Becoming
Radicalized for Christ
People will be lovers of
self
Godlessness in the Last Days
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (ESV)
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty.
For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive,
disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable,
slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous,
reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having
the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
This is truly sad this is not talking
about the people of the world this is talking about people in the church people
putting on the appearance of being godly. Unfortunately, we have these people in
the church today. We can see this with all the high-profile preachers that have
been caught in their sin. It's not just the preachers, it is the people in the
congregation, even deacons or board members. We have become afraid of calling
out these people because we don't want to judge, or is it because of sin in our
life? We have become so in love with ourselves that we do not want to die to self and
keep on living for self and praying that God will give us our desires. Are we
so worried about our standard of living that we do not care about others? Why
do we need a big fancy church when we could have a warehouse stocked with food
and set on bags of beans or rice when we have church and then we give the food to
the needy? Would this not be a better use of Gods money?
Matthew 7:5 (ESV)
You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see
clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
We must become willing to die to self and purge that log out
of our eye so that we can help others.
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