I’ve been studying II Timothy 3 where it talks about the last days. I’ve been going through each word and looking up the original meaning. Verse 4-5 says, “...(people will be) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!”
The first part of that verse means just what it says. But the last half caused me to say, “Whoa!!”
Having a form of godliness implies someone who morphs from being godly one moment and living like the world the next moment. Or living like the world during the week and morphing into “godliness” on Sundays—or when the preacher walks in the room.
Denying the power of godliness is denying the dynamite power which lives inside a believer—the power of the Holy Spirit. The Greek word includes the power of the Spirit to do miracles, to walk in moral power and excellence of life, to live a life of influence, and to have the power of an army. Wow!! That’s a lot of power offered us.
I believe the only reason we’d live a life of morphing from one person to the other is because we refuse to give up control. We don’t want to yield to the Spirit of God. A life of morphing versus a life of power in the Spirit? It doesn’t even make sense when you look at it this way.
That last part? “From such people turn away,” actually means, “Avoid them!” That’s because we’re taught in I Corinthians 15:33 that “evil company corrupts good habits.” Find people walking in the power of the Spirit and link arms. The power will be that of a strong army!
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