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2 Timothy 3:12

Paul is convinced that there is no easy path for God’s children. Jesus declared that the cross would be inevitable for those who followed Him, and so it has always been. We can be Christians without suffering many inconveniences. But those who want to be genuine Christians must pay the inevitable price of suffering, even though they have the assurance of God’s liberating power.

Living in rebellion against God’s will and giving themselves over to the propagation of error will only result in increased misery: WHILE EVIL MEN AND IMPOSTROS WILL GO ON FROM BAD TO WORSE, DECEIVERS AND DECEIVED (v. 13). Those who allow themselves to be seduced by the errors of the Ephesian deceivers are doomed from bad to worse; they will deceive others and their condition will grow worse and worse until they are left in total spiritual blindness. Human experience surely confirms that this is the final destiny of those who reject Christ.

And it is not just the temptation of men, it is also the battle of Satan and the demons, who do everything to deceive the true Christian and one rebels against the Will of God. With Biblical texts such as the three temptations of Jesus (Matthew 4)..