Terrible

II Timothy 3 warns us, 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…

Here’s a list again, but this time it’s bad, very bad.  And it’s real, very real – today.

Look what precipitates wrongful boasting:

Loving ourselves and loving money.  When we seek to satisfy every desire we have by making more money, we will become boastful in our own worth and accomplishments.

Look was follows wrongful boasting:

Pride, abuse, disobedience, ungratefulness and unholiness – and more.

Boasting in ourselves is not only unwise, it’s downright unhealthy and leads to death of relationships.

In a marriage, or in a family, when one person becomes proud and arrogant in their own eyes and in their own accomplishments without acknowledging others, the rest of the family isn’t too keen on being around this person.  And it’s not long before this person looks with disdain upon all of the people “under” him, because he boasts by looking inward and becomes blinded by his own self-worth.

Make no mistake, boasting wrongfully leads to nothing good.

Boasting in the Lord leads to all things great.