1 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:32,969 If you put in your Bibles tonight, turn to second Timothy, 2 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:39,385 chapter three. And second Timothy, chapter 3 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:43,137 three, we begin a series of messages 4 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:44,593 on prophecy, and then we're going to 5 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:46,349 go right into the book of Daniel 6 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:51,385 two Timothy three is a passage that we 7 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:55,309 covered back when our theme in 2019 8 00:00:30,179 --> 00:00:58,385 was continue. And that comes from 9 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:03,073 verse 14. There in two Timothy 3:14 10 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:04,825 says, but continue thou in the things 11 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:06,681 which thou hast learned and hast 12 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:08,841 been assured of knowing of whom thou 13 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:11,185 hast learned them, that they are 14 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:13,777 encouraged, and Timothy is encouraged 15 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:17,905 to continue before that. There in the 16 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:20,269 first of the chapter, he gives us 17 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:23,065 some signs or some indications of 18 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:24,949 what the end times will be like, 19 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:28,319 or the coming of the end times. So let's 20 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:30,335 read that and then we'll get into 21 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:33,191 this tonight. Second Timothy three, 22 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:35,831 one this know also that in the last 23 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:39,311 days perilous times shall come, for 24 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:40,727 men shall be lovers of their own 25 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:42,527 selves, covetous, bolsters, proud 26 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:44,759 blasphemers, disobedient to parents, 27 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:46,935 unthankful and holy without natural 28 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:48,431 affection, truce breakers, false 29 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:52,457 accusers in content, fierce despisers 30 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:54,089 of those that are good, traitors, heady, 31 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:55,745 high minded, lovers of pleasure, 32 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:57,881 more than lovers of God, having a form 33 00:00:30,179 --> 00:01:59,209 of godliness, but denying the power 34 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:01,537 thereof from such. Turn away for 35 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:03,393 of this sort and we're going to stop 36 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:06,513 there. But it continues with giving 37 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:07,737 you some of those things that are 38 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:10,549 going to happen as the end time approaches. 39 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:12,937 And again in verse 14, he encourages 40 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:14,617 Timothy to continue the things that 41 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:17,787 have been taught and to remember 42 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:20,531 that the word of God is the inspired, 43 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:23,043 inerrant word of God. Look at verse 16. All 44 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:24,275 scripture is given by inspiration 45 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:26,531 of God and is profitable for doctrine, for 46 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:28,475 reproof, for correction, for instruction 47 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:31,083 in righteousness. Amen. I'm going to 48 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:36,347 cough some tonight too. Sorry. I 49 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:37,523 bet you that sounds really good on 50 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:44,597 the Internet. Lord is so good. And 51 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:46,661 tonight again, we're going to cover 52 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:49,669 some things that again that prelude 53 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:52,205 the coming of Christ prelude the coming 54 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:54,261 of Christ most evangelical christians, 55 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:56,677 most christians today, most Bible believing 56 00:00:30,179 --> 00:02:58,109 christians believe that the next 57 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:00,565 event to happen in prophecy is the 58 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:02,381 rapture. Is the rapture. And that 59 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:04,077 is what the Bible indicates. That's 60 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:06,285 what the Bible says. So that we are looking 61 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:08,999 for the blessed hope, looking for 62 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:11,619 Christ to return. And we believe, 63 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:13,623 and the Bible teaches that that return 64 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:15,415 could be at any time all prophecy 65 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:17,983 that needs to be fulfilled has been fulfilled 66 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:21,815 in order for Christ to return and 67 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:23,951 for us to be raptured out or caught 68 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:26,591 up with him in the air, as Thessalonians 69 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:29,631 describes it. But there are indications 70 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:31,311 of those things. There are signs of 71 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:33,007 those things, and we'll cover some 72 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:34,287 of those. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, 73 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:36,447 bless again your word and bless the 74 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:37,895 preaching of the word. And, lord, 75 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:39,527 may we live in light of your return in 76 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:42,847 Jesus name. Amen. Lord, it's been 77 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:46,743 so good to us. You think about being 78 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:49,935 well. Acts chapter 17 says that God 79 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:52,007 hath appointed the time and place 80 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:54,807 in which we would be born. Aren't you 81 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:58,591 glad you were born in America? Aren't 82 00:00:30,179 --> 00:03:59,671 you glad that you were born in this 83 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:01,769 great country, that you weren't born 84 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:03,961 in the Middle east, that you weren't 85 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:06,497 born in China? It's amazing to me 86 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:07,985 what's happening in other countries 87 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:10,417 and how our country continues to support 88 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:13,033 other countries that are diabolically 89 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:16,793 opposed to freedom and to religious 90 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:18,825 worship. Freedom of worship such 91 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:20,473 as China. I don't know why we're buying 92 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:24,233 anything from them. It's unbelievable 93 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:27,331 what China has done to Christians. How 94 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:29,451 can we be friends with and support 95 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:30,795 these countries who do these things? 