Welcome to a year in the Bible with daily grace. My name is Kristen and my name is Katie and we want to spend a few minutes a day with you walking through the New Testament one chapter at a time.

This year we will fix our gaze upon Christ so that we may know

him, not only with our minds but with our hearts. Together we will learn that

who Jesus is changes everything.

Welcome back to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

My name is Kristen, and today we are studying 2nd Timothy 3.

As always, you can follow along with the Behold Studies studies as well as the reading plan and all

of that will be linked in the show notes below. By this point in Paul's second letter to

Timothy we are not surprised when Paul describes opposition in ministry. In First

Timothy Paul described false teachers infiltrating the church and attempting to

lead the church astray. In fact in First 1st Timothy 4, Paul attributes this false teaching to the teaching of demons.

Yesterday, Paul revisited these false teachers, and today he will again warn Timothy of more hardship to come.

But Timothy shouldn't be surprised either. He's witnessed much of Paul's suffering first hand.

As Paul's team said in the disciples in Listera, Iconium, and Antioch, it is necessary to go through

many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God. Today, Paul will draw a line between godlessness and godliness, teaching Timothy to guard himself

and his congregation against those who want to deceive the vulnerable.

However, despite this evil, Paul does not leave Timothy ill-equipped.

Paul reminds Timothy of his own ministry and of the sufficiency of scripture to guide

believers in truth.

Chapter 3 begins with, but understand this, that in the last days there will come times of

difficulty.

It's important for us to remember that these last days are not a future time period.

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