Scripture: 2 Timothy 3: 10-15
You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, 11 persecutions, sufferings—what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. 12 In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Scripture Commentary:
Sin has consequences, and no one will get away with it forever. Live a godly life – live as if your actions will one day be known to everyone. Now is the time to change anything you wouldn’t want revealed later.
Don’t be surprised when people misunderstand, criticize, and even try to hurt you because of what you believe and how you have changed your life. Don’t give up!
Jesus’s light changes people.
Don’t expect false teachers and evil people to reform and change on their own. Left alone, they will go from bad to worse. If you have the opportunity to bring them back to faith in Christ, do so.
Christ has placed people in your life to bring them out of the darkness (as we all were at a time in our life). You are to point them to His glory, light and love.
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