96 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:33,439 And yet we do, and it's just ludicrous. 97 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:36,999 But it is a sign of the end times. 98 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:40,979 If you read Matthew 24, and though Matthew 99 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:43,011 24 is primarily talking about what 100 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:44,667 is happening in the tribulation, 101 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:47,251 it does lead up to that. It leads up to and 102 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:49,003 gives us signs of what it's going 103 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:52,917 to be like when Christ returns. And 104 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:56,437 so here we have a list, a list of things 105 00:00:30,179 --> 00:04:58,677 that are transpiring up until the 106 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:00,621 time in Christ returns, and of course, 107 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:05,005 afterwards as well. If you remember 108 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:10,621 that Ephesians. I'm sorry, second Peter, 109 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:15,941 chapter three is a counter or not 110 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:18,901 is a sister chapter of this particular 111 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:21,175 chapter. Both describe some of the 112 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:23,015 same things, so we'll cover that 113 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:27,543 as well. This is such a big subject, 114 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:30,639 and I don't want to spend so much time 115 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:32,087 in certain areas. That's why I'm kind 116 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:33,951 of hesitant here as to which direction 117 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:37,615 to go. But it's important that we as 118 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:40,087 christians discern the times that 119 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:41,859 we don't have our head in the sand, 120 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:46,777 that we. That we as christians are to 121 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:51,329 be wise, discerning the times. Jesus 122 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:53,105 came 2000 years ago and he's coming 123 00:00:30,179 --> 00:05:57,305 again. I'm thankful I'm saved, aren't 124 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:00,705 you? I'm thankful that I know that 125 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:02,569 when he returns, if he was to return 126 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:04,321 today, that I would be caught up, 127 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:07,505 raptured up to be with him. He is 128 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:09,825 coming for his saints. That's the 129 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:13,759 next event on the prophetical timetable. 130 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:16,155 And then seven years later, he'll 131 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:18,603 come with his saints at the end of 132 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:19,843 the tribulation, at the battle of 133 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:23,587 Armageddon. Matthew 24 36 says we 134 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:25,019 are not to fix a date. And we see 135 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:26,859 people still in this day and age 136 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:28,371 fixing dates to the Lord's return. 137 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:30,643 And we are told, the Bible says there 138 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:32,539 in Matthew 24, but of that day and hour 139 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:38,021 knoweth no Mandez. But it is important 140 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:40,037 to understand that first, Thessalonians 141 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:43,109 five two, six says he will come as a thief 142 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:47,165 in the night. And he says we should 143 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:50,501 watch and be sober, looking again 144 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:53,661 for that appearing of Christ living in 145 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:56,405 light of his return. But there are 146 00:00:30,179 --> 00:06:58,701 signs of his coming. And as I said, 147 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:00,093 in two, Peter three, and here in 148 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:02,285 two, Timothy three, we have descriptions 149 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:06,445 of the end times. We know that the resurgence 150 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:08,969 of Israel is a sign of the end times. 151 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:13,981 Resurgence of Israel. For 2500 years, 152 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:16,165 Israel was without a national was 153 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:18,077 without national existence. But in 154 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:20,469 1948, Israel became a nation once 155 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:26,925 again. 2500 years and 1948 became 156 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:30,245 a nation again. I mean, that's fulfillment 157 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:34,885 of prophecy. It's like, okay, come, 158 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:38,005 lord, quickly, here we go. And they 159 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:39,853 continue to be the center of attention. 160 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:41,901 Isn't it amazing that that little 161 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:46,941 bitty country is tiny? When we went 162 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:48,437 there, we've been, there's a couple 163 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:49,741 of times. It's one of the things that 164 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:52,317 really sticks in my mind is how small 165 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:55,629 the country is. It's tiny and yet 166 00:00:30,179 --> 00:07:58,009 it's the center of attention, this 167 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:06,673 tiny little place. We know that Israel 168 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:08,961 has been set aside, but one day will 169 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:11,321 be put back on track and become the 170 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:13,629 center focus once again of the Lord 171 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:16,589 during, actually during the tribulation. 