Junior High | Last Days Livin’ (2 Timothy 3:1-9) | Tate Cox

Main message: The sermon teaches that 2 Timothy 3 describes the moral and spiritual character of the last days: people will increasingly become self-centered, deceptive, and hostile to what is good. Believers should recognize these signs, turn away from such influences, stay grounded in Scripture, and keep growing in grace and truth.

Key points:

• The “last days” will be marked by perilous, difficult times, not peace.
• Paul’s list of 19 traits describes the people of the last days: selfishness, pride, greed, irreverence, disobedience, lack of gratitude, unholiness, unlovingness, unforgiveness, slander, lack of self-control, brutality, love of evil, betrayal, recklessness, arrogance, pleasure-seeking, and fake godliness.
• The presence of these traits in the world shows that we are living in the last days.
• Christians are told to “turn away” from such people and influences.
• The sermon warns that deceivers slip in secretly, prey on the weak, and mislead people away from the truth.
• Jannes and Jambres illustrate satanic deception, but God will ultimately expose and destroy deceivers and Satan himself.

Scriptures mentioned: 2 Timothy 3:1-9, 1 Timothy 6:10, Isaiah 5:20, Exodus 7:9-12, Exodus 8:18-19, 2 Peter 2:1-9, 2 Peter 2:17, Revelation 20:10, Matthew 4, Luke 4, 2 Timothy 2:26, 2 Peter 3:17-18