Bible Questions Answered:
“...most of my friends don't believe
in God...”
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Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
We live in what our Bibles calls “the
last days.” Times of great scoffing, and cynicism, nothing is to be
believed, and certainly no one.
Cynicism:
An attitude of scornful or jaded
negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or
professed motives of others:
(The Free Dictionary-Farlex)
II Timothy 3:1-5 NLT
1 You should know this, Timothy,
that in the last days there will be very difficult times.
2 For people will love only
themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud,
scoffing at God, disobedient
to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred.
3 They will be unloving and
unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They
will be cruel and hate what is good.
4 They will betray their friends, be
reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God.
5 They will act religious, but they
will reject the power that could make them Godly. Stay away from
people like that!
Scoffers:
To speak
derisively; mock; jeer.
(Dictionary.Com)
Last
Day Scoffers, And Mockers:
Psalm 1:1 NLT
Oh, the joys of those who do not
follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or
join in with mockers.
Psalm 14:1 KJV
The fool hath said in his heart,
There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works,
there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 73:11 NLT
“What does God know?” they ask.
“Does The Most High even know what’s happening?”
Proverbs 14:9
KJV
Fools make a mock at sin: but among
the righteous there is favor.
Isaiah 5:18,19
NLT
18 What sorrow for those who drag
their sins behind them with ropes made of lies who drag wickedness
behind them like a cart!
19 They even mock God and say,
“Hurry up and do something! We want to see what you can do. Let The
Holy One Of Israel carry out His plan, for we want to know what it
is.”
Jeremiah 17:15
NLT
People scoff at me and say, “What
is this ‘message from The Lord’ you talk about?.."
Acts 13:40, 41
NLT
40 Be careful! Don’t let the
prophets’ words apply to you. For they said,
41 ‘Look, you mockers, be amazed
and die! For I am doing something in your own day something you
wouldn’t believe even if someone told you about it.
II Peter 3:3,4
KJV
3 Knowing this first, that there
shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise
of His coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue
as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Jude 17-21 KJV
17 But, beloved, remember ye the
words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus
Christ;
18 How that they told you there
should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own
ungodly lusts.
EXB Vs. 18 It is most
important for you to understand what will happen in the last days.
·People [L Scoffers] will ·laugh at [scoff at; ridicule] you.
They will ·live doing the evil things they want to do [indulge their
own desires/lusts;
19 These be they who separate
themselves, sensual, having not The Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up
yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in
The Holy Ghost,
Decision
Day:
Joshua 24:15 KJV
And if it seem evil unto you to
serve The Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the
gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the
flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as
for me and my house, we will serve The Lord.
Proverbs 13:20
KJV
He that walketh with wise men shall
be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Dear Friend, today,
is the day to call upon the name of The Lord. We have no promise of
tomorrow!
Proverbs 27:1
KJV
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for
thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Hebrews 4:7 KJV
"...To day if ye will hear His
voice, harden not your hearts.
Acts 2:21 KJV
And it shall come to pass, that
whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall be saved.