172 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:19,865 So we have the resurgence of Israel 173 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:22,177 as a sign of the times and the end times 174 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:24,671 a sign that Christ will return. And 175 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:26,439 then we have the resurgence of iniquity 176 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:29,255 or sin. Luke chapter 17 speaks of 177 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:31,455 this. And again the reference is 178 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:32,991 made to lot. And then as the days 179 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:35,071 of Noah and the days of lot, so shall 180 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:36,223 the coming of the son of man be. 181 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:37,559 Matthew references that. Matthew 182 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:41,263 24. I'm thankful that first Thessalonians 183 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:43,143 five nine says that God's children are 184 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:46,759 not appointed unto wrath, that we 185 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:50,921 will be caught up and we will be 186 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:52,829 taken out of here before the tribulation. 187 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:56,049 And again, I want to encourage you 188 00:00:30,179 --> 00:08:59,721 and explain and emphatically say 189 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:02,177 that the Bible teaches that the rapture 190 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:05,361 happens before the tribulation. It's 191 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:08,777 not an opinion. Most evangelical. 192 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:13,113 Those who are of the christian persuasion believe 193 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:15,281 that. And there are some who don't, 194 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:17,503 but they are the, not the majority. 195 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:19,687 Does that make sense? So if you're listening 196 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:21,687 to somebody who's saying they believe 197 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:24,579 in post wrath or they believe in, 198 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:26,679 you know, that the rapture happens 199 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:28,447 after the tribulation and the millennial 200 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:31,151 kingdom and all just realize that 201 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:33,231 they are the minority. By far the 202 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:36,887 minority. Not even close. So if you're 203 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:38,255 listening to somebody on podcasts 204 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:39,655 or listen to somebody on the Internet 205 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:42,111 who's espousing that doctrine, they are 206 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:46,789 wrong. They're biblically wrong. 207 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:51,601 Pretty cut and dry, too. We'll cover 208 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:53,149 some of that over the next few weeks. 209 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:55,017 I just want to just kind of lay that 210 00:00:30,179 --> 00:09:58,713 down there. But we do know that in 211 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:00,161 the Len times, there is a resurgence 212 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:02,897 of sin. We haven't seen that at all, 213 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:05,809 have we? You say, well, sin has always 214 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:08,345 been around, and, you know, I've 215 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:09,785 told you this before. If you do any 216 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:13,097 kind of study of the 1920s and 1930s, 217 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:16,145 before the second world war, man, 218 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:17,753 that's why they're called the roaring 219 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:20,257 twenties for a reason. Right? When. 220 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:22,737 When they began to develop film and 221 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:24,457 some of those early silent films, 222 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:27,401 you can't watch as a Christian. That's 223 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:29,349 how they're. They're bad, a lot of them. 224 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:32,481 It was the roaring twenties for a 225 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:34,481 reason. There was a lot of. A lot. 226 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:37,731 Even in the 1940s, up until even 227 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:40,579 early fifties, we had a red light 228 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:42,315 district in Fort Worth, downtown 229 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:46,279 Fort Worth. It's called Hell's half acre. 230 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:50,747 J. Frank Norris fought it and defeated 231 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:53,075 it, even though the mayor at the 232 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:54,719 time owned some of the property. 233 00:00:30,179 --> 00:10:56,915 Fort Worth mayor did. It's unbelievable. 234 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:01,195 Go back and read it. It's fascinating, but 235 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:03,909 we see that, and we know that there 236 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:06,021 has been sin all along. But I can 237 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:07,941 tell you this, that though there 238 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:09,605 has been some times which America has 239 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:12,501 been steeped in moral degradation, 240 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:15,461 there is no time in history in which you can 241 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:17,085 go back and just see that. That moral 242 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:20,605 degradation, that immorality happening 243 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:23,173 in such a flippant way. In other words, 244 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:26,005 out in the open, most of the time, 245 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:27,637 that was done in a, you know, a half 246 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:29,969 acre or in an acre or it was done, 247 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:32,341 you know, behind closed doors. But 248 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:35,469 today, it's just out there. It's 249 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:38,245 out there, and most of the time, accepted 250 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:42,165 as normal. It's crazy. We're living 251 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:45,229 in a day. We're living in perilous times. 252 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:47,409 That's what Timothy's saying here. 253 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:52,141 We're living in perilous times. Dangerous, 254 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:54,309 rebellious times. A wild time, difficult 255 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:57,765 times. A selfish time. I already 256 00:00:30,179 --> 00:11:59,277 referred to Luke 17. You can look 257 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:01,289 it up later. It refers to Noah and lot. 258 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:03,445 That's the kind of times we're living 259 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:06,797 in. Now, notice these words. I know 260 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:07,797 it's kind of boring to go through 261 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:09,061 these words, but I do want to cover them. 262 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:11,181 With you once again. It's been five 263 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:12,269 years since we covered them. Look 264 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:14,181 here. For men shall be lovers of 265 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:17,245 their own selves. We see this today 266 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:20,285 again, selfishness. But here is particularly 267 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:23,735 talking about humanism. The me generation, 268 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:25,975 the odd generation, the self indulgence 269 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:30,551 that we see today, the entitlement 270 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:36,551 mentality. Kids aren't taught to 271 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:43,339 share that. Lovers of their own selves. 