2 Timothy 4:15
15 Of whom [hos] be [phulasso] thou [su] ware [phulasso] also; [kai] for [gar] he hath [anthistemi]
greatly [lian] withstood [anthistemi] our [hemeteros] words. [logos] KJV-Interlinear
15 Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously
opposed our teaching. NASB
Withstood,
‘anthistemi,’ means to stand against, oppose, resist, and it carries an
aggressive connotation.
There
are people out there, who will do their very best to ruin those who they
believe are their enemies.
And
so, when you encounter opposition toward truth, God, Christ, and Christianity
in general, you need to be on your guard lest they do things that may be
dangerous to you.
Those
things could be as simple as malicious gossip, or accusations against you, or
more aggressive or violent actions.
All
evil is detrimental to life. All evil
runs a course toward destruction. All
evil is self-centered and selfish, and believes that it has every right to do
whatever, whenever, wherever it wishes, with no restraints, with no
accountability.
And
oddly enough, when the Rapture occurs, and when the restraint against evil
vanishes along with all of the believers, then evil will run rampant.
If
with restraint, evil can be as bad as it is, then imagine how bad it will get,
when all restraint is lifted in this world.
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