Date: Friday, 14th June, 2024
Text: 2 Timothy 3:1-5
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
At these end times the devil is most desperate than other times. He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short.” Revelation 12:12b. The evil one is playing his last set of cards so as to damn as many as possible with him.
As the Second Coming Of Christ draws near the love of God in the hearts of many has waxed cold and there is lot of backslidden hearts. People that used to be very fervent and devoted to the things of God now complain and give excuses. Wickedness is increasing and becoming more refined and sophisticated daily.
It is as if the devil has dispatched a special group of demons into the Earth to deceive many into spiritual coldness and backsliding. Sinful acts have been redefined and given ‘new’ names to make them look more attractive and less condemning. So many abominable acts are committed daily at such rates and frequency never known in human history.
But the word of God already foretold these and they are happening right before our very eyes. In the Apostle Paul’s second letter to Timothy, he instructed him to “know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy; without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” 2 Timothy 3:1-5
What manner of man ought we to be in these perilous times? Sinners and backsliders should repent urgently and forsake their sinful ways before it is too late.
Believers should not be afraid but be sober and vigilant; we are to watch and pray more frequently that more grace be released from above for us to stand firm in our faith and to take the task of soul winning more seriously.
May you not be found wanting on the Last Day in Jesus name.
Prayer Nugget: Pray for special grace to stand firm in Christ free from the wickedness and corruption prevalent in the world.