272 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:45,983 It's all about me. It's all about 273 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:50,191 me. What can make me happy? What will 274 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:52,479 make me happy? What will give me 275 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:56,063 joy? Discounting my family, discounting 276 00:00:30,179 --> 00:12:58,359 many times my neighbors or whomever. 277 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:00,111 What will bring me joy? Lovers of their 278 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:03,999 own self. The rise of humanism. That 279 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:06,819 I am number one. Number two is covetousness. 280 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:08,703 Says men will be lovers of their 281 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:12,031 own selves. Covetous. The love of stuff. 282 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:13,779 We don't see this happening, do we? 283 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:17,289 Strongly. Strongly desires other 284 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:21,049 people's stuff. Kavachus is strongly 285 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:24,601 desiring other people's stuff. We 286 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:27,369 live today in a buy now, pay later 287 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:30,601 society. Young couples, please be 288 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:33,697 careful. You cannot have everything 289 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:35,241 that your parents have accumulated in 290 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:38,665 30 years. In 20 minutes. Get married. 291 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:40,281 You take a credit card and go down 292 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:43,031 and buy stuff. Don't do it. Don't 293 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:45,503 get caught in that trap. You'll regret 294 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:50,831 it. Don't get caught in that trap. Don't 295 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:56,823 get into debt. Think about the national 296 00:00:30,179 --> 00:13:59,295 debt. Think about what our politicians 297 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:03,511 have done. Why is there not a balanced 298 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:06,679 budget amendment? Because most politicians 299 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:09,509 are crooks. I hate that. I hate to say 300 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:13,309 that, but they are. They don't care 301 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:15,797 about the nation as it is, or as 302 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:17,853 it was. In other words, with that 303 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:20,929 debt comes so much other things. 304 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:23,005 But that can happen in your own life, 305 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:24,861 too. I won't have you raise your 306 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:26,157 hand, but most of you can kind of 307 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:27,917 just kind of look down. How many 308 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:29,477 of us have allowed ourselves to get 309 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:32,213 into debt at certain times in life? 310 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:35,711 And the slave, we became a lender. 311 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:39,751 We became a slave to the lender. Be 312 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:43,311 careful, covetous. Don't live a life 313 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:45,087 of covetous. Have a budget, have 314 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:48,143 a plan. Don't have credit card debt. 315 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:50,455 Don't, don't. Don't have credit card 316 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:52,615 debt. Don't do it. Or can I move 317 00:00:30,179 --> 00:14:56,679 on? Or should I stay there? Dave Ramsey, 318 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:00,297 whatever. This bolsters lovers of 319 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:02,985 their own selves. Boasters, inflated 320 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:06,553 egos full of big words. No, people 321 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:10,313 with no humility. We don't have anybody, 322 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:12,185 any of the athletes standing up saying, 323 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:16,761 I'm the best. Do we? Oh, my. I watch 324 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:19,697 the interview of the NBA, the National 325 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:22,509 Basketball association for the Ladies 326 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:26,685 and that lady who's of caucasian 327 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:29,341 persuasion who in her interview said 328 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:30,605 I'm the best player there's ever 329 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:32,381 been. And she goes through it and 330 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:35,429 she says, I carry the whole league 331 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:38,421 on my shoulders. Go read it. Go look 332 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:41,293 at it. Don't read it. Go watch her interview. 333 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:42,485 Some of y'all know who I'm talking 334 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:45,085 about. She's become very much part 335 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:50,673 of in the news here of late. No humility. 336 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:52,937 Proud. The Bible says proud. The 337 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:54,177 word proud means haughty. Thinks 338 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:56,241 of them again. Thinks better of themselves 339 00:00:30,179 --> 00:15:58,705 than of others. Arrogant and above 340 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:02,257 others. The Bible says God resisted 341 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:06,177 the proud. Y'all still with me? I know 342 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:08,817 this is a list. Blasphemers. Evil. 343 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:10,721 Speaking against God. Blaspheming 344 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:13,265 is speaking evil against God in sacred 345 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:17,587 things. Speaking evil against God 346 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:21,639 and sacred things. We see that today 347 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:26,235 on a monumental scale, making fun 348 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:30,399 of sacred things. We see it on tv 349 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:33,635 sitcoms that make fun of biblical 350 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:38,559 morality and lift up immorality. 351 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:41,363 And we as christians are guilty of laughing 352 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:46,693 at it. We see again this happening in many 353 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:50,589 areas where christians are made fun 354 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:55,981 of by society that if you hold this 355 00:00:30,179 --> 00:16:58,741 certain morality or you believe that 356 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:00,357 there is a God who created all things 357 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:03,141 or you believe in creation, a seven 358 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:05,901 day, six day creation, man, they'll 359 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:09,487 make fun of you all day long. I'm 360 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:10,511 just going to stand on the Bible. 