Nothing
1) Pray
Church of the Week
St James’ & St Vincent’s
Missionary of the Week
Shalom Christian Center on Mfangano Island
2) Accountability: Invite your group to share their successes and failures from practicing sacrificial service last week.
3) Opening Discussion Question: Why do you think Mark's Gospel focuses so little on the physical pain of the cross?
4) Read: Mark 15:16-32 encourage your group to open their Bibles and follow along while one or two people read the passage out loud.
5) Discussion:
Was there anything that you didn’t understand in the text?
What stood out to you in the text?
Where do you struggle with the strength of Jesus’ claim to absolute authority?
Where do you struggle with Jesus’ Way of Weakness?
Read 2 Corinthians 12:8-10 and share a time when you’ve experienced God’s power being perfected in your weakness
6) Apply: Throughout this week take note of the times when you feel weak.
Maybe it will be physical weakness.
Maybe a situation where you feel disrespected.
It could be a time when you feel inadequate for the task in front of you.
Pay special attention to the times you feel weak, then purpose to invite God’s power rather than relying on your own strength.
Cross References:
Psalm 2:1-6
2 Corinthians 12:8-10
Revelation 2:17
1 Peter 2:23-25
Mark 15:1-15 | Which Jesus Will We Choose?
1) Pray
Church of the Week
Salvation Army & Major Laura Wycott
Missionary of the Week
Harvest Christian School
2) Accountability: Share an experience of Christ's faithfulness this week.
Was it linked to a weakness within yourself?
3) Opening Discussion Question: What is one of the most meaningful ways someone has served you recently?
4) Read: Mark 15:1-15 open your Bibles, and have your group read the passage out loud.
5) Discussion Questions:
Was there anything that you didn’t understand in the text?
Was there a particular verse that stood out to you in the text?
In your own words, describe Substitutionary Atonement
How do the description of early Christians and their care (for children, women, widows, the poor, and the sick) challenge us today?
With Jesus giving us as an example of life to patterned after his. What is something He is calling you to do in order for your life to be an example like His? Can you think of a story from Jesus’ life that is an example for you of that present circumstance? *If not, maybe someone in your group can think of one.
Application: Practice sacrificial service for someone in need this week. Each day pray and let the Holy Spirit bring someone to mind who has a need and initiate a caring gesture. It could be as simple as a text that lets them know you’re thinking about them and praying for them. It could be an invitation to share a meal or coffee together. The goal is to practice serving in a way that is not just an activity we check off our to-do list, but it becomes our identity as people who are following the pattern of Jesus our King.
Referenced Scriptures:
Mark 12:13-17
Acts 5:29,38
Matthew 27:16-17 (NIV)
John 13:15
1 Peter 2:20-21
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Mark 14:29, 53, 66-72 | Failure and Faithfulness
1) Pray
Church of the Week
Petaluma Valley Baptist Church with Pastor Alan Cross
Missionary of the Week
Pastor Solomon & Mabel Charwi in Kehancha, Kenya
2) Accountability: Share your successes and failures from surrendering your judgements to God this last week.
3) Opening Discussion Question: Recall a time you overestimated yourself and failed dramatically.
4) Read: Mark 14:29, 53, 66-72 encourage your group to open their Bibles and follow along while one or two people read the passage out loud.
5) Discussion:
What stuck out to you from the message this week?
Use the discussion questions to spur on conversation.
Was there anything you didn't understand in the text?
Take Turns sharing your story of how you came to Christ.
What made the difference for Peter to go from failure to faithful witness?
Read John 21:15-19 and share a failure in your life that you have seen God use as a testimony of His grace and power.
Share what God has done in your life recently.
Stop and pray for opportunities to share your weakness and Christ’s faithfulness in your life.
6) Apply: How can you receive the invitation of 1 John 1:9 of Christ's forgiveness and respond, not with promises, but with a testimony of Christ's faithfulness in your everyday weakness?
Cross References:
Rom 8:33-34
1 John 1:9
Luke 22:31
Romans 8:37-39
John 21::15-19
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Mark 14:53-65 | The Judge is Judged
Mark 14:53-65 | The Judge is Judged
1) Pray
Church of the Week
Petaluma Church of Christ with Pastor George Robertson
Missionary of the Week
Hector & Caitlyn Hernandez in Guatemala
2) Accountability from last week: What did God reveal in your heart while reading Psalm 139 last week?
Read Psalm 139:23-24. Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!”
