Why an Entitlement Mentality Won't Work for a Christian (2 Tim. 2)
In II Timothy 2:3:1-5, Paul writes about times that seem eerily similar to our own: But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. How many times have men pondered at whether or not these are the last days, wondering if the time is near for Christ to return and claim his own. I think it is human nature for us to wonder about such things, especially when times are difficult, and no one denies that “these” days are different than the ones our parents faced. Each generation has its own struggles, and the offspring of each generation reaps those struggles. As our pastor often says,