“And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment.” (Philippians 1:9 ESV)
We live in a dark, and often heartless world. It is a time in which I believe accurately reflects what Jesus said in Matthew 24:12, “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” I often explain this verse with the illustration of dipping your fingers in candle wax. This works in my mind because I feel that most people have either done this, or seen someone do it. The question I ask is, “When you remove your fingers from the liquid wax, how quickly does the wax harden?” I always get the answer, “Almost immediately.” The reason I use this analogy is because I wish to convey that once iniquity abounds the love of many starts to grow cold almost immediately. If I can speak plainly, we currently are in a time when the wax has hardened. We live in a time where Biblical love has been abandoned by our society. People have rapidly and dramatically moved even within my lifetime, to reject love for lust. The love for God and for our neighbor has been cast off in an exchange for the love of self and the love of pleasure without restraint. Truth has been exchanged willingly for a lie just as Romans 1 testifies to.
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