2 Timothy 3:1-5
"3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
"Perilous" means "ragingly insane."
It is easy to see the raging insanity that grows every day. A nation that has rejected God and even worse a nation that has claimed to love God but denies Him through lifestyles and the rejecting of His truth in the Bible, can expect for God to remove His protective hand from them.
So many say they love the Bible but they violate more of it than they obey. They use words to profess Him while they deny Him in their rejection of His very own words.
A description of our country and our churches in the country! Every verse is being played out right now in this country.
Isaiah 29:13-14 "13Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.
14Therefore I will again confound these people with wonder upon wonder. The wisdom of the wise will vanish, and the intelligence of the intelligent will be hidden.”…"
Matthew 15:7-9 "…7 You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you: 8‘ These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9 They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”…"
Titus 1:16
"They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work."
Mark 7:6
"And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;"
Ezekiel 33:31
"And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain."
Modern-day preachers fit this description.
Matthew 23:13-15
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves."
2 Timothy 3:5
"having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people."
Luke 11:39-44
"And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also? But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you. “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.
John 5:42
"But I know that you do not have the love of God within you"
America should be ashamed, it is in need of serious repentance but instead, we hear foolishness like; "God bless America" as prideful entitled children expecting we deserve something good when we have thrown God's blessing back in His face. Refusing to obey Him and yet expecting more.
I do not say "God bless America, I say "God bring America to its knees that many would repent and become saved." This includes those who attend church gatherings every week and even their pastors who are silly and flippantly following the desires of their congregations so that they will continue to have a salary. They are paid hirelings protecting their jobs.
America does not deserve to be saved nor does it deserve any more blessing, it misused and abused the blessing it was given, now is time for discipline. God will use wicked people to accomplish this!
Repent and confess sinfulness that those who have trusted in their wealth. their arrogance and leaders will be born again and turn to Christ instead.
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