361 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:13,471 Amen. What does the Bible say? But 362 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:17,431 we see this today. Blasphemers. Christianity 363 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:22,215 mocked and then it says disobedient 364 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:25,103 to parents. We have today the breakdown 365 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:28,743 of parental authority. I was again seeing 366 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:33,277 where in Sweden or one of those countries 367 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:36,081 this last week where a child was 368 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:38,801 taken away from parents because they 369 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:43,241 would not condone that transgender 370 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:47,241 and blockers and the medicine that they 371 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:49,785 wanted to give this child, the government 372 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:53,217 took the child away from them. We 373 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:56,513 have today a breakdown in parental 374 00:00:30,179 --> 00:17:58,729 authority not only from the kids 375 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:00,641 perspective but also from the politicians 376 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:05,295 perspective. We have states in our 377 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:09,591 own union that put kids words over 378 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:14,719 in adult words who say that parents 379 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:18,599 don't have the right to dictate whether 380 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:19,991 their kids have a certain surgery 381 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:21,679 or not. In California and many other 382 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:24,459 places, I'm thankful I live in Texas. 383 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:30,457 Listen, the school has no right to 384 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:31,857 dictate to me as a parent what I 385 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:34,665 do with my kids. The school district 386 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:37,641 has no right. The school district wasn't 387 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:39,561 given those kids by God. I was. It's 388 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:44,249 a gift for me from God and I am responsible 389 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:47,817 for raising my kids, not the school 390 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:49,281 district. The school district was 391 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:51,097 there to teach writing, reading and 392 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:53,427 arithmetic. And now what they've 393 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:55,639 done they've become a social experiment. 394 00:00:30,179 --> 00:18:59,479 There never should have been a sex ed class 395 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:01,811 at school. They have no right to 396 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:03,699 teach our kids anything in regards 397 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:04,987 to those things. You as a parent should 398 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:08,531 be doing that. Hello. We've let the 399 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:10,479 school system get way out of control, 400 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:12,531 and that is affecting all of this. 401 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:14,203 This disobedience of parents is not 402 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:16,403 just talking about the kid being 403 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:18,739 disobedient, but just the breakdown 404 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:22,049 in authority of parents over their children. 405 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:26,405 You think about again as we try to 406 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:29,021 raise our kids up in the nurture 407 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:31,221 and admonition of the Lord. And we use 408 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:33,565 biblical principles and biblical 409 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:36,557 rules to do that, such as corporal punishment. 410 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:39,437 And yet we are sneered at many times 411 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:41,181 because we believe that spanking 412 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:44,541 your kids is okay. In fact, our Bible 413 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:46,309 says that if you don't spank your kids, 414 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:49,729 you hate them. That's pretty blunt. 415 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:52,613 Oh, by the way, it says if your kid 416 00:00:30,179 --> 00:19:58,069 cries out, they won't die. I love 417 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:01,037 that. They won't die. Again, you 418 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:03,133 shouldn't beat your kids. God's given 419 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:05,997 a proper place on the backside of 420 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:07,613 a little kid where they should be 421 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:10,285 spanked, and there should be, again, 422 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:11,501 loving and compassionate. You should 423 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:13,623 never spank your kids when you're 424 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:16,223 angry, then you just become the bully. 425 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:18,447 You take time, you train them. They 426 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:20,495 should know why and what. And that 427 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:23,079 you love them again. I had this conversation 428 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:24,303 with somebody the other day. Well, 429 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:26,839 spankings just don't work. Well, 430 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:28,903 rules without reasons, and relationship 431 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:30,935 produces rebellion. Yeah, the spanking 432 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:32,415 won't work if you have no relationship 433 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:34,615 with that child. You have a relationship 434 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:36,655 with that child, and you've spent time 435 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:37,927 with that kid. Love is spelled t 436 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:41,195 I m eternat. I'm telling you. God 437 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:45,627 promises that it will work, and therefore 438 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:48,747 it will work. Disobedient to parents 439 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:51,363 and then unthankful. Unthankful. 440 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:54,131 Again, not appreciative. Ungrateful. Without 441 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:56,147 gratitude. A lack of thanksgiving, 442 00:00:30,179 --> 00:20:58,319 not only towards others, but towards God. 443 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:00,723 Thankless. We live in that today, 444 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:04,645 don't we? Just unthankful. Again. 