2 Timothy 3:1-5 BSB

“1But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. 2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, 4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Turn away from such as these!”

Media Influence in Human Lives

We are definitely living in the last days! I live in the USA, and I see this in my nation in abundance! Although the internet definitely has some good uses and purposes, which I am very grateful for, it also has opened the door wide to every form of evil imaginable, I believe. And so much of this is being daily fed into people’s hearts and minds. And the young and the vulnerable are especially susceptible to believing the lies and to rejecting the truth, because the lies often make them feel good, which the truth may not.

Radio first, then television, then computers, then the internet, and then smart phones (also the internet) can be and are being used as means of mind control, mind manipulation, propaganda, and influence in people’s hearts and minds, also influencing their attitudes, values, and behaviors. For as the saying goes, “garbage in, garbage out.” What gets stored up in our minds and hearts can and will come out in our attitudes and behaviors. But the media does have some plusses, such as what I am able to write now.

So, the media (radio, television, and the internet) can be a good thing, or it can be a bad thing depending upon what we do with it, and how we use it, and whether or not we are mature and sensible and godly people who are able to discern what we should not be viewing and what is safe for us to view. Children should not be handed computers, tablets, and smart phones and then not be supervised, for they lack the maturity to make the right kinds of decisions. And honestly, it appears that applies to many adults.

What’s Permeating the Church

And I know you may think that I rail on this subject, but pornography use has skyrocketed via the internet and smart phones. And this is permeating the church and the lives of people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, including probably half the pastors (or greater than half), according to recent statistics. And this is destroying people’s lives and their marriages and their families, and the church at large. So many are now embracing this sin, and few seem to be willing to do what needs to be done to put it to death.

And this doesn’t just impact the person doing the sinning, but it affects all who are impacted by the sinners, via their sins, one way or another. For those who are addicted to sin and to disobeying God will also be those who lie and who cheat and who hate and abuse those they are supposed to love. And the sin will completely distort the meaning of the word “love,” and it will damage the minds and hearts of those addicted to the sin. And they will easily accept the lies of Satan and reject the truth, to justify their actions.

And “love” is not just feelings and emotions. Love is action. And God is love. And “love” means to prefer what God prefers, which is all that is holy, righteous, godly, morally pure, upright, honest, faithful, and obedient to our Lord and to his commands. And love does no harm to its neighbor. So it isn’t love for God or for anyone else if how you treat them comes from a heart set on sin and selfish desire and the lusts of the flesh. For viewing porn is adultery, and it is traitorous, conceited, and thinking only of self. It is hate.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Wake Up!

Based off Ephesians 5:1-21; Revelation 3:1-6
An Original Work / November 25, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead.
Your God awaits you to do what
He says to you.
Be not conformed to your selfish will.
Trust in the Lord. Do what He says.
He will give you victory.
Do not walk in darkness;
Come into the light of love.

Listen to your Savior calling
You to obey all His teachings.
Repent of your sin, and
Christ will shine His love on you.
He waits patiently for you to
Heed His whispers to your heart.
Will you hasten to obey Him;
Not from Him depart?

Live your life from this day forward,
Walking in His love and mercy.
Let Him cleanse you of all your sins.
Dwell with Him today.
Do not insult God’s grace to you.
Do not make light of your sin.
Let the light of His truth come
And free you from within.

Terrible Times Have Come
An Original Work / July 4, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love