Signpost 5—Moral Decay.

Why does the moral fiber of society seem to be shredding?

“But mark this: There will be TERRIBLE TIMES 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, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a form of godliness but denying its power. EVIL MEN AND IMPOSTORS WILL GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, deceiving and being deceived.”
—2 Timothy 3:1-5, 13.

Could anyone think of a more accurate description of our world? Point a camera in any direction these days and you’ll catch a picture of arrogant materialism. You’ll capture a shocking epidemic of child abuse and molestation. You’ll get countless scenes of youth out of control, kids in their early teens killing and maiming at random. You’ll snap shot after shot showing lovers of pleasure who try to make the cult of self-indulgence seem “healthy and normal.” Our obsession with uninhibited freedom has indeed brought “terrible times in the last days.” All these things form a gallery of pictures loudly proclaiming that Jesus’ coming is very near.