445 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:06,741 Ingratitude takes root in the home. 446 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:08,661 That's where they learn it. That's 447 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:10,157 where we learn in gratitude. We need 448 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:11,889 to teach our kids to be thankful 449 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:15,917 again. I know it's real practical, but you 450 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:17,109 should be teaching your kids to say 451 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:19,021 thank you. You should be teaching 452 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:23,621 your kids to say please. Right. Grandma 453 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:25,325 gives them something. You should 454 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:27,141 tell your child now tell grandma thank 455 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:29,729 you. That's part of the training. 456 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:32,579 And if they don't, you take care of it. 457 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:36,279 You apply the boards of education 458 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:38,727 to the seat of understanding. Until they 459 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:42,615 do say thank you or please teach them 460 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:44,327 gratitude. By the way, they ought 461 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:46,579 to see you practicing the same thing 462 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:52,419 when the waitress comes to your table. 463 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:54,111 Wouldn't hurt to say thank you now 464 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:55,863 and again. Wouldn't hurt to say please 465 00:00:30,179 --> 00:21:58,029 now and again. Wouldn't hurt. Amen. 466 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:00,841 But we see in the last days again, 467 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:04,137 this ingratitude. Ingratitude. I 468 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:05,017 could spend some more time there, 469 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:08,337 but I won't unholy the next one. Unholy, 470 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:10,801 ungodly, profane wickedness devoid 471 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:14,069 of piety. In the end, the end times 472 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:19,185 will be a people who are unholy. We see 473 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:21,129 this in the sixties with the hippie 474 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:24,779 movement, the erosion of moral morality 475 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:26,979 in America and religious values. 476 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:30,643 We saw a resurgence in the 1980s, early 477 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:32,811 1980s by the moral majority. Y'all 478 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:35,307 remember that? And I wouldn't call 479 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:36,955 it a revival, but it's probably as 480 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:39,627 close as America has seen to revival 481 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:43,555 in the modern era. And I'm thankful 482 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:46,451 that there was a correction made, but 483 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:49,301 it wasn't a nationwide correction. It 484 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:51,277 wasn't national revival. There were 485 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:54,717 certainly pockets of it. But unholy, 486 00:00:30,179 --> 00:22:56,509 a sign of the end time, the perilous 487 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:01,289 times is ungodliness. And we see this today. 488 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:06,125 It is common. It is almost the majority. 489 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:08,773 If you look it up, I can't say statistics. 490 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:11,869 Sorry. That's pretty close. Marriage 491 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:15,209 today, you saw, if you see from 1930s 492 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:18,345 to today, people who are married, 493 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:21,265 that trend goes down. And those who are 494 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:23,349 living together, that trend is up. 495 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:26,993 A lot of couples see no reason to 496 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:30,961 get married today. It's accepted 497 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:35,761 as normal. Sleeping with somebody you're 498 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:37,281 not married to has been accepted 499 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:40,863 as normal. The Bible says it's sinhouse. 500 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:47,427 Adultery is sin. Hello. It's a sin 501 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:48,955 to live with somebody you're not 502 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:56,811 married to. Unholy homosexuality 503 00:00:30,179 --> 00:23:59,355 again, we think about again that without natural 504 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:04,667 affection, transgenderism, and all 505 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:05,699 the things that are happening today, 506 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:07,761 the moral decadence going on today 507 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:10,301 and in our society accept it as normal, 508 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:14,405 especially one political party. It's 509 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:17,837 crazy. Some of that stuff's so crazy. 510 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:21,277 God made male and female. If you 511 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:23,181 believe you're other than that, you 512 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:25,557 have a mental disorder. It's called 513 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:29,289 dysphoria. And it used to be treated. 514 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:34,975 It still should be treated. They need 515 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:37,775 help. And instead of giving them 516 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:40,779 help, we're giving into their delusion. 517 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:47,735 Hello. Don't go to sleep on me. Stand 518 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:52,775 up for right. Stand up for righteousness. 519 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:56,939 Stand up for biblical morality. Again, 520 00:00:30,179 --> 00:24:59,119 I'm thankful. Again. I live in Texas, 521 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:00,919 where there's some common sense still 522 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:03,923 in place. But you look at some of 523 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:07,331 the states around us, our own president 524 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:16,699 and vice president, giving in to 525 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:18,399 things that don't even make sense. 526 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:22,227 Don't make common sense. We live 527 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:26,251 in society without common sense. Man, 528 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:27,959 this is a downer, isn't it? Tonight, 529 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:31,039 preacher, move to something else. 530 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:35,799 Without natural affection. Actually, 531 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:37,819 without natural affection is talking 532 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:41,239 more about we live in an age in which 533 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:44,683 it's amazing to me how parents even 534 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:45,971 don't have natural affection for 535 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:49,091 their kids. Like, we have moms walking 536 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:51,515 away from their children. We have 537 00:00:30,179 --> 00:25:53,359 dads walking away from their children. 