Perilous times shall come. (ARE HERE RIGHT NOW- Read the following and tell me this doesn't describe the majority of humanity today.)
2Ti 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2Ti 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves (SELFISH, ARROGANT, CONCEITED, EGOCENTRIC)
2Ti 3:2 ...covetous (WANTING ENVIOUSLY WHAT OTHERS POSSESS)
2Ti 3:2 ...boasters (GLORIFYING ONESELF PRIDEFULLY)
2Ti 3:2 ...proud (SELF PRAISING)
2Ti 3:2 ...blasphemers (DISRESPECTING GOD)
2Ti 3:2 ...disobedient to parents (REBELLIOUS TOWARDS PARENTS)
2Ti 3:2 ...unthankful (UNGRATEFUL)
2Ti 3:2 ...unholy (UNGODLY)
2Ti 3:3 Without natural affection (FORCED AFFECTION)
2Ti 3:3 ...trucebreakers (PEACE BREAKERS, INSTIGATORS)
2Ti 3:3 ...false accusers (LIARS)
2Ti 3:3 ...incontinent (LACKING SELF-CONTROL)
2Ti 3:3 ...fierce (HOSTILE)
2Ti 3:3 ...despisers of those that are good (TRUE HATERS)
2Ti 3:4 Traitors (BETRAYERS)
2Ti 3:4 …heady (FULL OF SELF)
2Ti 3:4 ...highminded (ARROGANT)
2Ti 3:4 …lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God (SELFISH, HEDONISTIC)
2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof (PRETENDERS)
... from such turn away.
2Ti 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses
2Ti 3:6 ...and lead captive silly women laden with sins
2Ti 3:6 ...led away with divers lusts
2Ti 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2Ti 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses…
2Ti 3:8 ...so do these also resist the truth
2Ti 3:8 ….men of corrupt mind
2Ti 3:8 ...reprobate concerning the faith.
2Ti 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
2Ti 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,
2Ti 3:13 ...deceiving,
2Ti 3:13 ...and being deceived.
This is TRUTH.
Who can deny this truth? We are living in a world full of the above. We are guilty ourselves of the above. Maybe not every last evil but we struggle with the evil flesh we possess. We HAVE to struggle. It's when we give up the struggle and allow the evil to take over that we've lost. When we delight in the evil flesh tendencies that seem so incredibly dominant inside us, this is when we've lost. When we lose sight of the evil within our flesh and begin to call our evils good, this is when we've lost. Only by the miraculous power of God through the Holy Spirit will we ever be saved from such a state. And once we are pulled from the awful depths of the evil flesh tendencies threatening to overcome us fully, we cannot BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE CANNOT give in to our flesh, no longer fighting the spiritual battle, we have to FIGHT! We have to recognize the evil and seek forgiveness! We have to STOP excusing the evil, we have to stop pretending the evil isn't evil, we have to stop trying to comprehend all the whys and wherefores and simply fall on our knees and beg forgiveness from the only source that can forgive us fully of our sinfulness-- Christ Jesus our Lord, our Savior!
We cannot control anyone else. We cannot stop the evil sinfulness from spreading its curse far and wide, destroying more and more people. Too many do not want to see, they love their spiritual blindness because it doesn't call for any real self sacrifice at all. As long as those blinders are on tight they don't have to concern themselves with self denying, only fill themselves with selfishness, selfish desires, selfish pleasures, self-serving. And as long as they are completely absorbed in themselves to the exclusion of God, to the exclusion of real, true love, they pretend they are happy. Their happiness is a delusion because they've been deceived into believing their happiness is what matters, but it doesn't, not at all. Our happiness is the last thing that matters here in this world and Jesus' life made that perfectly clear, His life was one of sacrifice, He was our Great Example! An example so few truly want to follow with all their heart, mind, body, spirit.
Please LORD help us! Save us in these perilous times! Keep us IN YOU!
Through YOUR grace! Your MERCY! YOUR LOVE! YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS!
