2 Timothy 3:1-5
1 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, 4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away
What looks good on the outside Part 1
The apostle Paul gives a brief description to Timothy of how people will be in the last days and every thing he spoke is evident in the world we live in today. In verse 5 he says something that resonates with the state of some church people. “Having a form of godliness but denying its power”. He says to turn away from these people.
Dictionary.com had many definitions for form but # 4 is the best.
a dummy having the same measurements as a human body, used for fitting or displaying clothing.
It is a reminder of how Jesus describes the Pharisee in Matthew
23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
Lets pray to the Lord for an internal cleansing and to reveal to us anything in us that is not like Him. Lord purge us with hyssop and we’ll be clean but if you wash us we’ll be whiter than snow. Psalms 51:7
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