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lovers of themselves . . .
Tuesday, 03/03/09, 10:08 AM EST USA
2 Timothy 3:1-9
- But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
- People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
- without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
- treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God —
- having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.
- They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,
- always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth.
- Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth — men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
- But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
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v.1: are these the last days? I feel the end is near.
v.2: all of these, some more than the others in this verse are very apparent
v.3: the only one of these that still may be present among people is that they have some sense of 'love' (of course it is only the love of family and friends ... )
v.4: 'treacherous'? only to a small degree
v.5: the word 'spiritual' is bounced around very often
v.6: two kinds of "weak-willed" women: those who are old or unable to take care of their funds - 'greed' is not good, and the other kind (which are the ones I think are meant here), who give in to lecherous behavior
v.7: they learn, but ignore God's Word
v.8: many oppose the Word of God when they are told it is True
v.9: even though they scheme they will not get away with it
So is this the end times? No, I don't think so. Is the end near? Yes, indeed. It approaches with every passing time.
All glory to God!
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