Mother Of Perilous Times!
"But know this, that in the last days perilous times
will come: For men will be lovers of themselves."
2 Timothy 3: 1-2
These verses give us three layers of truth: (1) There is a period
of history known as the “last days” of earth; (2) these days will
be perilous, a word
that means dangerous and savage; (3) the
most dangerous thing will
be a pandemic of self-love.
When people love themselves, driving forces for
everything become ego, self-admiration, personal
ambition, and disregard for anyone else.
Unmitigated selfishness is the mother of peril.
Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take
an interest in others, too” (Philippians 2:3-4, NLT).
Without the grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus,
we are all selfish people, more concerned about
ourselves than about anyone else.
It’s Jesus alone who teaches us to love others, to care for someone
besides ourselves, and to humbly obey God’s Word: “Don’t be selfish;
don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better
than yourselves.
Sin makes times perilous. When there is a general corruption
of manners, and of the tempers of men, this makes the times
dangerous to live in. But the coming of perilous times is an
evidence of the truth of scripture-predictions."
Matthew Henry
