2 Timothy 3:13
13 But [de] evil [poneros] men [anthropos] and [kai] seducers [goes] shall wax [prokopto] worse and worse [epi], [cheiron] deceiving, [planao] and [kai] being deceived. [planao]KJV-Interlinear
13 But evil
men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
NASB
Evil men, refers to the
negative crowd, to those who are spiritually indifferent toward truth.
Remember there is only
one spirituality, only one truth, only one God, only one savior, only one Christian
life. There are not several
configurations of these things, or definitions of convenience from which people
can pick and choose.
Evil comes in all shapes
and sizes, from unbelievers as well as believers. From unbelievers in that they just have not
seized hold of the opportunity that God has provided. And as for believers, the failure is in that
they have the opportunity, but ignore it by pursuing something better, or so
they think.
And this is all due to
a lack of knowledge and understanding, which is all due to a lack of interest
in learning.
And so, evil continues
and continues and continues. And just as
evil is often times symbolized as a piece of rotten meat which only gets worse,
so too, evil only gets worse and worse, and the stink never goes away.
Evil people, or those
who lack a spiritual awareness, cannot see their own flaws. They deceive themselves by pursuing
lies. They deceive others by trying to
interact with others while living in lies.
The life in the evil
world is one of pursuing a life, while struggling in an environment that has no
substance or future.
And while believers who
are positive toward a legitimate spiritual life, have to suffer by default in a
wicked world, but still hold on to their certain destiny and ultimate success, then
spiritually dysfunctional people keep pursuing nothing and will gain nothing,
and will have nothing, but they just do not see it.
God provides us all
three things in life to help us succeed. He gave us life, doctrine and
volition. The life is there, the doctrine is there, but you still have to
choose it and want it and pursue it. So
any failure is your failure and no one else's.
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