3) Opening Discussion Question:
Pick One:
Have you ever been falsely accused? How did you respond?
Have you ever had any experience in a real trial?
4) Read: Mark 14:53-65 Encourage your group to open their Bibles and follow along while one or two people read the passage out loud.
5) Discussion:
What stuck out to you from the message this week?
Use the discussion questions to spur conversation.
Was there anything you didn't understand in Sunday's text?
How does Jesus claim to have authority to Judge as Christ? Read the following passages.
Daniel 7:13-14
Psalm 110:1-2
How do you struggle with judging yourself or others?
How do you put God on trial in your life?
Why is it significant that Jesus didn’t just suffer for us, but He suffers with us? Are there any verses that come to mind?
6) Apply:
What would it look like this week to surrender your Judgments to God, towards yourself and others?
Cross References:
Daniel 7:13-14
Psalm 110:1-2
Exodus 17
1 Corinthians 10:4
1 Corinthians 4:3-5
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Mark 4:1-20 | Well Tended Hearts
1) Pray
Church of the Week
Petaluma Christian Church & Pastor Ryan
Missionary of the Week
Shalom Christian Center on Mfangano Island, Kenya
2) Accountability: Invite your group to share their successes and failures from valuing those in poverty, suffering, weeping, and rejection this week.
3) Opening Discussion Question: What’s one practical area of your life, right now, that is easy for you to neglect maintenance of? Why?
4) Read: Mark 4:1-20 Encourage your group to open their Bibles and follow along while one or two people read the passage aloud.
5) Discussion:
What stuck out to you from the message this week?
Use the discussion questions to spur on conversation.
Which of the four soils (path, rocky, thorns, good) do you see in your heart right now? What are the contributing factors to that condition?
What are some signs that your heart might need some maintenance spiritually? How can you tell when your faith isn’t bearing fruit?
What can you do to let your roots grow deeper in faith? How can you keep your response to Jesus from only being an emotional one?
What are some of the “thorns” in your lives that can keep you from being fruitful? How can you start clearing those out?
6) Apply: Memorize Psalm 139:23-24.
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!”
Personalize it as your own prayer to God.
Cross References:
Ezekiel 36:26-28 — God gives us a new heart and His Spirit.
Hebrews 3:13 — Encouragement in community keeps us from hardening our hearts.
Psalm 1:3 — The fruitful tree is planted by streams of water.
Psalm 139:23-24 — God, show me what’s in my heart.
Galatians 6:7-9 — We reap what we sow in time. Be patient and keep going.
Proverbs 4:23 — Guard your heart, for everything flows from it.
1 Corinthians 3:6 — God brings the growth.
Ephesians 3:20 — the Holy Spirit is bringing fruit.
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Mark 14:43-52 | Jesus Stands Alone
1) Pray
Church of the Week
Penngrove Community Church and Pastor Connor Anderson
Missionary of the Week
Pastor Solomon and Mabel Charwi in Kehancha, Kenya
2) Accountability: Invite your group to share their successes and failures from preaching the gospel to yourself and others from last week.
3) Opening Discussion Question: Share about a time that you were alone. Was it a good thing or bad thing?
4) Read: Mark 14:43-52 encourage your group to open their Bibles and follow along while one or two people read the passage out loud.
5) Discussion:
What stuck out to you from the message this week?
Use the discussion questions to spur on conversation.
What do you think about Jesus’ view of the sword and the kingdoms of this world?
Which of the values of the kingdom of God do you struggle with most?
Poverty, Suffering, Weeping, Rejection
Where are you most tempted to live for the kingdoms of this world?
Money, Power, Success, Recognition
Talk about the difference of Jesus being our example vs. being our substitute and what it means to you.
6) Apply: How do you need to value the people in poverty, suffering, weeping, and rejection this week?
Cross References:
Romans 13:1-4
Luke 6:20-22
1 Peter 1:6-7
John 8:36
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Mark 9:1-10 | See Christ in His Glory
1) Pray
Church of the Week
New Life Christian Church and Pastor Shan Woodlief
Missionary of the Week
Hector and Caitlyn Hernandez in Guatemala
2) Accountability: Invite your group to share their successes and failures from following Jesus' example in the garden from last week.
3) Opening Discussion Question: What is the most glorious thing you have ever seen?
4) Read: Mark 9:1-10 Encourage your group to open their Bibles and follow along while one or two people read the passage out loud.
5) Discussion:
What stuck out to you from the message this week?
