Difficult No; Ragingly Insane Yes!

2 Timothy 3:1-7
"1 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.
6 For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses,
7 always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."

Veres 1: Difficult meaning "ragingly insane" in the original language.

"Difficult" in the English language does not come close to describing what is going on right now in the entire world.

Its as though most people except born again believers have lost their minds without the ability to think rationally and for themselves.

Proverbs 29:8-10 "…8 Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger. 9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution. 10 Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.…"

Let Go of Those Warn Out Dead Traditions!

Many people depend on their "pastor" or attending at a building for their spirituality.

When we are born again we can be creative and meet other places, our homes, our barns our sheds anywhere that believers want to gather. For a time, many years ago a Brethren assembly we knew met in the back of a dog kennel.

The brothers and sisters enjoyed the sounds of barking dogs through their worship but it was not a problem because their focus was Christ.

The day we realize our spirituality does not come from a one-man pastor or a special kind of building to meet in is when we understand that Christ lives in us and we can gather with one another anywhere at any time. Then is when we understand that Christ is the center of our worship and not traditions or "special people with titles", then we are free, truly free in Christ.

If you want to be free to worship in Spirit and Truth let go of all man-made traditions that only stifle the moving of the Holy Spirit.

John 8:36 "36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed."

Flattery a Subtle Killer of Rational Thinking

Flattery is disarming, it is for the purpose of control over the one being flattered. Encouragement is very different, it leads us in the right direction for our welfare and God's glory!

Proverbs 29:5
"A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet."

Proverbs 26:24-28
"Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin."

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