Well, the Bible says, in the end times, the world will be overrun by people who will

be lovers of self.

Perhaps it's not a stretch to say that in the end people will be lovers of selfies and

selfie sticks.

But seriously, when do our social media project a corrupt self-love at work inside of us?

That's today's question.

Hello, Pastor John.

My name is Ed, a 22-year-old Filipino.

I read in the Bible this, that in the last days, there will come times of difficulty.

For people will be lovers of self.

Two Timothy three versus one to two.

Based on this passage, do you believe vlogs and selfies and self-focused social media are

a cultural sign of this self-love emerging in our culture?

And what warnings would you sound to Christian smartphone users tempted in this self-promotive

way?

Let me answer with a double yes and no.

Two yes and no's.

First, yes, vlogs and selfies and self-focused social media are often, not always, an expression

of the self-exaltation and self-preoccupation and self-fascination of the last days.

But no, these new technologies are not the quote, this is to quote him to quote Ed, they

are not the emerging of such final experiences of sin because they've always been there.

The new technologies are giving new ways to express old sins.

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