Godlessness in the last days

A friend and I had a conversation about Godlessness in the last days. We were angry at what happened to a family. They were all killed (except for 1 who is in a coma in the hospital) in a fire in Vancouver. This scripture was brought up:

2 Timothy 3 (NIV)
Godlessness in the Last Days

1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them.

6They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, 7always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. 8Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth—men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. 9But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, their folly will be clear to everyone.

If all of this is true...(people are lovers of self, unforgiving etc etc etc) then why hasn't Jesus come back yet. Why has the world not ended yet. Because the number of those being saved is not complete yet. We just need to pray for those who are not saved and we need to continue praying for them. Do you hang out with non-believers? Do you have any friends who are non-believers? Pray for them, and don't stop praying for them. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says to Pray continually. Or in another translation... pray without ceasing. We need to keep praying for the non-believers of this world because they need to know the love of God. They are hurting, if they weren't hurting in some way they wouldn't have to take it out on people. People don't set fires or break into someone's home if they weren't hurting in some way. Pray for these people. If you see people hurting, show them God's love! Pray for them! Don't just be like "these people should be punished severely, these guys are so stupid, causing all these fires" don't just put them down. Pray for them, yes the justice system will get them, but you need to pray for them because they need that love of God in their lives.

Be Blessed! and Continue reading God's word. He has a lot to show you in that book!