Worming their Way Into our Homes

Scripture: They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over gullible women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth. 2 Timothy 3:6-7

Observation: Paul is discussing the end-times, and it has been observed by many that the first verses of these chapters do well in characterizing the issues of our modern day. Later chapters discuss the persecution of believers that will come under those individuals, and encouragement about maintaining faith. However, these few verses in between seem to get overlooked, as they talk about a specific kind of evil activity, done by a specific kind of person.

The activity is to "worm their way into homes and gain control" of people. This is about communications and modern media. In Paul's time, any person (he says 'woman' but that's because they were the ones who stayed home) could stay at home and hear nothing of what was going on. Now, we are inundated with input in our homes, through all kinds of media and devices. It is difficult to avoid news, rumors, allegations ... and lies of the enemy, attempting to "sway" people into "all kinds of evil desires."

The type of person who does this is ... educated individuals. The media refers to them as "experts" or at the very least leaders and representatives of some cause. The implication - and often the expressed description - is that these people know a lot because they have studied and learned a topic far more than the rest of us could, and therefore their words are authoritative. However, Paul says ... it is true that these people are "always learning," however they never "come to a knowledge of the truth."

In other words, in addition to all the 'issues' and 'stuff' and 'politics' and 'conflicts' that the Lord warned us about through Paul, he also told us how these things would infiltrate our minds ... educated experts, who know nothing about the actual truth of creation or the Lord or of human purpose or of God's love, would be broadcast into our very homes to worm their way into and gain control of our minds.

Application: Yea ... that just about sums it up, doesn't it.

Prayer: Lord, as this very thought makes me feel down and defeated, knowing that the challenges we face were predicted and known to create difficulty for our society, my only prayer today is this. Please, come, Lord Jesus. Amen.