Lovers of God in these Last Days
June 15, 2019      |     By: Sam McVay, Jr.      |      Category: Sermons      |      Location: Wichita
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2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NIV)
1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,
4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—
5 having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people

Difficulty: chalepos
- hard to do, to take, to approach
- hard to bear, troublesome, dangerous
- harsh, fierce, savage

Lovers: philos
- affection, friendly, dear, fond of

What we LOVE will be what the WAR is about.

Spiritual warfare on planet earth is primarily a war over the love.

The enemy is committed to the corruption and perversion of the human heart’s primary God-given capacity to love.

What we love is what we worship and serve!

The Anti-Christ spirit is set on causing you to be un-loyal to the Christ.

By Divine Design - Loyalty is fueled by Love!

How to progress becoming a Lover of God in these Last Days:
1) By knowing and receiving the love of God
   1 John 4:19 (ESV)
   9 We love because he first loved us.
2) Intentional abiding in His Love
   John 15:9 (ESV)
   9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
3) Resisting and repenting of other Loves
4) Wisdom to discern cultural seduction
5) Praying and meditating scriptures

Ephesians 3:17b-19 (NIV)
17…. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,
18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,
19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.