Little Country Church on the edge of town

Do do do do do do

People coming every day from miles around

For meetings and for Sunday school

And it's very plain to see

It's not the way it used to be.

Welcome to the Word for today, featuring the Bible teaching ministry of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a chapter by chapter verse by

verse study through the entire Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues his message, the signs of the time to come as we pick up in

2 Timothy chapter 3 verse 1. And now with today's study, here's Pastor Chuck.

Shall we turn now in our Bibles to 2nd Timothy chapter 3?

Paul said to Timothy, this know also that in the last days, perilous times shall come.

It is interesting that the scriptures in many places speak of the last days.

And in every case where the scripture speaks of the last days,

you find that it is an apt description of the day and the age in

which we live. And so Paul is warning Timothy of certain things that will be transpiring in the last

days. And as we go down the list, it's like reading the afternoon

newspaper. Periless times shall come. The cause of the perilous times are found in the things

that people will be doing and at the top of the

list, men will be lovers of their own selves. Have you ever seen an age when people were more

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