I HATE THIS NEW CHURCH

II Timothy 3:1-7, Romans 1:18-25

2 Timothy Exposition

Paul does not paint the future with rose color. He is no smooth-tongued prophet of a golden age into which this dull earth may be imagined to be glowing.

The characteristics Paul will describe speak not of bad

Lovers of their own selves: Self-love. No concern for anyone else. We don’t need to be encouraged to love ourselves; we naturally have such a love. Neither should we be taught to hate ourselves, but naturally have that type of love. The moment a man makes his own will the centre of life, divine and human relationships are destroyed, obedience to God and charity to men both become impossible. The essence of Christianity is not the enthronement but the obliteration of self.” (Barclay) (I die daily)

Covetous: The love of money as it pertains in a pastoral sense.

Boasters

Proud

Blasphemers

Disobedient To Parents

Unthankful

Unholy

Without Natural Affection

Truce Breakers

Fierce

Despisers Of Those That Are Good

Traitors

Heady

High-minded

Lovers Of Pleasures More Than Lovers Of God

Having A Form Of Godliness, But Denying The Power Thereof