Things are becoming irrational, we have transgender, people are claiming to be mixed up about their gender.
We have the flat earth people who have thrown real science out the window to embrace something ridiculous.
Then there is the massive holocaust with abortion.
The divorce and remarriage is off the charts as well as shacking up as though it is normal.
Let's add to that the welfare state where illegals are getting free money and housing as a reward for being criminals. We have a enabler mentality, helping people to stay in their sin, in their poverty and anything else they wish to do.
We have Christians being called mean spirited because we think it is a bad idea to give out "clean needles" to drug addicts instead of getting them off their drugs.
The liberals are against guns except when their body guards carry them.
Hollywood is putting out blasphemous movies continually while "Christian" parents are refusing to restrict their children from seeing them.
The culture as a whole is embracing witchcraft at Halloween, Harry Potter and even in the Christian community we have a form of it in the C.S. Lewis books.
And, with all this going on, even in the churches, there are those who remain silent to "just love them", as though love means allowing without challenge anything that anyone wants to do no matter how destructive it is to them and others.
God's love warns people of evil, the consequences of it and will not support it in any fashion. The worlds love says to accept everything so everyone does what ever they want, happy while doing it. Any challenge to their behavior would make them unhappy so we should remain silent and allow them to destroy their lives without showing them where the real help comes from, that is God.
Our culture is more likely to "help" the perpetrator of sin and crime than it is the victims of these people.
This list is short compared to all that is going on, how can anyone believe anything is getting better or will get better. When we have trained two generations of people to love themselves above anyone else, who is right in front of them, how can we expect that generation to ever love God Whom they cannot even see!!!!
We are living in an age of insanity, on every level all around us. OH by the way, the world has seen this once before:
In Noah's Day!
Genesis 6:5-8 "5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 The Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord."
In Lot's Day!
Genesis 13:13 " 13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD."
Matthew 24:3-14
"3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all[a] these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.
10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."
We have become so accustomed to sin right in front of us that we forget just how wicked it is and what God did before in dealing with it.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
The Pews Would Empty
If the leaders in the organized churches would preach a hard and convicting gospel the pews would empty out. That's why they don't do it.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…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.
4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
2 Timothy 4:2-4 "…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.
4 So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."
They Can't Penetrate the Armor
We cannot change another person, but we can change, through the power of Christ in us. Those who have trusted Christ can have strength through the Holy Spirit that they would not otherwise have.
I speak truth to others and leave their response to the Lord. Any negative or hateful response does not get into my soul, it bounces off like a rubber ball. It didn't use to be that way for me. I succumbed to the nasty tactics because I was weak in my faith. I believed them when they attempted to take me down and undermine my resolve to follow Christ.
When our focus is people rather than Christ we live on a roller coaster ride of drama from those who try to be god by controlling us. When our focus is Christ then it is He alone Who controls us, the narcissist has no effect, no matter how terrible they get, they cannot penetrate our armor.
Ephesians 6:10-20 "10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
19 and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."
My goal is not to change others, but for the Lord to give me strength to be what He wants no matter what others are doing.
I speak truth to others and leave their response to the Lord. Any negative or hateful response does not get into my soul, it bounces off like a rubber ball. It didn't use to be that way for me. I succumbed to the nasty tactics because I was weak in my faith. I believed them when they attempted to take me down and undermine my resolve to follow Christ.
When our focus is people rather than Christ we live on a roller coaster ride of drama from those who try to be god by controlling us. When our focus is Christ then it is He alone Who controls us, the narcissist has no effect, no matter how terrible they get, they cannot penetrate our armor.
Ephesians 6:10-20 "10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
19 and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel,
20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak."
My goal is not to change others, but for the Lord to give me strength to be what He wants no matter what others are doing.
The Devil Goes After the Mind
The devil goes after the mind of people, if he can control the mind he can control everything else in a person's life.
Believers don't have to be controlled by the devil, we can be controlled by the Holy Spirit Who lives in us.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
Acts 10:9-11 "…9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10 and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.…"
Does this passage in Acts encourage you? It sure does me, because Saul who became Paul, hated God's people, he was self righteous and demonstrated an attitude of superiority over the people of God. Does any of this sound familiar?
When I see what God did with Paul before he was born again, I get excited, thinking that he did it with me and can do it with my narcissists who need to become born again.
Believers don't have to be controlled by the devil, we can be controlled by the Holy Spirit Who lives in us.
1 Corinthians 2:15-16 "…15 The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment. 16 “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
Acts 10:9-11 "…9 Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas 10 and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord? 11 Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.…"
Does this passage in Acts encourage you? It sure does me, because Saul who became Paul, hated God's people, he was self righteous and demonstrated an attitude of superiority over the people of God. Does any of this sound familiar?
When I see what God did with Paul before he was born again, I get excited, thinking that he did it with me and can do it with my narcissists who need to become born again.
Narcissists Wear Us Out
The narcissists never stops to consider that their antics will wear out a reasonably intelligent person, eventually causing them to escape.
