2Timothy 3:12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, 13 while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
There are Four important things to note at the start of these two verses we just read I have covered the first two in a previous posting and will address the third in this post.
3) The reasons for this promise of persecution are simple: Vs 13 It involves; (a. & b.) two types of people, (c.) their declining conscience towards anything good, and (d.) their evangelistic nature regarding their deception.
a. Evil People (Evil people are those who are just plain bad, they enjoy sinful pleasures at the expense of others. You are not likely to find these people in churches but you will encounter them in day to day life.)
b. Imposters (Imposters are those claiming to have faith while practicing sin. They may very well go to church and seem sincere on Sundays, but during the week they live a different lifestyle. They are also often symphathizers with the ungodly)
c. They will go on from bad to worse (They will not improve with time. They in fact will go from bad to worse. Many attempts at reasoning do nt prove succesful in stopping their decline.)
d. They will be deceiving and being deceived (They seek to deceive others by dragging them into their own deception, a deception they too embraced from others. They are trapped in a cycle of deception. They are evangelistic according to their deception. They cannot be happy unless others are joining them in their ideas and opinions.)
About The Author
- Tim Atchley
- Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
- I currently serve as Senior Pastor of Harvest Church in Knoxville, Tn. I was sent out from Trinity Chapel of Knoxville in 1993 accompanied by my wife Sheila our four children Sarah, Hannah, Josiah & Isaac and a handful of bold, brave and committed believers determined to plant our first church. Pioneering is hard work but well worth the journey. That is why we desire to make disciples of Christ who will, like us, also embrace the call to plant churches.
