2nd Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
[The Great Controversy pp 607] Conscientious obedience to the Word of God will be treated as rebellion. Blinded by Satan, the parent will exercise harshness and severity toward the believing child; the master or mistress will oppress the commandment-keeping servant. Affection will be alienated; children will be disinherited, and driven from home. The words of Paul will be literally fulfilled, “All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” [2 Timothy 3:12.]
As the defenders of truth refuse to honor the Sunday-sabbath, some of them will be thrust into prison, some will be exiled, some will be treated as slaves. To human wisdom, all this now seems impossible; but as the restraining Spirit of God shall be withdrawn from men, and they shall be under the control of Satan, who hates the divine precepts, there will be strange developments. The heart can be very cruel when God’s fear and love are removed.
God is more practical and down to earth in all of the instructions He gives us therefore, if there are issues that need to be addressed and resolved, whether in the temporal, spiritual, social or financial realm, the time is now when persons should appropriate those instructions given, lest in the time of testing, we are weighed in the balances, and found wanting. We therefore end with a passage of Scripture which should help us better understand the urgency of the moment, and we hope and pray that God will make the rough places plain as we cooperate with Him, so that He may be glorified in His peculiar people.
Romans 13:14 But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!