ALL IN YOU, THROUGH YOU, FOR YOU!
2Ti 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2Ti 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves (SELFISH, ARROGANT, CONCEITED, EGOCENTRIC)
2Ti 3:2 ...covetous (WANTING ENVIOUSLY WHAT OTHERS POSSESS)
2Ti 3:2 ...boasters (GLORIFYING ONESELF PRIDEFULLY)
2Ti 3:2 ...proud (SELF PRAISING)
2Ti 3:2 ...blasphemers (DISRESPECTING GOD)
2Ti 3:2 ...disobedient to parents (REBELLIOUS TOWARDS PARENTS)
2Ti 3:2 ...unthankful (UNGRATEFUL)
2Ti 3:2 ...unholy (UNGODLY)
2Ti 3:3 Without natural affection (FORCED AFFECTION)
2Ti 3:3 ...trucebreakers (PEACE BREAKERS, INSTIGATORS)
2Ti 3:3 ...false accusers (LIARS)
2Ti 3:3 ...incontinent (LACKING SELF-CONTROL)
2Ti 3:3 ...fierce (HOSTILE)
2Ti 3:3 ...despisers of those that are good (TRUE HATERS)
2Ti 3:4 Traitors (BETRAYERS)
2Ti 3:4 …heady (FULL OF SELF)
2Ti 3:4 ...highminded (ARROGANT)
2Ti 3:4 …lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God (SELFISH, HEDONISTIC)
2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof (PRETENDERS)
... from such turn away.
2Ti 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses
2Ti 3:6 ...and lead captive silly women laden with sins
2Ti 3:6 ...led away with divers lusts
2Ti 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
2Ti 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses…
2Ti 3:8 ...so do these also resist the truth
2Ti 3:8 ….men of corrupt mind
2Ti 3:8 ...reprobate concerning the faith.
2Ti 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
2Ti 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,
2Ti 3:13 ...deceiving,
2Ti 3:13 ...and being deceived.
This is TRUTH.
Who can deny this truth? We are living in a world full of the above. We are guilty ourselves of the above. Maybe not every last evil but we struggle with the evil flesh we possess. We HAVE to struggle. It's when we give up the struggle and allow the evil to take over that we've lost. When we delight in the evil flesh tendencies that seem so incredibly dominant inside us, this is when we've lost. When we lose sight of the evil within our flesh and begin to call our evils good, this is when we've lost. Only by the miraculous power of God through the Holy Spirit will we ever be saved from such a state. And once we are pulled from the awful depths of the evil flesh tendencies threatening to overcome us fully, we cannot BY THE GRACE OF GOD, WE CANNOT give in to our flesh, no longer fighting the spiritual battle, we have to FIGHT! We have to recognize the evil and seek forgiveness! We have to STOP excusing the evil, we have to stop pretending the evil isn't evil, we have to stop trying to comprehend all the whys and wherefores and simply fall on our knees and beg forgiveness from the only source that can forgive us fully of our sinfulness-- Christ Jesus our Lord, our Savior!
We cannot control anyone else. We cannot stop the evil sinfulness from spreading its curse far and wide, destroying more and more people. Too many do not want to see, they love their spiritual blindness because it doesn't call for any real self sacrifice at all. As long as those blinders are on tight they don't have to concern themselves with self denying, only fill themselves with selfishness, selfish desires, selfish pleasures, self-serving. And as long as they are completely absorbed in themselves to the exclusion of God, to the exclusion of real, true love, they pretend they are happy. Their happiness is a delusion because they've been deceived into believing their happiness is what matters, but it doesn't, not at all. Our happiness is the last thing that matters here in this world and Jesus' life made that perfectly clear, His life was one of sacrifice, He was our Great Example! An example so few truly want to follow with all their heart, mind, body, spirit.
Please LORD help us! Save us in these perilous times! Keep us IN YOU!
Through YOUR grace! Your MERCY! YOUR LOVE! YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS!
ALL IN YOU, THROUGH YOU, FOR YOU!
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