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the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” In

the majority of churches today, it's one story

after another, one program after another and

so forth, and Paul is telling Timothy to preach

the word, be instant in season, reprove, rebuke

and exhort, he says, for the time is going to

come when people are not wanting the truth.

I want you to notice the phrases "last days,"

"latter days," or "the last time" in 2 Timothy,

chapter 3. Notice how this is worded. I'm going

to read from verses one through about verse

fourteen. Paul is dealing with apostasy in the

last days. We're going to come back later in the

message and look at verses 15, 16, and 17, but

he said in verse 1 of 2 Timothy 3, “This know

also, that in the last days . . .” Now, I want to

give you a few verses to point out actually what

the last days are. Many people ask, "Are we in

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