(Nuggets from 2 Timothy 3:13)
These are the very LAST DAYS our Lord Jesus and Apostle Paul talked about. You and I are practically LIVING at the TAIL END of the church age.
TheEV ENTS and the kind of people that will characterize the END TIMES were elaborated in Matthew 24 by our Lord Jesus and also in 2 Timothy 3:1-5 by Apostle Paul.
The WIND OF THE LAST DAYS is CURRENTLY BLOWING, and the targets are GENUINE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM. The devil is racing against time because he knows he has limited time to execute his plans, and he is busy exploring all available options to meet up with and exceed his target.
Many GENUINE CHILDREN OF GOD will eventually fall prey as the Bible predicted, EVEN THE VERY ELECT. This should cause some shivers down your spine and make you have a rethink about your walk with God.
Apostle Paul in 2nd Timothy 3:5 gave us a clue on the CATEGORIES OF CHRISTIANS who will end up being SEDUCED and DECEIVED in these last days:
"Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof"...
Who are those CHRISTIANS who HAVE A FORM OF GODLINESS BUT DENY THE POWER THEREOF?
All those who have an OUTWARD FORM OF GODLINESS (always looking religious, going to church, pretending to be children of God but living in secret sins, backbiting, propagating hatred, keeping malice) but DENYING THE POWER OF GODLINESS (not allowing the HOLY SPIRIT TO TRANSFORM THEM leading to GENUINE INNER CHANGE and fostering an INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.)
SEDUCERS in this context has a dual meaning: those who are positioned by the devil to lure an unwary Christian into sin of IMMORTALITY, just like Samson was mesmerized by Delilah, and Potiphar's wife who lured Joseph but failed in her mission.
The other aspect of SEDUCERS are those who CONFUSE genuine Christians and lead them astray through WORLDLY PHILOSOPHIES, HERESIES and TWIST the word of God in such a way that would CONVINCE and lead them into BLASPHEMY.
You and I are commanded as BELIEVERS to "turn away from such people". Today's verse warns against HYPOCRISY - professing to be a child of God, acting piously but living contrary to God's injunctions; focusing more on RELIGION and SERVICE to God, prioritizing WORKING FOR GOD, but outrightly refusing to WALK WITH GOD.
One of the MAJOR HERESIES these DECEIVERS propagate is the DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL SECURITY - THAT ONCE YOU'RE SAVED, YOU'RE FOREVER SAVED.
This is a doctrine from the pit of hell.
These DECEIVERS go about preaching that once you have given your life to Christ, you are covered; that even if you commit any sin, it is the flesh that committed it and that it doesn't affect the Spirit, therefore if the person dies in that state of sin, that the spirit is in right terms with God because the flesh that committed the sin will be lowered down to mother earth while the Spirit that got born again will ascend to Heaven.
WHAT A TERRIBLE LIE!!!
If you ever believed this, you're doing so at your own PERIL!
After being BORN AGAIN, YOU MUST PROTECT YOUR SALVATION by working it out with FEAR & TREMBLING. The SALVATION in this context is not INTERIM SALVATION (BEING BORN AGAIN), it refers to ETERNAL SALVATION, being QUALIFIED to SPEND THE REST OF ETERNITY WITH GOD AT LAST.
HYPOCRITES abound in the body of Christ today - like a SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE. They are FAKE CHRISTIANS, PRETENTIOUS, SLANDEROUS and MISFITS in the Kingdom of God because they are PUBLIC SAINTS but SECRET SINNERS.
So, are you currently under some SPELL of SEDUCTION, DECEIT or HYPOCRISY? Check yourself and so some self-assessment.
DON'T GET CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF SIN AND ALWAYS ASK GOD TO HELP YOU TO DISCERN ARIGHT AND EXPOSE ALL SEDUCERS, DECEIVERS AMD HYPOCRITES AROUND YOU.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 18 OF 365 (2026)
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