Use the discussion questions to spur on conversation.
Where do you need to believe in the transforming work of Christ in your own life?
How can you invite others to be transformed by Jesus this week?
Where are you tempted to make an idol out of past experiences with God?
What area of your life are you most in danger of inviting Jesus into your thing instead of following Him as Lord?
How can we avoid getting burnt out by Christian practice? How does beholding Jesus’ glory safeguard us against burnout?
6) Apply: Practice telling someone who knows Jesus about the Gospel and then tell someone who doesn't know Jesus why to follow Him.
Cross References:
Philippians 2:5–11
Mark 8:29
Mark 8:31
Romans 12:1–2
Hebrews 1:1–2a
Mark 16:15
Mark 14:32-42 | On The Other Side Of Unanswered Prayer
Mark 14:32-42 | On The Other Side Of Unanswered Prayer
1) Pray
Church of the Week
Hillside Church and Pastor Doug Manson
Missionary of the Week
Shalom Christian Center on Mfangano Island, Kenya
2) Accountability Invite your group to share their successes and failures of being able to love and serve someone who has let you down over the last week.
3) Opening Discussion Question: Have something that you’ve prayed about that God did not answer the way you wanted?
4) Read: Mark 14:32-42 Encourage your group to open their Bibles and follow along while one or two people read the passage out loud.
5) Discussion:
What stuck out to you from the message this week?
Use the discussion questions to spur on conversation.
How do you react to seeing Jesus struggle like this in the passage about Gethsemane?
Try to describe, in your own words, what Jesus was facing that caused Him to stagger like this?
Discuss how the wrath of God is connected to the love of God.
Go over the list of six things Jesus did in the Garden and share a story about one that was significant for you in a time of suffering. Encourage each other with testimonies of God’s faithful help.
Chose close friends to be with Him
He opened His soul to His friends
He asked them to pray
He poured out His heart in prayer
He rested His soul in the sovereign wisdom of God
He fixed His eyes on the glorious future – for the joy set before Him (Hebrews 12:2)
Take some time to pray for each other.
6) Apply: Practice the things Jesus did in the garden this week. Share the most important step you will take this week to begin your practice.
Cross References:
Psalm 75:8
Jeremiah 25:15-16, 27-29
Hebrews 12:2
Quotes:
“I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things”
- Mother Teresa
“God brought him to the mouth of the furnace, to his raging flame, to see where he was going so he could voluntarily enter into it and bear it for us, knowing what it was, so when he took the cup on the cross, knowing fully what it was, so was his love to us infinitely the more wonderful and his obedience to God infinitely the more perfect.”
- Jonathan Edwards
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Mark 14:10-30 | Amen Amen
Pray
Church of the Week
Eastside Baptist Church and Pastor John Aranda
Missionary of the Week
Pastor Solomon and Mabel Charwi in Kehancha, Kenya
Accountability: Invite your group to share their successes and failures from the invitation to worship from last week’s message.
Opening Discussion Question: Share a story about a commitment you made that cost you significantly.
Read: Mark 14:10–31
Discussion: What stuck out to you from the message this week? Use the discussion questions to spur on conversation.
Apply: Take time to share how each of you will apply these passages of scripture to your lives.
Scripture Text
Mark 14:10–31 (ESV)
10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.
12 And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 13 And he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him, 14 and wherever he enters, say to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ 15 And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.” 16 And the disciples set out and went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
17 And when it was evening, he came with the twelve. 18 And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” 19 They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” 20 He said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish with me. 21 For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
22 And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” 23 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. 24 And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 25 Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 27 And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ 28 But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.” 29 Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.” 30 And Jesus said to him, “Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” 31 But he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.” And they all said the same.
Discussion Questions:
Is there a time that you struggled to believe Jesus’ commitment to you?
If God instituted the feast of Passover and said that it would be forever (Exodus 12:14), what does that say about Jesus if He claims authority to change it?
Do you have a testimony of falling away where Jesus was faithful? Share your story to grow closer as a group and to encourage each other in God’s faithfulness.
Who is someone who has let you down that Jesus is calling you to love and forgive? Pray for each other and for the people God is calling you to love!
Apply the Scripture to your Life:
Who am I being called to love and serve who has utterly let me down? Share with your group how you plan to love and serve that person over the next week.
