19 Sins that mark the Last Days

We’re watching it become normal:

Paul didn’t leave us guessing what people would look like as the world moved deeper into the last days.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come":

2 Timothy 3:1

Then he gives the list.

1. Lovers of themselves

Self first. Self worship. Everything revolves around me.

2. Lovers of money

Never satisfied. Always wanting more.

3. Boasters

Everybody needs to know what they have, what they did, and how important they are.

4. Proud

Too proud to repent. Too proud to admit they’re wrong.

5. Blasphemers

God mocked openly. His name used as a punchline.

6. Disobedient to parents

Authority rejected even inside the home.

7. Unthankful

Blessed beyond measure and still complaining.

8. Unholy

Sin celebrated. Holiness mocked.

9. Without natural affection / unloving

Even the most basic bonds of family and human compassion begin breaking down.

10. Trucebreakers / unforgiving

People who won’t keep their word, honour agreements, or make peace.

11. False accusers / slanderers

Lies, slander, gossip, character assassination.

12. Incontinent / without self-control

No self control. Every appetite has to be fed immediately.

13. Fierce

Cruelty, rage, violence, and brutality.

14. Despisers of those that are good

Good becomes offensive simply because it’s good.

15. Traitors

Loyalty means nothing when personal advantage is on the line.

16. Headstrong

Reckless. Rash. Acting without wisdom or restraint.

17. High-minded / haughty

Arrogant, conceited, convinced nobody can tell them anything.

18. Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God

Entertainment, sex, money, comfort, sports, phones, hobbies. Anything gets more time than God.

19. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof

Religion on the outside with no real submission to God underneath it.

Then Paul says something people love to skip.

“From such turn away.”

2 Timothy 3:5

Read that list again and look around.

Paul wrote this nearly 2,000 years ago.