Because the narcissist believes that people need them as desperately as they need others, they fail to understand that without confession of wrongs against the reasonable person, that person knows how silly it is to remain as the punching bag.
Hitler was a narcissist, believing he would never get caught brutally silencing, mocking and murdering the people who will not worship him, he attempted to expunge them from the earth.
Many wicked leaders around the world have used these tactics to control those who managed to think for themselves. If they could not control them, they would recruit others to work on his targets to hate them.
When we see this happening in our lives on a personal level, remember that it is not new and the author of it is the devil.
John 10:10
"10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and [a]have it abundantly."
The devil wants to destroy everything that God loves, that is God's people and righteousness.
When we love God we love people and His principles.
1 John 3:13-15 "…13 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.…"
Because the narcissist believes that people need them as desperately as they need others, they fail to understand that without confession of wrongs against the reasonable person, that person knows how silly it is to remain as the punching bag.
Hitler was a narcissist, believing he would never get caught brutally silencing, mocking and murdering the people who will not worship him, he attempted to expunge them from the earth.
Many wicked leaders around the world have used these tactics to control those who managed to think for themselves. If they could not control them, they would recruit others to work on his targets to hate them.
When we see this happening in our lives on a personal level, remember that it is not new and the author of it is the devil.
John 10:10
"10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and [a]have it abundantly."
The devil wants to destroy everything that God loves, that is God's people and righteousness.
When we love God we love people and His principles.
1 John 3:13-15 "…13 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.…"
Our Activities Tell on Us
We tend to hang out with those we would enjoy being accepted by and become like.
There is an old saying, "if you got caught up in a bad crowd, you are the bad crowd.
1 Corinthians 15:33 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Many people who claim to be Christians enjoy the company of superficial Christians much more than those who are deeply invested in the Word of God and truth.
When we become devoted to the word of God, measuring everything we say and do according to that, we will attract friends who love Christ in a much more real way.
An appearance of righteousness is the most important to those who enjoy superficiality, happiness and an elevated status among the superior crowd. This crowd never speaks about Christ but show up at every church event to enjoy the antics there.
A born again believer sold out to Christ will never fit into those cliques that seem to dominate the average church in the communities.
If you love the Lord and don't seem to fit in anywhere, then you are right where Christ wants you. We are not called to become like the world or be liked by the world, we are "called out ones."
John 15:18-25 "18 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He who hates Me hates My Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
25 But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’"
2 Corinthians 6:16-18 "…16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” 17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”…"
Our friends are clues about our hearts. What we love is demonstrated day to day in our lives. What we speak about, who we spend time with and what we enjoy, tells a lot about us.
There is an old saying, "if you got caught up in a bad crowd, you are the bad crowd.
1 Corinthians 15:33 "33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Many people who claim to be Christians enjoy the company of superficial Christians much more than those who are deeply invested in the Word of God and truth.
When we become devoted to the word of God, measuring everything we say and do according to that, we will attract friends who love Christ in a much more real way.
An appearance of righteousness is the most important to those who enjoy superficiality, happiness and an elevated status among the superior crowd. This crowd never speaks about Christ but show up at every church event to enjoy the antics there.
A born again believer sold out to Christ will never fit into those cliques that seem to dominate the average church in the communities.
If you love the Lord and don't seem to fit in anywhere, then you are right where Christ wants you. We are not called to become like the world or be liked by the world, we are "called out ones."
John 15:18-25 "18 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
20 Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
21 But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.
22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 He who hates Me hates My Father also.
24 If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
25 But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’"
2 Corinthians 6:16-18 "…16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” 17 “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” 18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”…"
Our friends are clues about our hearts. What we love is demonstrated day to day in our lives. What we speak about, who we spend time with and what we enjoy, tells a lot about us.
Christ Addresses Satan
Mark 8:33
"33 But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”
Notice that Christ did not address Peter in His rebuke, He addressed Satan. The devil was using Peter's mouth and affecting his mind to influence Christ against what Christ knew was His purpose on earth.
It is clear to me now more than ever that the devil and his minions are busy twisting the minds of many people to do harm to and intimidate believers.
As believers we can "resist the devil", by using the word of God as Christ did when Satan tempted Him.
Matthew 4:1-7 "4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He [a]then became hungry.
3 And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the devil *took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
6 and *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,
‘He will command His angels concerning You’;
and
‘On their hands they will bear You up,
So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus said to him, “[b]On the other hand, it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
It was the devil using Peter's mouth and it was the devil who tempted Christ in the desert. Christ used a tactic with him that we should be using regularly with those who are doing the same things to us. When someone is attempting to cause us to sin by their tricks, or trying to influence us in a way that God does not want us to go, or to influence us to go against what God is telling us to do, then we know who is behind it all....the devil and lean on the Scriptures to guide us.
The tactics of the devil are intimidation, mocking, lying and gaslighting. Gaslighting is the attempt to make us think we didn't see things the way the really are, that we need to do things and believe things the devil wants us to do and believe. The devil will even get us to question if God really said something by twisting the scriptures to fit his agenda.
