2 Timothy 4:1-5
I was just reading 2 Timothy 4:1-5. It really made me think about today’s society…how there is a tendency for people to seek out a faith that matches their lifestyle. People seek a god that fits their lifestyle and beliefs instead of a lifestyle and beliefs that fit their God. Gone are the days where right is right and wrong is wrong. It seems like most people have already decided their life philosophy and they are just looking for a theology to wrap around it.
I think sometimes we have even polluted the doctrine of forgiveness by subtly making it a license to sin. It’s the old “easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission” concept. The problem is that God knows our hearts. Nothing is hidden from Him. He knows our motives, the depth of our sincerity, the contrition of our heart, and the genuineness of our desire to please Him.
The more I listen to the people the more I am convinced that we’re living in the day described by Paul in this passage. When tolerance is valued over truth and we have a “what’s in it for me” mindset when it comes to spiritual matters, we’ve drifted from God.
Our mission is clealy laid out for us: Endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. Let’s stick to the task entrusted to us by the Savior!
