Tag: last days warning
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The Pleasure Trap — 2 Timothy 3:3–4
2 Timothy 3:3–4 …trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God. Paul is describing what the atmosphere of the last days will feel like. Not just events. The spirit of the age. He says people will be trucebreakers. Promises will mean less.…
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When the Mirror Becomes the Center — 2 Timothy 3:2
2 Timothy 3:2–3 (a) For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,Without natural affection… Paul begins his description of the last days with a simple phrase that explains nearly everything that follows. Men will be lovers of their own selves. When the mirror becomes the…