"In The Last Days"

Paul writes to a young preacher Timothy that in the last days there are going to be difficult times. (II Tim. 3:1-5) The difficult times will be in the church! There are going to be people in the church that will strain the souls of the sincere. It will be rough on the preacher because he must stand before these attitudes and take his hits.

Let's carefully listen to what will be going on in the lives of those once redeemed:

(1) Lovers of self

(2) Lovers of money

(3) Boastful = start thinking you are above some and have a swagger about yourself.

(4) Arrogant = where people think themselves they are "the appointed" in situations.

(5) Revilers = those who attack with words and speak what they want because they are upset.

(6) Disobedient to parents

(7) Ungrateful

(8) Unholy = treating the things of God as common, not sacred.

(9) Unloving = this is the Greek word 'astorge' meaning without human affection. We have seen mothers/fathers walk away from their children. They are unloving.

(10) Irreconcilable = they just won't yield in forgiveness.

(11) Malicious gossips = comes from the Greek word 'diabolos' meaning devil. They throw accusations around at others. From the word, who is behind such? (Name calling comes under this.)

(12) Without self-control = has little restraint in their words and attitudes.

(13) Brutal

(14) Haters of good

(15)Treacherous = a betrayer. Someone who turns on your goodness.

(16) Reckless = those who fall headlong. In other words, they are strong headed that will not listen and rushes into rash statements or rushes into situations that are costly.

(17) Conceited = thinking you are someone special with  your special talents.

(18) Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.

Here are listed 18 attitudes that will make things difficult and these attitudes will prevail in some in the church. These people will cause great difficulties pretending to be godly while blinded by their own actions. What is worse, they have denied the power of God by holding to just a form, a semblance of godliness. They aren't sincere! What are those who honestly and sincerely walk with the Lord to do? "Avoid such men as these." (II Tim. 3:5) They are not good for the soul!