Ominous warnings

1
Ominous warnings

• But evil men and impostors will proceed from
• bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
• 2 Tim. 313

2
Ominous warnings

• But realize this, that in the last days difficult
• times will come. 2 For men will be lovers of
  self,
• lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers,
• disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3
• unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips,
• without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 4
• treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of
• pleasure rather than lovers of God
• 2 Tim. 31-4

3

• As things proceed from bad to worse,
• as the difficult days come
• Have others gone through this?
• How did they react?
• How did they cope?

4
Evil days are nothing new

• Skepticism
• I hate double-minded men... 113
• Arrogance
• The arrogant mock me without restraint... 51
• Insensitivity
• Their heart is covered with fat 70

5
Evil days are nothing new

• Practice of evil
• Away from me you evildoers... 115
• Mistreatment by the wicked
• ...the wicked bind me with ropes... 61
• Mistreatment by the government
• Rulers persecute me without cause... 16

6
Evil days are nothing new

• Skepticism
• Arrogance
• Insensitivity
• Evil practiced
• Wicked mistreat
• Rulers mistreat

• O Lord dont you
• know, if youre
• looking below, its
• worse now than
• then???!!

7
Evil days are nothing new

• Skepticism
• Arrogance
• Insensitivity
• Evil practiced
• Wicked mistreat
• Rulers mistreat

• How do
• the
• righteous
• react?

8
The Impact

• Low-spirited, emotionally drained
• I am low in the dust... 25
• My soul is weary with sorrow... 28
• Moved to tears
• Streams of tears flow from my eyes...136

9
The Impact

• Anger and disgust
• Indignation grips me Because of the wicked, who
• have forsaken your law 53
• I look on the faithless with loathing, for they
  do not
• obey your word. 158

10
The Impact

• Wanted persecutors judged
• How long will your servant wait? When will you
• punish my persecutors? 84
• It is time for you to act, O Lord you law is
  being
• broken. 126

11
The Impact

• Low spirits
• Moved to tears
• Anger, disgust
• Wanted judgment

• Are such
• reactions
• and feelings
• improper?

12
The Impact

• Low spirits
• Moved to tears
• Anger, disgust
• Wanted judgment

• How
• to
• cope?

13
How to cope

• My soul is weary with sorrow strengthen me
• according to your word, 28
• My comfort in my suffering is this Your promise
• renews my life, 50

14
How to cope

• I remember your ancient laws, O Lord, and I find
• comfort in them, 52
• May your unfailing love be my comfort, according
• to your promise to your servant, 76
• If your law had not been my delight, I would have
• perished in my affliction, 92

15
How to cope

• I will never forget your precepts, for by them
  you
• have renewed my life, 93
• The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will
• ponder your statutes, 95

16

• Evil days are nothing new
• Our reactions not necessarily wrong
• Gods word is sufficient to see us through