538 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:03,645 Just not natural. By the way, having 539 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:06,261 an abortion is not natural. That 540 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:09,005 don't come natural to somebody doesn't 541 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:12,637 come natural to a woman. By the way. 542 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:13,741 Women are the only ones who can have 543 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:21,687 babies. There, I said it. But we 544 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:23,031 see today this being accepted in 545 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:27,751 society as normal. You know, think 546 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:29,591 about that. Without natural affection. 547 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:31,215 It's amazing to me how we can see 548 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:33,287 young people beating up on old people. 549 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:34,767 Literally physically beating up on 550 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:39,431 old. That's not natural. He goes 551 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:41,767 on and describes many other things here 552 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:44,139 in the end times. Truce breakers. 553 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:50,761 Truce breakers. Those who don't keep their 554 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:52,873 word. It's amazing how we used to 555 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:54,105 be able to shake a person's hand 556 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:56,217 and they keep their word. And now you 557 00:00:30,179 --> 00:26:58,481 have contracts that are 50 pages 558 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:05,229 long. We're living in the last days. 559 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:09,369 There's little doubt we're living 560 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:11,931 in the last of the last days. As Brother 561 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:15,059 Stuart puts it, we're living in the 562 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:16,331 end times, but we're living in the 563 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:19,611 last of the end times. Christ could 564 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:27,755 return at any moment. We think about 565 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:30,307 the rest of this description, and 566 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:34,659 you could make a long list. And that 567 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:36,979 list that is found here in two Timothy. 568 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:41,339 False accusers, slanderers, those 569 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:44,323 who are incontent, those who lack control 570 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:46,363 and have no power over themselves. 571 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:48,547 Have you seen that today? Like people having 572 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:53,083 no self control, no effort to restrain 573 00:00:30,179 --> 00:27:59,451 themselves. Fierce. That means untamed 574 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:00,907 or savage or wild. We don't have 575 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:04,045 any of that going on today, do we? They're 576 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:10,261 burning down cities. Despisers of 577 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:12,609 those that are good. It's not that 578 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:16,861 they are immoral and they are fierce 579 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:19,053 and they are false accusers, and 580 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:22,149 you go through the list, but they 581 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:25,581 also despise us that are trying to 582 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:28,109 live moral lives, who are trying 583 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:29,573 to live righteous lives, who are trying 584 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:32,409 to live right. Again, we see this 585 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:35,977 in society today, where they want others 586 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:40,297 to be okay with their lifestyle, 587 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:43,145 acceptance of what they say, but 588 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:45,137 they don't want to accept us for 589 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:50,481 who we are. Despisers. Isn't it amazing 590 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:52,017 that that's in the Bible? Despisers 591 00:00:30,179 --> 00:28:57,163 of those that are good disdained by 592 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:02,091 society. Today, the ideal of being 593 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:04,719 good and living a moral life is ridiculed. 594 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:06,971 Oh, you've never drank? I saw that 595 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:08,315 interview they had of Trump where 596 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:11,839 he said he'd never drank a drop of alcohol, 597 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:14,299 and this reporter was just blown 598 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:19,003 away. Now, he may have had other 599 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:20,963 reasons why he's never drunk alcohol, 600 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:23,377 and you can go read about that. But 601 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:24,625 it's amazing how they make fun of 602 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:27,977 us. You've never had alcohol? I love 603 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:29,313 it when you go to the doctor and 604 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:31,497 they ask you, do you smoke? Do you 605 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:32,521 chew? Do you go to girls that do? 606 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:34,137 And you say, no, no, no. And they're 607 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:40,409 like, what's wrong with you? Traitors. 608 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:42,217 Those who are untrustworthy, think 609 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:46,401 of Judas heady. Those who are rash and 610 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:51,445 reckless, headstrong, high minded, 611 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:53,941 rude and arrogant, and a lack of respect. 612 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:56,317 You see that today, don't we? Lovers 613 00:00:30,179 --> 00:29:58,277 of pleasure, more than lovers of God. 614 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:00,157 This is one that really speaks to 615 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:02,685 the heart of a Christian. Even in 616 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:04,149 Christianity, even among christians 617 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:06,765 today, we see those who have lovers of pleasures 618 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:11,213 more than lovers of God. Sundays 619 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:14,151 used to be the Lord's day and things were 620 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:18,991 closed. And now it's just again. 