There is no substitute for the preaching and teaching of God's Word.

Each weekday on enjoying the journey, Scott Pauley leads us in a brief study of Scripture.

Today, on the weekend pulpit, we are happy to share a full-length Bible message given through Scott's

pulpit ministry. These messages were recorded live in a local church or gospel event in recent days.

It is our prayer that the message will be a help to you today.

Well, let's open the Word of God together. Once more today to the book of 2 Timothy.

So much truth in this book of the Bible, of course, for all the Christian life, but even for

your family.

And I bring you now to 2 Timothy chapter 3.

In fact, I'm bringing you to the chapter we are living in

presently because 2nd Timothy chapter 3 is the chapter that describes perilous

times it's interesting this is the way it starts look at verse number 1 this

know also that in the last days perilous times shall come may I say they're here the

phrase perilous times literally means dangerous days let me ask you are these

dangerous days oh there's danger in every way.

There's physical danger with the amount of violence going on in our world and strife and anger and

hatred and it's awful.

But when he describes these dangerous days, these perilous times, it's not the physical

aspect of it that he is referring to.

It is the spiritual aspect of it that he is referring to. It is the spiritual aspect of it that he is

referring to. These are dangerous days because the enemy is working overtime. Satan, the great

divider, Satan the great disruptor, Satan the great deceiver, Satan the great devourer. He's doing

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