Cross References:
Acts 23
Matthew 26:39
Mark 9:23-25
Mark 14:1-9 | Pure Worship
Mark 14:1-9 | Pure Worship
Pray
Church of the Week
City Parish and the Elders
Missionary of the Week
Hector and Caitlyn Hernandez in GuatemalaAccountability: Invite your group to share their successes and failures from the practices of engagement and sharing their experience of following Jesus with others.
Opening Discussion Question: Share one of the most memorable and impacting worship times you’ve experienced.
Read: Mark 14:1-9
Discussion:
What stuck out to you from the message this week?
Use the discussion questions to spur on conversation.Apply: Take time to share how each of you will apply these passages of scripture to your lives.
Scripture Text
Mark 14:1–9 (ESV)
14 It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, 2 for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”
3 And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head. 4 There were some who said to themselves indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? 5 For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And they scolded her. 6 But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 7 For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. 8 She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. 9 And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
Discussion Questions:
Knowing yourself, how do you picture responding if you were in the room when the woman poured out the expensive oil all over Jesus?
Where do you find yourself most tempted to criticize worship as a waste?
Talk about each of the Application points and where you need to grow the most:
Let Our Worship Be Expressive
Let Our Worship Be a Sacrifice
Let Our Worship Magnify Jesus
Spend some time worshipping together
Sing a simple chorus Acapella
Pray prayers of praise out loud and agree together
Read through Psalm 148 as a group and respond to each verse
Apply the Scripture to your Life:
Choose one of the application points of worship and share with your group how you plan to walk it out this next week.
Cross References:
Psalm 115:4-8
Romans 12:1-2
Romans 8:29
Psalm 34:3-5
Ephesians 3:14-21 | When You Get It
Ephesians 3:14-21 (Selected Passages of Mark) | When You Get It
Note the adjusted format for the Sunday Discussion Guide. There are 6 components included each week to assist your group. Note the added step of accountability as we focus on being doers of the Word and not hearers only. Each week set aside time to discuss how the application from last week's sermon went. Share the successes and failures as you seek to walk out God's Word.
Pray
Church of the Week
Calvary Petaluma & Pastor Zach Vestnys
Missionary of the Week
The Shalom Christian Center on Mfangano Island, KenyaAccountability: Discuss the results from your Spiritual Growth Assessment from last week https://www.calvarypetaluma.org/grow
Opening Discussion Question: When have you been frustrated by not getting it?
Read: Ephesians 3:14-21 Together
Discussion:
What stuck out to you from the message this week?
Use the discussion questions to spur on conversation.Apply: Take time to share how each of you will apply these passages of scripture to your lives.
Scripture Text
Ephesians 3:14–21 (ESV)
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Discussion Questions:
How does the cross help us know the love of God?
Where are you limiting what Jesus wants to do because you don't understand?
Where do you need to grow in your understanding of God's love?
Engage: Look at the practices of engagement and discuss your experience with them.
Practices of engagement
Study
Worship
Celebration
Service
Prayer
Fellowship
Confession
Submission
What is your experience sharing Jesus with others?
Apply the Scripture to your Life:
Engage: Pick one or two practices of engagement to try daily this week.
Share: Practice sharing your experience following Jesus with someone this week. Start with your own house and work your way outward from your home, to your friends, to your community, and even to strangers
Cross References:
Mark 1:21–22 (ESV)
21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22 And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes.
Mark 2:9–11 (ESV)
9 Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— 11 “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.”
Mark 4:10–13 (ESV)
10 And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables, 12 so that
“ ‘they may indeed see but not perceive,
and may indeed hear but not understand,
lest they should turn and be forgiven.’ ”
13 And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?
Mark 5:41–42 (ESV)
41 Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” 42 And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.
Mark 6:3–6 (ESV)
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. 4 And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” 5 And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6 And he marveled because of their unbelief.
And he went about among the villages teaching.
Mark 8:27–30 (ESV)
27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 28 And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” 29 And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 30 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.
Mark 9:5–8 (ESV)
5 And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6 For he did not know what to say, for they were terrified. 7 And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” 8 And suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone with them but Jesus only.
Acts 2:14-41 (ESV)
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. 16 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel:
17 “ ‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams;
18 even on my male servants and female servants
in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;
20 the sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.
21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’
22 “Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— 23 this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. 24 God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. 25 For David says concerning him,
“ ‘I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
26 therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will dwell in hope.
27 For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,
or let your Holy One see corruption.
28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’
29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
35 until I make your enemies your footstool.” ’
36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” 40 And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” 41 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
2 Peter 3:14–18 (ESV)
14 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.