Sinful Characteristics of Truth Opposers in the Last Days

April 3, 2016
Sermon
Lesson 10
2 Timothy 3:1-9

Sinful Characteristics of Truth Opposers in the Last Days

Main idea: Be ready for the difficult days coming (and are already here)!

1. Times of difficulty coming (1)
2. Characteristics of evil people in our culture (2-5)

Lovers of self (2)
Lovers of money (2)
Proud (2)
Arrogant (2)
Demeaning (2)
Disobedient to parents (2)
Unthankful (2)
Unholy (2)
Heartless (3)
Irreconcilable (3)
Slanderous (3)
Without self-control (3)
Untamed (3)
Not loving good (3)
Traitorous (4)
Reckless (4)
Puffed up (4)
Lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God (4)
Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power (5)

3. Ultimate failure of false teachers (6-9)
   Danger of door-to-door false teachers (6)
   Capturing weak women, who learn but don’t get to truth (6)
   They will fail, just like Jannes and Jambres against Moses (8-9)
   Prelude sign: Staff to serpent (Exodus 7:10-13)
   Plague #1: Water to blood (Ex 7:20-25) (J&J duplicated)
   Plague #2: Frogs (Ex 8:1-7) (J&J duplicated)
   Plague #3: Gnats (Ex 8:16-19) (J&J could not duplicate)
   Plague #6: Boils (Ex 9:11) (J&J stricken)

Application:
Take heart—false teachers will not get very far!
They are under the sovereign control of our loving God!