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SCOFFERS ARE COMING
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
2 Peter 3:3-4
Psalm 71:1-14
“Let, I pray thee,
thy merciful kindness
be for my comfort…”
SCOFFERS ARE COMING
In the final days of this age there will be much religious activity. Men will have a “form of godliness” but deny its power (2 Tim 3:5). Those who follow religion without the truth of God have nothing of spiritual value. As a result, they will become scoffers of the truth (2 Pet 3:3). Jude refers to these unbelievers of the last times as mockers. Certainly, as we have already noted, we see such a situation today. Often those leading movements against the Bible are theologians and church officials. Because these men are proud of their intellectual attainments and sure that man alone is captain of his own fate, they cannot admit to an all-powerful God who alone controls their eternal destiny. Thinking that man is sufficient in himself, these false teachers deny there is a coming judgment where man will have to give an account to his Maker.
Rejecting the truth of God, they form their own ideas concerning spiritual matters and ridicule all who have faith in the Gospel. The most ridiculed tenet of the Christian faith is the Second Coming of the Lord. This “blessed hope” (Titus 2:13) of the Christian spells eternal doom for the unbeliever. The scoffers deny the Second Coming on the basis that no major cataclysm has taken place during man’s history and they therefore expect none now. They see the world as continuing on in the same direction. They imagine progress toward eternal peace and prosperity despite the reality of continual war and suffering.
Such false teachers and scoffers are signs of the last times. We must be ever mindful of these teachings of the Scripture concerning them. The Lord has said, “Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me…” (Rev 22:12). Despite the scoffers’ protests, the Lord’s return and eternal judgment are sure. Let us be bold enough to proclaim this truth in the face of those who would ridicule the Gospel in these final days.
THOUGHT: What is one of the signs of the last times?
PRAYER: Father, Thy Word has warned of “evil workers” (Phil 3:2), may I heed Thy warning.