Do A Heart Check: What People Will Be Like in The Last Days

Know Your God! Draw Near to Him!

(2 Tim 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 such people. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 NIV

'This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For there shall be men who are lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, evil speakers, disobedient to their parents, unthankful, impure, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, without temperance, without meekness, without goodness, traitors, rash, puffed up, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 JUB

 Definitions found on Google search:

Covetous: having or showing a great desire to possess something belonging to someone else.

Boasters: someone who boasts, typically in an excessive or conceited way, by bragging about their accomplishments, possessions,  or qualities, often exaggerating or showing undue pride (braggart, blowhard, bragger)

Proud: having or showing a high or excessively high opinion of oneself or one’s importance.

Evil speakers:  (lashon hara) someone who engages in negative speech, gossip or slander, especially about an absent individual.  (Ps 140:11 The man with an evil tongue shall not be established in the earth.)

Disobedient to their parents:  someone who does not honor, listen to, or obey them

Unthankful:  not giving thanks, disagreeable, unappreciative, not showing gratitude.

Impure:  mixed with foreign matter, morally wrong, especially in sexual matters, immoral, corrupt

Without natural affection:  (Greek word astorgos)  signifies a deficiency in the natural affection that family members typically share.  The lack of affection extends beyond immediate family and can manifest as callousness, heartlessness, and a general disregard for the well-being of others.  A breakdown of societal structures and moral values.

Truce breakers: refers to individuals who violate a truce, covenant, or agreement.  Signifies a betrayal or trust and a failure to uphold promises or commitments.

False Accusers: someone who falsely claims that another person has committed a crime or wrong.  The accusation is untrue and can be made intentionally or unintentionally

Without Temperance:  the quality of moderation or self-restraint, abstinence, self-control, self-discipline

Without Meekness:  submissive, patient, long-suffering, forbearance, resignation, gentleness, mildness, softness, modest, diffidence (shyness or modesty)

Without Goodness: quality of being morally good, virtue, or virtuousness, showing high moral standard

Traitors:  a person who betrays a person, frien, country or principle.  A renegade, Judas, quisling (collaborator with the enemy).

Rash: lack of careful consideration of the possible consequences of an action.

Puffed up: someone who is proud, arrogant, or conceited

Lovers of Pleasure More than God:  Individuals who prioritize worldly pleasure, and self-gratification over their relationship with God.  People are more concerned with their own enjoyment and comfort than with spiritual devotion and service to God.

Form of godliness and denying the power thereof:  an individual who is knowledgeable about god, seems to do godly things, say godly things, but lacks the power, or evidence of God's power in their lives, the fruits of the spirit. (For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power. 1 Corinthians 4:20)

'Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. Romans 1:28-32NIV

'Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.   James 1:26-27 NIV