Please read 2 Timothy 3.
Meditate on verse 1.
But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
The last
days started after Christ’s ascension (Acts 1). Timothy and Paul were living in
the last days and so are you. The last days are the days being lived as you
await the return of Christ. Over 2,000 years ago, Paul wrote the description of
people who do not know Christ during the last days and commands Timothy to
avoid them (2 Timothy 3:2-5). In the last days people will be:
*lovers of self
*lovers
of money
*boastful
*arrogant
*revilers
*disobedient
to parents
*ungrateful
*unholy
*unloving
*irreconcilable
*malicious
gossips
*without
self-control
*brutal
*haters
of good
*treacherous
*reckless
*conceited
*lovers
of pleasure rather than lovers of God
*holding
to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power
People have not
changed in 2,000 years and still need God and His Word to change their lives
for good. Paul exhorted Timothy to continue in the things he had learned from
the sacred writings (God’s Word) because Scripture gave him the wisdom leading
to salvation in Christ Jesus (2 Timothy 3:14-15). Unless the truth of God’s
Word changes you, you are the nineteen things listed above. Pray for Scripture
to impact you and those you love.
Pray 2 Timothy
3:16-17 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a
faithful,
prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“All Scripture is inspired by You, God.
Let it teach, reprove, correct,
and train ________ and me in righteousness.
Make us Your people, adequate and
equipped for every good work.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN
on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
