Thoughts for Today - Last days Men will be lovers of themselves

2 Timothy 3:1-5

"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."

THOUGHTS

I will never forget Billy Graham’s eulogy at the memorial service held in honor of those who died in the Oklahoma City Bombing. It was a Sunday afternoon and there stood America’s Pastor charged with the unenviable task of trying to comfort mourners whose lives had just been shattered by such a senseless act of violence.

Rev. Graham did a masterful job at reaching out and reminding all of us that God still cared. His words were comforting, but he also told us that we could expect more of the same. He reminded us all that evil in many ways is a mystery that will not be fully understood until we get to Heaven. We may think we know why people do the things they do, but God’s word tells us that the lawlessness which we see at work in America today is a secret that only God and Satan fully understand. “For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work.” (2 Thessalonians 2:7a)

Isn’t is astonishing at how accurate the Bible portrays the times in which we live? “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.” (2 Timothy 3:2-5) We don’t have to go to Oklahoma City to find examples. Just read the rest of today’s newspaper. They live right here in our own community.

Billy Graham was right. Sadly, the Bible does tells us that times will get worse. Wrong will continue to be seen as right, immoral as moral, evil as good. Even Satan, the Bible says, will masquerade as an angel of light. (2 Corinthians II: 14) Until Jesus returns, truth will always be at peril.

Jesus said, “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” (Matthew 24:42) We may not know the day and hour of Christ’s return, but God expects us to recognize the season.

The Apostle Paul warned us that the “last days” would be unbearable. As far as I’m concerned, we’re living in the “last days”. Just as the prophets predicted, we live in a world where wrong is now right and right is wrong.

Well now its Christmas time and i see very little about Our Savior
its all about nothing but Jesus any more ..Then People wonder why there is no Peace Jesus is the Reason for the Season ..Then again it says in the bible Peace Peace then suddenly Distruction ..Jesus could come any time

Some time ago, Paul Harvey quoted a prayer and said that he had more requests for it than almost any other he had used. Pastor Joe Wright offered it before the Kansas State Legislature:

“Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek our direction and guidance. We know your Word says woe to those who call evil good but that’s exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values. We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of your Word in the name of moral pluralism. We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism. We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle. We have exploited the poor and called it a lottery. We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. In the name of choice, we have killed our unborn. In the name of right to life, we have killed abortionists. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building esteem. We have abused power and called political savvy. We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it taxes. We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, O God, and know our hearts today. Try us and show us any wicked way in us. Cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of Kansas and who have been ordained by you to govern this great state. Grant them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to the center of your will. I ask in the name of your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.”

PS Singer Stevie Wonder recorded a song about Someday at Christmas

check out the link ,,One day we will have Peace when we are with our Savior Amen