2 Timothy 3:16 - 4:5

The King James Version says:

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.  I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;  Preach the word;  be instant in season, out of season;  reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine;  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;  but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.  But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

The New International Version puts it this way:

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.  In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:  Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage with great patience and careful instruction.  For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.  They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.  But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

Not matter what version you read, it all says the same thing.  We are living in the last days.  The days that the Apostle Paul was writing about, are here.  People ARE turning away from the truth, and following whatever teaching makes them feel good, for the moment.  They are turning away from the One True God, and making up their own gods.  Gods that will make them feel good about themselves.  Gods that won't tell them they are sinning, that what they are doing, and saying, and thinking, are okay.  It's normal behavior.  But the Bible says that when we come to Him, God makes us MORE than normal, MORE than natural.  He makes us to be SUPERnatural, as He Himself is.  Not that WE are gods ourselves, but that we become God's children.  


The world needs to hear what we as Christians have to say.  If we will endure hard times, and criticisms, and do the work of an evangelist, we will see people saved right up until the end.  God's Will will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven.  Don't give up, don't give in.  Fight the good fight, run your race, do the work God has given you to do.  Then we will receive the crown of righteousness from Him, to be laid at His feet.  


Keep looking up, watching and praying, enduring till the end.  Lift up His Holy Name.  Amen.