2 Timothy 3:1-5 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)
“1But understand this: In the last days terrible times
will come. 2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful,
arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3unloving,
unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as
these!”
The God-Fearing
We live now in such a time as this. In my nation, the USA,
it is very obvious that this is where we are, as a nation, but not every
person. There are still God-fearing people among us whose lives are surrendered
to the will of God, to doing what God commands and to no longer making sin
their practice. But they seem to be becoming fewer and fewer in number as time passes
by. Living for self and for self-pleasure, in sinful addiction, is more and
more becoming commonplace among those who profess faith in Jesus Christ.
The Traitorous
For we have so many teachers among us who are spreading webs
of deceit. And so many people who are being targeted are getting caught in
these webs. And a web can be symbolic for a network, and so many of today’s “churches”
are networks created in the minds of humans which are being operated under the
authority of people who are following man-made plans for how to “build a
church,” and in how to “attract the world to their gatherings” in order to “grow
their numbers.” These are of the flesh.
We have so many “wolves in sheep’s clothing” among us in the
“churches,” in the government, in the business world, and in the media who are
leading the people to follow after the ways of the world and not after the ways
of God. The gospel of our salvation is predominantly being altered to make it
less offensive and more agreeable to human flesh and to the ungodly of the
world in many of these “market-driven churches” which are being led by human
flesh and not by God, and not by the teachings of the Scriptures.
False Teachings
Instead of teaching the gospel which Jesus and His New
Testament apostles taught, under the New Covenant God has with His people (Jew
and Gentile by faith in Jesus Christ), in the correct biblical context, they
twist the Scriptures to teach lies to the people. And so many of them are
giving people the idea that faith in Jesus Christ gets them forgiven of all
sins, and promises them heaven as their eternal destiny, but while they do not
mention God’s requirements for repentance and for obedience to God.
Therefore, many people who are making professions of faith
in Jesus Christ are being given the impression that God’s grace is carte
blanche (free reign) to continue in deliberate and habitual sin and that
obedience to God is no longer required by God. And so we have many who profess
Jesus as Lord but who are still living in sin, making sin their practice, doing
what their evil hearts desire, many of whom are living sexually immoral,
corrupt, wicked, vile, sinful, dishonest and self-indulgent lifestyles, without
conscience.
Pampering the Self-Indulgent
And rather than pastors and elders of “church” congregations
calling these people to repentance and to obedience to our Lord and to His
commands, many of them are pampering these idolaters and adulterers in their
sins while they may go against anyone who tries to call them to repentance.
Therefore, sometimes the wounded are being attacked for calling out sin while
the wicked and immoral idolaters and adulterers are treated as though they are
the “victims” because people are calling them to repent.
So often the people following Jesus Christ with their lives
in truth and in righteousness, who are calling out sin and those who indulge in
sinful practices and those who teach lies to the people, they are being treated
as though they are the enemy while the wicked and immoral and traitorous and
adulterous are treated with grace, with honor, and with respect. And so we have
many hurting people who are doing what is right being treated with dishonor and
with disrespect, while respect is being given to the wicked.
And this is the exact opposite of what the Scriptures teach!
Put Sin to Death
For Jesus Christ taught that to come to Him we must deny
self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) Him. For if
we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity.
But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience
to our Lord and to His commands, in His power, then we have eternal life with
God. For not everyone who calls Him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew
7:21-23).
For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our
own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ
to walk in newness of life in Him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as
slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no
longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires.
For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is
what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with
God (see Romans 6:1-23).
[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts
26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans
8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1
Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians
5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14;
Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24;
1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation
3:1-22]
Terrible Times Have Appeared
An Original Work / September 19, 2026
Christ’s
Free Servant, Sue J Love
In Truth
An Original Work / January 10, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love
Fellowshipping with
my Lord, Savior, King.
He is Lord of all;
Lord of ev’rything.
He is with me
through ev’ry hour of day,
List’ning to me
speak, as I humbly pray.
He cares for my
needs, and He intercedes for me,
‘cause He loves me
in ev’ry way.
Obey His commands,
and do all He says.
Sitting at His feet,
daily in His word,
Let His word speak
to me in ev’ry way,
Giving comfort and
healing through each day.
Oh, how Jesus loves,
and He cares for you,
Which is why He died
for our sins, in truth.
Love our Lord God,
Savior, and King of kings.
Worship Him in
truth, for He reigns supreme.
He created us with a
plan in mind
For us to be His
servants, and Him mind.
Follow Him in truth;
Go where’er He leads.
Share His love with
others, and their needs meet.
Others: their needs
meet.
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