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In the Last Days
In the Last Days
Paul wrote this letter to his student Timothy
from prison in Rome
in approximattely 66 A.D, while he was
awaiting execution.
This was Paul's last letter.
2 Tim 3 (TLB)
You may as well know this too, Timothy,
that in the last days it is going to be
very difficult to be a Christian.
{2} For people will love only themselves
and their money;
they will be proud and boastful, sneering
at God,
disobedient to their parents, ungrateful
to them, and thoroughly bad.
{3} They will be hardheaded and never
give in to others;
they will be constant liars and
troublemakers and will think nothing of immorality.
They will be rough and cruel, and sneer
at those who try to be good.
{4} They will betray their friends;
they will be hotheaded, puffed up with pride,
and prefer good times to worshiping
God.
{5} They will go to church, yes, but they
won't really believe anything they hear.
Don't be taken in by people like that.
{6} They are the kind who craftily
sneak into other people's homes
and make friendships with silly,
sin-burdened women
and teach them their new doctrines.
{7} Women of that kind are forever following
new teachers,
but they never understand the truth.
{8} And these teachers fight truth just
as Jannes and Jambres fought against Moses.
They have dirty minds, warped and twisted,
and have turned against the Christian
faith.
{9} But they won't get away with
all this forever.
Someday their deceit will be well known
to everyone,
as was the sin of Jannes and Jambres.
{10} But you know from watching me that
I am not that kind of person.
You know what I believe and the way I
live and what I want.
You know my faith in Christ and how I
have suffered.
You know my love for you, and my
patience.
{11} You know how many troubles I have
had
as a result of my preaching the Good News.
You know about all that was done to me
while I was visiting in Antioch, Iconium,
and Lystra, but the Lord delivered me.
{12} Yes, and those who decide to please
Christ Jesus by living godly lives
will suffer at the hands of those who
hate him.
{13} In fact, evil men and false
teachers will become worse and worse,
deceiving many, they themselves having
been deceived by Satan.
{14} But you must keep on believing
the things you have been taught.
You know they are true,
for you know that you can trust those
of us who have taught you.
{15} You know how, when you were a small
child,
you were taught the holy Scriptures;
and it is these that make you wise
to accept God's salvation by trusting
in Christ Jesus.
{16} The whole Bible was given to us by
inspiration from God
and is useful to teach us what is
true
and to make us realize what is wrong in
our lives;
it straightens us out and helps us do
what is right.
{17} It is God's way of making us well
prepared at every point,
fully equipped to do good to everyone.
2 Tim 4:1-5 (TLB)
And so I solemnly urge you before God
and before Christ Jesus--
who will someday judge the living and
the dead
when he appears to set up his Kingdom--
{2} to preach the Word of God urgently
at all times,
whenever you get the chance, in
season and out,
when it is convenient and when it is not.
Correct and rebuke your people when they
need it,
encourage them to do right,
and all the time be feeding them patiently
with God's Word.
{3} For there is going to come a time when
people won't listen to the truth
but will go around looking for
teachers who will tell them just what
they want to hear.
{4} They won't listen to what the Bible
says
but will blithely follow their own misguided
ideas.
{5} Stand steady, and don't be afraid of
suffering for the Lord.
Bring others to Christ.
Leave nothing undone that you ought to
do.
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