Friday, October 9, 2026
2 Tim
3:1-5
1 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.
The word “perilous” in verse
one is the Greek word chalepos which means “reducing the strength of; furious; fierce.” The picture of the
world draining the strength of believers is all around us. Daniel 7:25 talks about “wearing out the saints of the most high.”
Do you feel it? I certainly do.
If we can see the signs of
Christ’s soon return, then
certainly Satan can too, and he has doubled his efforts to deceive and to
destroy. Revelation 12:12 says that
Satan has great wrath because he knows he has but a short time. We are
living in perilous times. There is a spiritual conspiracy to reduce the
strength of Christians and churches.
Because Satan can disguise
himself as an
angel of light (2 Cor. 11:14), he
can move from the crime centers of the world to the churches! Seduced by the
prospect of larger crowds and bigger offerings, churches have adopted the
programs and methodology of the world. The glitz of marketing is now the
primary method of building a congregation. The modern gospel promises a
peaceful and prosperous life, a comfortable death, and a heavenly hereafter.
The true gospel promises “tribulation” and a narrow way! (John 16:33)
Billy Graham, nearing the end of his life, saw an
increase in easy believe-ism and churches that expect little from their
followers. In an interview he said this: “Christ makes a difference in the
lives of those who not only claim his name but obey his Word. If there is no
change in a person's life, he or she must question whether or not they possess
the salvation that the gospel proclaims. Many who go to church have not had a
life-changing transformation in Christ. Those outside the church expect
followers of Christ to live differently, yet today many in church are chasing
after the world—not to win them, but to be like them. This is very dangerous,
and the Bible gives account to the tragic result.”
1 Cor
15:58
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as
ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Heb
10:25
25 Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so
much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Dear Lord, open the eyes of believers
blinded by the glitz of satanic conspiracy. Help us to be sober and steadfast
as we see the approach of your coming. AMEN
