The Spectrum

Every human being is narcissistic but on a spectrum from a little bit to extreme. Only Christ can cure this sinful nature. In our culture today this sinfulness of self worship is increasing as God said it would.

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."

We see this mentality of self above everyone else becoming more intense as the end times comes to a close.

People are growing more wicked and as they do they will justify their mean and calculated actions as though they were deserved.

In the church the attendees will no longer listen to good doctrine or the teaching of the Holy Spirit. In fact many will fight against truth claiming they love God.

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.…"

Most who say they are Christians will be following their sinful nature and the devil rather than Christ.

Matthew 7:21-23 "21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.
22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’
23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’"

Where is the hope? The hope is in Jesus Christ. Those who are pretenders need to ask God if they are born again, they need to ask for God to reveal the anger and hate within them to be able to see truth and repent.

For the born again believer the hope is in knowing this wicked world is coming to an end soon and we will be going home to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb never to be in this misery again.

Hallelujah!!!