This 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: 1-6 (KJV)

But understand this, that in the last days dangerous times [of great stress and trouble] will come [difficult days that will be hard to bear]. For people will be lovers of self [narcissistic, self-focused], lovers of money [impelled by greed], boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane, [and they will be] unloving [devoid of natural human affection, calloused and inhumane], irreconcilable, malicious gossips, devoid of self-control [intemperate, immoral], brutal, haters of good, traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of [sensual] pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of [outward] godliness (religion), although they have denied its power [for their conduct nullifies their claim of faith]. Avoid such people and keep far away from them. 

2 Timothy 3:1-6 (Amplified)

I wonder how Jesus felt

when betrayed by Judas,

one of the chosen twelve?

He who created the world

and all of us knew it must

be so. For it was the Father’s

will that Salvation for all be

divinely, majestically and

sovereignly accomplished

through the shed blood of the Cross.

And if we are truly trying

to walk upon the narrow road,

like our beloved and precious

Jesus lived, our everything,

we too will have our Judas

heart-wrenching betrayals too.

I wonder how Jesus felt

when betrayed by Judas,

one of the chosen twelve?

I wonder how Paul felt

when Demas decided to

follow the world instead

of the narrow, joyous,

blessed path of Jesus Christ.

I wonder how Paul felt

when Demas, a friend,

co-laborer in Jesus Christ,

betrayed his heart-given trust.

I wonder how Paul felt?

One holy, divine,

blameless and perfect.

Savior of the world

came to die to save

us from our many sins.

The other a sinner saved

by grace who in His heart

the King of Kings resided

who God chose to use to

proclaim the glorious

gospel of Jesus Christ.

They both pressed on!

Our Savior pressed on

in glorious sinless perfection.

Paul pressed on through

grace through faith that

he received from Jesu Christ!

And like Paul, we will too!

For Jesus Christ and

His eternal kingdom,

His Holy ways and Word

are our purpose, our joy,

our lifetime pursuit and

quest. Jesus Christ alone

is our glorious, hope-filled

prize, blessed security,

and the only one we

can truly and forever trust!

Ah Heaven will be like this

where every intent, word,

action will be a Christ-given

gift. Oh what a joyous, hope-filled,

glistening world that will be.

Until that glorious day, press on

soldiers of the cross of Jesus Christ,

press on, press on, press on!

When a royal, redeemed,

Child of Jesus Christ goes

out and sees a sunset or sunrise

painted in the sky in their

favorite colors painted by their

majestic, Creator God, one

can only humbly, adoringly,

and worshipfully say, Lord

your radiant light-filled majesty

and exquisite beauty fills all the earth!

We have not a merit of

our own. For it is

Christ who covers

us with His precious

blood and Christ alone.

Lord, you have lavished us

with so many earthly

and eternal blessings.

Your benefits are innumerable.

Lord how can we further

your Holy call and make

your Salvation and name

above all names the name

we proclaim above all others.

May this be our moment-by-moment

ardent, humble, adoring prayer

and lifelong pursuit and mission!

Amen, Amen, and Amen!

The riches of our Savior’s grace

is an incomparable banquet table

that can never be diminished, a

lavish feast on earth and for all

eternity to all who repent and believe.

There is nothing more thrilling,

exciting, and more comforting than

to be cared for, lavishly loved, tenderly

Shepherded, taught and mentored

graciously, ungrudgingly, thoughtfully

courteously and bounteously by our

blessed and glorious Triune God!

Rejoice in the brilliant and tender

Shepherd we are honored to call

Lord, Friend, Redeemer, King, and friend!

Every sin confessed

and repudiated by the

precious, cleansing,

empowering blood of

Jesus Christ our Lord

becomes a diamond

doorway to our Savior’s

love, His grace, His beauty,

His gift of transformation,

His tender compassion,

His omnipotent open arms,

His ceaseless and non-condemning

mercy filling us with expectant hope

and the righteous, glorious, Holy

underserved, beauty-filled robes

of our Salvation that can never,

not ever, no ever be taken away.

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?”

1 Corinthians 3:16 9 (KJV)

Does not the gentle rain of kindness, graciousness,

and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit of our Triune

God creates a tender, kind, and compassionate,

Christ-centered soul? If that soul is truly feeding

on the source of all sources, the Holy Word of our

unrivaled Triune God, that redeemed and Christ-centered

heart will be a fruit of the Spirit golden symphony, a gift

to the weary pilgrim in this ever-darkening and sin-filled world.

The glorious, Holy, divine, and narrow

road is not highly populated. May we

all victoriously and valiantly, and

vehemently choose it joyfully no matter

what the cost, no matter what the cost!