Dear Brethren,

MEDITATION

3 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:  2  For men will be lovers of
themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy,  3  unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal,
despisers of good,  4  traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers
of God,  5  having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn
away!

2 Timothy 3:1-5

OBSERVATION AND INTERPRETATION

1. The phrase “The last days”
a) From the First coming of Christ to His Second Coming
b) We are in “the last days”

2. These are indeed “perilous times”

3. This is not a description of the world but a word of warning of what would happen in the Church!

4. The following are going to be found in the Church!
a) People love themselves
b) The love money
c) They are boastful
d) They are proud
e) Some are even blasphemers (They take God’s name in vain)
f) They are disobedient to parents
g) They are unthankful
h) They are unholy
i) They are unloving

j) They are unforgiving
k) They are slanderers
l) They have no self-control
m) They are brutal
n) They despise that which is good and righteous
o) They are traitors
p) They are headstrong
q) They are haughty
r) They are lovers of pleasure
s) They do not truly love God
t) They appear to be godly (but they are not!)
u) They deny the power of the Lord

APPLICATION TO LIFE AND MINISTRY

1. Appropriate response is needed
a) We must be fully aware
b) We must not associate with these obviously ungodly people
c) We cannot afford to be naïve about people who attend Church

2. Our Challenge
a) To guard the church of the Lord from such evil influence
b) To make sure that we keep strong and spiritually alert and alive
c) Let us ever seek to be prayerful and watchful always

Prayerfully,
Pastor Charles Tan