'This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
2Ti 3:1-17
Satan says-- “Through those that have a form of godliness but know not the power, we can gain many who would otherwise do us great harm. Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God will be our most effective helpers. Those of this class who are apt and intelligent will serve as decoys to draw others
into our snares. Many will not fear their influence, because they profess the same faith. We will thus lead them to conclude that the requirements of Christ are less strict than they once believed, and that by conformity to the world they would exert a greater influence with worldlings. Thus they will separate from Christ; then they will have no strength to resist our power, and erelong they will be ready to ridicule their former zeal and devotion.' Great Controversy E.G. White
My thoughts-
A FORM of GODLINESS.
If someone has a form of godliness this means they appear to be following God, right? They appear to be God's. Their actions are the actions of one we imagine has a close relationship with God. They have a FORM of godliness.
That form of godliness is deceptive.
Many hold this form of godliness but they deny the power thereof, what does this mean? What is the denying of power?
Rom_1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Rom 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Rom 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever.
1Co_5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ
2Co_12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
The denying of power is a denying of CHRIST!
But the form of godliness leads people to believe that they are living in Christ, it's deception. They are in fact denying Christ. When they deny His TRUTHS.
The Bible is FILLED with Christ's truths and people would rather follow their own paths of truth than God's. They would rather follow their OWN beliefs which stem from their OWN selfish desires than follow GOD'S beliefs which call for the sacrificing of SELF and the ACCEPTING of CHRIST as THEIR SAVIOR.
That form of godliness makes an outward show of being Christ's but inwardly there is no true love for God, no true love for the Savior, no true love for the TRUTHS that are CHRIST'S.
This is truth-
'This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. '
Those who are love of themselves…
Those who are covetous…
Those who are boasters…
Those who are proud…
Those who are blasphemers…
Those who are disobedient to parents…
Those who are unthankful…
Those who are unholy…
Those who are without natural affection…
Those who are trucebreakers…
Those who are false accusers…
Those who are incontinent…
Those who are fierce…
Those who are despisers of those that are good…
Those who are traitors…
Those who are heady…
Those who are highminded…
Those who are lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God…
ALL THESE CAN HAVE A FORM OF GODLINESS without any POWER OF GOD!
DECEPTION!
Those who are outwardly shouting their stance against God and His ways, are LESS deceptive and sinful than those who PRETEND to be God's!
There is a REAL danger of this pretense and it is something we ALL must be on guard against, especially in ourselves!
It's so easy to say, 'Look at the world and how sinful it is with all this chaos of sinning.' It's harder to say, 'Look at the world and know how deceptive the sin goes, being alive and well behind a form of godliness.'
We need to pray for the power of Christ to be alive in us, His power, His love! We have to love HIS truth, all of His truth and follow His truth, not being among those who love to HEAR the truth, but when it comes to living the truth that's a different story. Again, a form of godliness without any power at all!
Please LORD! PLEASE help us to have the POWER of YOU IN US! All through YOUR LOVE AND MERCY! We don't want to have the FORM of GODLINESS WITHOUT YOUR POWER! Please LORD BE REAL IN US!
ALL IN YOU!
Yours truly is the KINGDOM, the POWER, and the GLORY forever and ever!
Amen.
traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; and that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
2Ti 3:1-17
Satan says-- “Through those that have a form of godliness but know not the power, we can gain many who would otherwise do us great harm. Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God will be our most effective helpers. Those of this class who are apt and intelligent will serve as decoys to draw others
into our snares. Many will not fear their influence, because they profess the same faith. We will thus lead them to conclude that the requirements of Christ are less strict than they once believed, and that by conformity to the world they would exert a greater influence with worldlings. Thus they will separate from Christ; then they will have no strength to resist our power, and erelong they will be ready to ridicule their former zeal and devotion.' Great Controversy E.G. White
My thoughts-
A FORM of GODLINESS.
If someone has a form of godliness this means they appear to be following God, right? They appear to be God's. Their actions are the actions of one we imagine has a close relationship with God. They have a FORM of godliness.
That form of godliness is deceptive.
Many hold this form of godliness but they deny the power thereof, what does this mean? What is the denying of power?
Rom_1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Rom 16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Rom 16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever.
1Co_5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ
2Co_12:9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
The denying of power is a denying of CHRIST!
But the form of godliness leads people to believe that they are living in Christ, it's deception. They are in fact denying Christ. When they deny His TRUTHS.
The Bible is FILLED with Christ's truths and people would rather follow their own paths of truth than God's. They would rather follow their OWN beliefs which stem from their OWN selfish desires than follow GOD'S beliefs which call for the sacrificing of SELF and the ACCEPTING of CHRIST as THEIR SAVIOR.
That form of godliness makes an outward show of being Christ's but inwardly there is no true love for God, no true love for the Savior, no true love for the TRUTHS that are CHRIST'S.
This is truth-
'This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. '
Those who are love of themselves…
Those who are covetous…
Those who are boasters…
Those who are proud…
Those who are blasphemers…
Those who are disobedient to parents…
Those who are unthankful…
Those who are unholy…
Those who are without natural affection…
Those who are trucebreakers…
Those who are false accusers…
Those who are incontinent…
Those who are fierce…
Those who are despisers of those that are good…
Those who are traitors…
Those who are heady…
Those who are highminded…
Those who are lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God…
ALL THESE CAN HAVE A FORM OF GODLINESS without any POWER OF GOD!
DECEPTION!
Those who are outwardly shouting their stance against God and His ways, are LESS deceptive and sinful than those who PRETEND to be God's!
There is a REAL danger of this pretense and it is something we ALL must be on guard against, especially in ourselves!
It's so easy to say, 'Look at the world and how sinful it is with all this chaos of sinning.' It's harder to say, 'Look at the world and know how deceptive the sin goes, being alive and well behind a form of godliness.'
We need to pray for the power of Christ to be alive in us, His power, His love! We have to love HIS truth, all of His truth and follow His truth, not being among those who love to HEAR the truth, but when it comes to living the truth that's a different story. Again, a form of godliness without any power at all!
Please LORD! PLEASE help us to have the POWER of YOU IN US! All through YOUR LOVE AND MERCY! We don't want to have the FORM of GODLINESS WITHOUT YOUR POWER! Please LORD BE REAL IN US!
ALL IN YOU!
Yours truly is the KINGDOM, the POWER, and the GLORY forever and ever!
Amen.
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