Monday, June 9, 2014

A Friendly Reminder: Dangers of the Last Days

6/9/2014

2 Timothy 3:1-9

You should also know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times.  For people will love only themselves and their money.  They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful.  They will consider nothing sacred.  They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control; they will be cruel and have no interest in what is good.  They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.  They will act as if they are religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly.  You must stay away from people like that.  They are the kind who work their way into people's homes and win the confidence of vulnerable women who are burdened with the guilt of sin and controlled by many desires.  Such women are forever following new teachings, but they never understand the truth.  And these teachers fight the truth just as Jannes and Jambres fought against Moses.  Their minds are depraved and their faith is counterfeit.  But they won't get away with this for long.  Someday everyone will recognize what fools they are, just as happened to Jannes and Jambres.



Hat tip: Political Pistachio

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