Form Versus Substance

But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. (2 Timothy 3:1–5, NIV 1984).

My Musings – I read the above text and have a hard time not believing that we are nearing the climax of the last days. It is so descriptive of society today. Not all, maybe not even most, but I don’t like the downward trajectory that I’ve seen in my lifetime.

Then I get to the part where it says “having a form of godliness but denying its power.”I don’t know about you, but there…