Technological innovation, higher standards of living, changes in political systems, and all the marks of modern life have not changed the human condition. People are still lovers of themselves, money, and pleasure, prideful, abusive, ungrateful, and treacherous, just like in Paul’s time. People may even have a form of godliness, but their lifestyle and lack of faith deny its power. People’s gullibility and sinful desires are exploited for selfish gain by those of depraved minds.
In stark contrast, godly people live with purpose, faith, patient endurance through all kinds of suffering, and most of all, love. A godly life in Christ Jesus brings persecution because such a life rebukes the people of the world of their evil. Persecution and other pressures from the world are discouraging. But we overcome the world when we continue to live out what we’ve learned about being a Christian and following Jesus. Therefore, studying the God-breathed, Holy Scriptures is critical for our faith. God’s word makes us wise for salvation and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness.
We are living in the last days (1) before Jesus’ glorious return. Hold onto God’s word.
Jul 30, 2026
CONTINUE IN WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
Passage: 2 Timothy 3:1-17
Key verse: 14-15
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chapter 3
1. But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
2. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3. without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4. treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God -
5. having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
6. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires,
7. always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
8. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these teachers oppose the truth. They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
9. But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.
10. 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.
16. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
17. so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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Prayer: Father, thank you for salvation in Jesus, which I’ve received from your word. Help me to continue in what I have learned and to grow.
One Word: Continue to be faithful to Jesus