Welcome to the Crazy Love podcast.

In your opinion, what characteristics define the days we're living in?

In today's teaching, Francis Chan takes us into the warnings found in scripture about the last days,

where self-love, materialism, and shallow spirituality find their way,

not into the world, but into the church. He explains that through the Holy Spirit, we can

avoid these temptations and live a life of boldness, purpose, and unwavering faith in God.

Paul says to Timothy, and I think it's appropriate after watching that video in chapter

3, verse 1, he says, but understand this, that in the last days, there will come times of

difficulty.

When Paul was talking about the last times,

you know, the end times here, he's talking about the time that we live in and also the time that he lived in any time after the period of Christ. When you read Acts, you see it, they talk

about how they were in the end times and how he says he says

look you've seen my life he tells this young pastor he goes you saw how I was tortured

you saw how I was beat up for the sake of Jesus Christ and we got to remember that that goes

on around the world and we got to understand that a lot of persecution happens here in

America and a lot of us don't get persecuted because

we don't speak up but you guys know once you start speaking up that's when the persecution comes

I mean the truth is is people in India don't have to be persecuted if they would just shut up

about Jesus Christ and not stand up for what they believe.

They can dodge the persecution as well.

But Paul explains, no, in the end times, it's going to be difficult.

He just told Timothy, okay, you're a young pastor, you're just getting going here.

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