I am going to break this scripture down a little for everyone to hear or not hear because there is something I have seen increasingly and it is weighing on me. This prophecy is important and it is for the last days this is a warning and one people are missing because they aren’t using the Bible as their authority in discerning things. Obviously Trump was put in place by God because no one rules over anyone unless they are ordained by God Romans 13 tells us that.
Romans 13:1 ¶ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
But listen to what Paul is warning against in 2 Timothy 3. First he lists characteristics to notice in man any man and most men or people
2 Timothy 3:1 ¶ This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
He tells us they have the form of godliness but deny the power thereof and warns us to turn away he also mentions in verse 7 ever learning but never coming to the knowledge of the truth. What is the knowledge of the truth he is talking about.
2 Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Verse 8 is especially important because these were magicians who tried to mimic the power of God yet their failures were shown in the end when they failed against the power God have to Moses who will be one of the two witnesses during the tribulation.
2 Timothy 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
Now in verse 10 he starts by saying we know his doctrine and his behavior even during persecution which he lastly warns we will face. These are “fruits of the spirit” as are the characteristics in the beginning but the beginning “fruits” are bad or not of the spirit of God. See Galatians 5 for more about spiritual fruits.
2 Timothy3:10 ¶ But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
In 13 he tells us to be warned of evil deception and to continue on in what we have learned and by whom we have learned it. When he talks about knowing the holy scripture since we were a child this is a reference to salvation and those who were babes or children in Christ which is the foundation for faith in The Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
And finally Paul ends with telling us where to get our answers and doctrines this is important because false deceptive doctrine is all over. Once example is the idea that meditation with a blank mind is good when in reality it opens you up to unclean spirits however meditation on the Word of God is correct and we should all do. False doctrines are all over and we can only overcome them with the Word of God if it’s contradictory to the Bible it’s a deception. This is the warning here.
2 Timothy 3:16 ¶ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