621 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:20,503 I don't get it. As I said this morning, 622 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:21,687 people out mowing their yards on 623 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:23,103 the Sunday morning, like, why would 624 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:24,167 you mow your yards instead of come 625 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:30,703 to church? Can I remind you again 626 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:32,151 that we ought to seek first the kingdom 627 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:36,031 of God? Amen. Set your affections 628 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:41,273 on things above, as I think about again, 629 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:46,449 the list. Lastly, look at verse five. 630 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:48,129 Having a form of godliness but denying 631 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:50,353 the power thereof from such turn 632 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:53,361 away. We as christians need to be 633 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:55,241 aware that we are living in the last 634 00:00:30,179 --> 00:30:57,497 days not having our head in the sand, 635 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:00,385 but understanding too that we are 636 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:03,897 under the scope as well. That we 637 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:05,201 have a form of godliness but deny 638 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:07,133 the power thereof. That many times 639 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:10,277 we have christians who are living lives 640 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:12,809 that are hypocritical, not living 641 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:18,485 for the Lord. Outwardly religious, but 642 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:22,729 on the inside, full of moral degradation. 643 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:29,077 We need to walk with the Lord. Excuse 644 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:36,855 me. Sorry. We all fail, don't we? We 645 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:41,099 all fail. We all stumble and fall. 646 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:47,719 How are we to have a life that's 647 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:51,239 pleasing the Lord? How are we able 648 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:53,935 to say that I love the Lord and truly 649 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:57,391 mean it? How do I say that I truly 650 00:00:30,179 --> 00:31:59,445 love my wife? How can I say that? 651 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:01,489 I say that because I've spent time 652 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:04,721 with her. Because we have a relationship. 653 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:06,305 We've gone through good times and 654 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:08,161 bad times, and we have a relationship. 655 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:12,121 We spent time together. If we, in this 656 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:13,665 day and age of these end times, these 657 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:17,297 perilous times are to not only survive, 658 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:19,521 but thrive. We need a daily walk 659 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:24,909 with the Lord. How's your Bible reading? 660 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:27,839 How's your daily walk with Jesus? 661 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:30,679 Are you living in light of his return? 662 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:35,907 He could return today, he could return 663 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:39,331 now. Christian, we do stumble and 664 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:43,363 fall. Let us never be guilty of living 665 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:45,075 outwardly something that we are not 666 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:46,883 inwardly, by the way it eventually 667 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:51,141 creeps out, makes its way out. May we live 668 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:53,637 for the Lord. May we spend time with 669 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:57,237 him daily. May we take the time to 670 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:58,221 spend with him daily. May we teach 671 00:00:30,179 --> 00:32:59,765 our kids and train our kids to spend 672 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:01,949 time with the Lord. Dad and moms, 673 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:03,609 having devotions with your kids, 674 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:07,489 being here as you are tonight, as 675 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:12,429 faithful as you are in the last days, 676 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:15,229 perilous times shall come. Jesus 677 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:18,081 Christ is coming soon. Let's keep 678 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:21,169 our eyes on the sky at the same time, 679 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:24,161 keeping a bended knee, knowing that 680 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:26,081 he's returning, knowing that he can 681 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:29,441 return today. Not keeping our head 682 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:31,353 in the sand, being aware of the times 683 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:34,121 we live in, but not being a part 684 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:36,969 of those times. Come out from the world, 685 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:39,945 be separate, right? Live a life that's 686 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:43,331 pleasing to Jesus Christ. We live 687 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:45,475 in the last days. I want to encourage 688 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:47,755 you. There's a book by Paul Chappell, 689 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:49,411 and there's a couple of them still left 690 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:51,479 on the end times in our bookstore. 691 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:53,971 And we're going to cover follow a couple 692 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:55,203 of those things over the next few 693 00:00:30,179 --> 00:33:57,075 weeks, and then we're going to get 694 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:00,011 into the book of Daniel. And so, 695 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:02,547 taking the time to cover in the book 696 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:03,731 of Daniel, there'll be lots of things 697 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:04,987 we get to cover in our first part 698 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:06,827 of Daniel. We're going to cover Daniel 699 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:09,909 himself. And by the way, he chose 700 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:12,885 to live, right? But then Daniel's prophecy 701 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:14,325 in Daniel chapter two and Daniel 702 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:15,669 chapter seven and Daniel chapter 703 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:18,569 eight. And all these prophecies will cover 704 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:22,405 Daniel's 70 weeks, which has an impact 705 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:25,581 on our pre trib belief and understanding 706 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:28,365 that Christ is going to return for his 707 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:31,565 saints. We'll cover all those things. 708 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:33,009 I'm looking forward to it. I have. 709 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:36,445 Looking forward to that. Let's all 710 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:37,549 stand. We'll have a verse invitation 711 00:00:30,179 --> 00:34:37,789 tonight.