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Don’t Be That Person, avoid that person - 2 Timothy 3:1-9

Don’t Be That Person, avoid that person - 2 Timothy 3:1-9

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1. Setting Up the Passage

• Paul’s “last days” = church age (Acts 2 → present)

• Goal isn’t timeline speculation but moral awareness: “Avoid such people.”

2. Three Misdirected Loves

• Self: “I must be exalted.” → narcissism, influencer culture

• Antidote: humility, surrender to Christ

• Money: “I must have more.” → consumer Christianity, worship as preference

• Antidote: contentment, generosity

• Pleasure: “I must feel good.” → escapism, comfort over calling

• Antidote: worship, endurance, crucify the flesh

3. Appearance vs. Power (v. 5)

• Outward godliness without inward transformation

• Discernment: test teachers by Scripture, not charisma

• Avoid pride when separating—truth + mercy

4. Deception and the Vulnerable (vv. 6–8)

• “Creeping into households” = targeting isolated believers

• Application: stay in community and accountability

• Jannes & Jambres = imitation without transformation

5. Encouragement (v. 9)

• Evil doesn’t win. “Their folly will be plain.”

• Christ preserves His church

Closing Application

• Which love are you drifting toward?

• How can you cultivate the antidotes this week?

• Read ahead: next episode covers 2 Tim. 3:10–17—Paul’s example and Scripture’s authority.
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