Scripture to Read: 2 Timothy 3:3
The list of what people will be like in the “last days” continues in 2 Timothy 3:3. God reveals to us the obvious signs that we are in the “last days” and that our Lord Jesus Christ could return for His church any time. We must be living for our Lord daily, sharing the beautiful news of the Gospel with everyone and living with the great excitement and expectation of our Lord’s appearing in the clouds (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18). God says that people are going to be “unloving, and irreconcilable.” To be “unloving” means to be heartless, unfeeling, or uncaring. Think about the modern-day slave market in our world. In the 21st Century, according to Wikipedia, “Modern slavery is a multibillion-dollar industry with just the forced labor aspect generating the US $150 billion each year. The Global Slavery Index (2018) estimated that roughly 40.3 million individuals are currently caught in modern slavery, with 71% of those being female, and 1 in 4 being children.” There is no need to look any further than these stats alone. Being “irreconcilable” means that people are unwilling to forgive. The Guinness Book of World records says, “According to the UN, the country with the highest divorce rate in the world is the Maldives with 10.97 divorces per 1,000 inhabitants per year, followed by Belarus with 4.63 and the United States with 4.34,” incredible evidence of people unwilling to forgive and be reconciled. God also says people will be “malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good.” Just turn on the news and the evidence will be overwhelming.
Challenge & Application
1. What did God show you and teach you today about what people will be like in the “last days?”
2. How are you guarding against displaying any of these characteristics in your life each day?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!