The Future
2 Tim. 3: 1-5
3 But know this, that in the last days+ critical times hard to deal with will be here. 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal, 3 having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness, 4 betrayers, headstrong, puffed up with pride, lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God, 5 having an appearance of godliness but proving false to its power; and from these turn away.
Current events and attitudes indicate a change is near
Eph 5:33
33 Nevertheless, each one of you must love his wife+ as he does himself; on the other hand, the wife should have deep respect for her husband.
A husband should “love his wife as he does himself.
Ps. 83:18;
18 May people know that you, whose name is Jehovah, You alone are the Most High over all the earth.
God has a name.
God wants us to pray to him.
7 while you throw all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you.
Matt. 7:12
12 “All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you also must do to them. This, in fact, is what the Law and the Prophets mean.
Jesus was a great teacher whose advice always works.
Eccl 1:4
4 A generation is going, and a generation is coming, But the earth remains* forever.
The earth will never be destroyed.
Col 3:18
18 You wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as it is becoming in the Lord.
A wife should deeply respect her husband.
Jer 10:10
10 But Jehovah is truly God.He is the living God and the eternal King. Because of his indignation the earth will quake, And no nations will endure his denunciation.
God has a name.
Matt. 7:7,8
7 When praying, do not say the same things over and over again as the people of the nations do, for they imagine they will get a hearing for their use of many words. 8 So do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need+ even before you ask him.
9 “You must pray, then, this way: “‘Our Father in the heavens, let your name be sanctified. 10 Let your Kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also on earth. 11 Give us today our bread for this day; 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the wicked one.’
The Bible teaches us how to pray.
Matt 24:7,8
7 “For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be food shortages and earthquakes in one place after another. 8 All these things are a beginning of pangs of distress.
Jesus foretold events we see today.
Rev 11:18
18 But the nations became wrathful, and your own wrath came, and the appointed time came for the dead to be judged and to reward your slaves the prophets+ and the holy ones and those fearing your name, the small and the great, and to bring to ruin those ruining* the earth.”
The earth’s environment will be restored.
Matt. 19:3-6
4 In reply he said: “Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female 5 and said: ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will stick to his wife, and the two will be one flesh’? 6 So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has yoked together, let no man put apart.”
A husband and a wife should be loyal to each other.
2Tim 3:16,17
6 All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17 so that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.
God communicates with us.
Luke 11: 1-4
11 Now he was in a certain place praying, and when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him: “Lord, teach us how to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”
2 So he said to them: “Whenever you pray, say: ‘Father, let your name be sanctified. Let your Kingdom come. 3 Give us each day our bread according to our daily needs.+ 4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is in debt to us; and do not bring us into temptation.’”
The Bible teaches us how to pray.
John 3:16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.
Jesus is God’s Son.
Isa. 33:24
24 And no resident* will say: “I am sick.” The people dwelling in the land will be pardoned for their error.
Everyone will have perfect health.
Prov 1:8
8 Listen, my son, to the discipline of your father, And do not forsake the instruction* of your mother.
Children who respect and obey their parents will succeed.
Acts 10:34,35
34 At this Peter began to speak, and he said: “Now I truly understand that God is not partial,+ 35 but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.+
God is fair and unbiased.
Matt. 7:7,8
7 “Keep on asking, and it will be given you; keep on seeking, and you will find; keep on knocking, and it will be opened to you; 8 for everyone asking receives, and everyone seeking finds, and to everyone knocking, it will be opened.
We should pray often.
1 John 4:15
15 Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is God’s Son, God remains in union with such one and he in union with God.
Jesus is God’s Son.
Ps. 37:29
29 The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it.
You can live forever on earth.
Eph 6:1-3
6 Children, be obedient to your parents+ in union with the Lord, for this is righteous. 2 “Honor your father and your mother”+ is the first command with a promise: 3 “That it may go well with you* and you may remain a long time on the earth.”
Children who respect and obey their parents will succeed.
Ps.145:18, 19
18 Jehovah is near to all those calling on him, To all who call on him in truth. 19 He satisfies the desire of those who fear him; He hears their cry for help, and he rescues them.
God wants to help us.
1 Thess. 5:17.
17 Pray constantly.
We should pray often.
John 14:28
28 You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I am.
Jesus is not God Almighty.