Amen, we are living in prophetic times right now! Watching events and the attitudes of people match with what the Scriptures say will happen is a blessing to us, it builds our faith as we navigate through all of it.
There is a verse that becomes clearer the longer you watch conversations about Scripture.
2 Timothy 4:3“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears.”
Notice what Paul actually said.
He did not say people would stop talking about the Bible.
He said they would stop enduring sound doctrine.
In other words, people will still quote verses. They will still say “the Bible says.” They will still claim to be teaching Scripture. Yet the moment the text confronts their beliefs, they reject it.
Instead of adjusting their beliefs to match the Scripture, they begin searching for teachers who will tell them what they prefer to hear.
That is what itching ears means.
Truth becomes uncomfortable.
Correction becomes offensive.
Context becomes optional.
So what happens next?
Verses get lifted out of context.
Assumptions get attached to the text.
Doctrines get built around what people want the Bible to say instead of what it actually says.
Then when someone slows the conversation down and asks people to look at the full passage, or asks them to compare Scripture with Scripture, suddenly that person becomes the problem.
Paul warned this would happen.
Not outside discussions about God.
Inside them.
That is why Scripture repeatedly tells believers to examine what they hear.
Acts 17:11“They received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”
The Bereans did not reject teaching.
They verified it.
They listened carefully, then they went to the Scriptures themselves to see if what was being taught actually matched the text.
Truth can withstand examination.
False doctrine cannot. False doctrine survives by avoiding context, ignoring passages that challenge it, and repeating conclusions that the text itself never actually says.
Eventually every believer has to answer a simple question.
Are we willing to let Scripture speak for itself?
Or are we only willing to accept interpretations that agree with what we already believe?
Because Paul warned us that a time would come when many people would no longer endure sound doctrine.
If we are honest, we are watching that happen right in front of us. 
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