2 Timothy 3:1-7
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
In these verses Paul describes "times of difficulty" when people will be "lovers of self" (verse 2) and "lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God" (verse 4). Do these adjectives describe us? "Lover of myself", "lover of pleasure"? That is what our sexual fantasies are about, valuing our own pleasure above all else. Unfortunately that also means above loving God. What do you want to me known as, a "lover of pleasure" or a "lover of God" (verse 4)?
Lord, help me to love You above all else.
But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6 For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7 always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
In these verses Paul describes "times of difficulty" when people will be "lovers of self" (verse 2) and "lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God" (verse 4). Do these adjectives describe us? "Lover of myself", "lover of pleasure"? That is what our sexual fantasies are about, valuing our own pleasure above all else. Unfortunately that also means above loving God. What do you want to me known as, a "lover of pleasure" or a "lover of God" (verse 4)?
Lord, help me to love You above all else.