1The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 3They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. 4For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, 5because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer. (1 Timothy 4)
Thoughts: This is similar to a statement in 2 Timothy 3:1 "But mark this: There will be terrible time in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control... This passage differs in the sins of the last days. The 2 Timothy passage points out lack of self control, and this points to a reaction to this- a legalistic over-control. Often the two go together. In morally lapsing times, some act like animals and in reaction others act prudish. Grace works somewhere in between. Grace allows us to see goodness in creation and to live a grateful life.
Prayer: Lord, help me to be thankful for your gifts in life- love, food, life and truth.
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