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July 21, 2022
Like a pilot that warns his passengers of upcoming turbulence, Paul cautioned Timothy about the difficult people he would encounter in ministry. Even within the church, he warned, there would be corrupt men and weak women that appeared to be godly but who were ruled by their love of self. How are ministers to approach such people? Alistair Begg examines Paul’s advice and encourages today’s church leaders to follow the apostle’s example, to cling to what they’ve learned, and to rest in Scripture’s authority.
1But understand this, that yin the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2For people will be zlovers of self, alovers of money, bproud, barrogant, abusive, bdisobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3cheartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, dnot loving good, 4treacherous, reckless, eswollen with conceit, flovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5having the appearance of godliness, but gdenying its power. hAvoid such people. 6For among them are ithose who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7always learning and never able to jarrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8Just as kJannes and Jambres lopposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, mmen corrupted in mind and ndisqualified regarding the faith. 9But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, oas was that of those two men.
10pYou, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me qat Antioch, rat Iconium, and sat Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet tfrom them all uthe Lord rescued me. 12Indeed, all who desire to vlive a godly life in Christ Jesus wwill be persecuted, 13while xevil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and ybeing deceived. 14But as for you, zcontinue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom1 you learned it 15and how afrom childhood you have been acquainted with bthe sacred writings, cwhich are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16dAll Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17that ethe man of God2 may be complete, fequipped gfor every good work.
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