One cannot reason with the devil, the only recourse we have and the best one is to repeat scripture to those who are being used by him and then walk away. When the devil is using the mouths of willing participants in his lies, we must resist him with God's word. It is also good to know the other scriptures that tell us to ignore the lies, do not respond to the evil done against us and keep these monstrous people out of our lives whenever possible.
James 4:6-8 "6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.…"
The devil attacks the mind of his target, if he cannot control the mind of a believer he goes after their friends to work against his target. If he can get the friends to apply pressure on the target, he might be able to influence them to act against God's will.
The devil who uses narcissists, are covert and sneaky, they poke at you continually in small ways until we lose our composure, however it doesn't have to work. When we know what the devil is doing through someone, we never have to react. Reacting is what Satan is trying to get us to do. Any reaction at all is validation for the narcissist to continue their attacks, even feeling justified in their abuse.
The only reaction I recommend to the narcissist is Scripture if there is going to be one. Most of the time nothing will work with these demonically controlled minds, the only recourse is to walk away without response, leaving them to God.
Narcissists are murderers in their heart. God said that if a man even so much as hates his brother, it's the same as having murdered him. When a narc has such contempt for a target that they work to harm them, it is hate and murder.
1 John 3:14-16 "…14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer. 16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.…"
It is my contention that narcissists cannot be born again believers. The Holy Spirit convicts believers of sin to redirect their hearts. However, the narcissists has no conscience, no remorse and never apologizes, they only have manipulative tricks to control others emotions, these are strong indicators that the Holy Spirit does not live in such people.
Narcissists become worse when they are exposed because they have such hatred in their hearts that any challenge to them at all is unthinkable to them. 2 Timothy 3 describes them vividly and instructs us what to do in verse 5.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
"3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, 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 men as these."
"33 But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, “Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.”
Notice that Christ did not address Peter in His rebuke, He addressed Satan. The devil was using Peter's mouth and affecting his mind to influence Christ against what Christ knew was His purpose on earth.
It is clear to me now more than ever that the devil and his minions are busy twisting the minds of many people to do harm to and intimidate believers.
As believers we can "resist the devil", by using the word of God as Christ did when Satan tempted Him.
Matthew 4:1-7 "4 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He [a]then became hungry.
3 And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
5 Then the devil *took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,
6 and *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,
‘He will command His angels concerning You’;
and
‘On their hands they will bear You up,
So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
7 Jesus said to him, “[b]On the other hand, it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
It was the devil using Peter's mouth and it was the devil who tempted Christ in the desert. Christ used a tactic with him that we should be using regularly with those who are doing the same things to us. When someone is attempting to cause us to sin by their tricks, or trying to influence us in a way that God does not want us to go, or to influence us to go against what God is telling us to do, then we know who is behind it all....the devil and lean on the Scriptures to guide us.
The tactics of the devil are intimidation, mocking, lying and gaslighting. Gaslighting is the attempt to make us think we didn't see things the way the really are, that we need to do things and believe things the devil wants us to do and believe. The devil will even get us to question if God really said something by twisting the scriptures to fit his agenda.
One cannot reason with the devil, the only recourse we have and the best one is to repeat scripture to those who are being used by him and then walk away. When the devil is using the mouths of willing participants in his lies, we must resist him with God's word. It is also good to know the other scriptures that tell us to ignore the lies, do not respond to the evil done against us and keep these monstrous people out of our lives whenever possible.
James 4:6-8 "6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.…"
The devil attacks the mind of his target, if he cannot control the mind of a believer he goes after their friends to work against his target. If he can get the friends to apply pressure on the target, he might be able to influence them to act against God's will.
The devil who uses narcissists, are covert and sneaky, they poke at you continually in small ways until we lose our composure, however it doesn't have to work. When we know what the devil is doing through someone, we never have to react. Reacting is what Satan is trying to get us to do. Any reaction at all is validation for the narcissist to continue their attacks, even feeling justified in their abuse.
The only reaction I recommend to the narcissist is Scripture if there is going to be one. Most of the time nothing will work with these demonically controlled minds, the only recourse is to walk away without response, leaving them to God.
Narcissists are murderers in their heart. God said that if a man even so much as hates his brother, it's the same as having murdered him. When a narc has such contempt for a target that they work to harm them, it is hate and murder.
1 John 3:14-16 "…14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death. 15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer. 16 By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.…"
It is my contention that narcissists cannot be born again believers. The Holy Spirit convicts believers of sin to redirect their hearts. However, the narcissists has no conscience, no remorse and never apologizes, they only have manipulative tricks to control others emotions, these are strong indicators that the Holy Spirit does not live in such people.
Narcissists become worse when they are exposed because they have such hatred in their hearts that any challenge to them at all is unthinkable to them. 2 Timothy 3 describes them vividly and instructs us what to do in verse 5.
2 Timothy 3:1-5
"3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, 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 men as these."
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