Some people believe we are going to remain on this earth for another century. They believe the Lord is not coming soon as we believe. If we look at all the signs God gave us about the end times, we must believe we are the last generation before the Lord comes for His church.
None of us will be here 100 years from now, that would make me 168 years old. Many of us are at the end of our lives now so one way or another we will be going home soon.
It is amazing how fast time flew, how quickly our children grew up, and now some of our grandchildren are grown and out of the house.
The older we get the more we realize how fleeting the time is and how insignificant were all the things we did that we thought were so important.
God described what the end times would look like and it sounds exactly like now. 2 Timothy 3 is the mentality we are living in right now. Sadly too, just like in the time of Noah everyone does what they think is right without regard for anyone else. God does not matter even to those who say they are Christians.
Most people except for a small remnant are actually seeking the Bible to learn the heart of God and obey His commands. Not because they are afraid but because they love Him.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these."
Many people claim to be Christian and yet act in the ways described in Timothy 3.
The church has become about happiness, friendliness, and pleasure rather than a pursuit of holiness.
2 Timothy 4:1-3 "1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient instruction. 3 For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires.…'"
May those who say they are believers question all their heart attitudes, their practices, and their desires to see if they line up with the Word of God.
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